Comcast Provides More Family Entertainment with Launch of Disney Family Movies Subscription On Demand Service.A New Selection of Classic and Contemporary Disney Films Available Every Month PHILADELPHIA -- Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq:CMCSA, CMCSK), the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications, together with Disney-ABC Domestic Television Disney-ABC Domestic Television is the domestic television syndication firm of the Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company, that handles the television distribution of product from Walt Disney Television and ABC Studios, such as Scrubs, today announced the launch of the subscription video on demand (SVOD SVOD Subscription Video on Demand SVOD Stacked Volumetric Optical Disk SVOD Subscription Voice on Demand ) service, Disney Family Movies. The service, which showcases classic and contemporary Disney family movies from one of the world's largest film libraries, is now available to Comcast digital customers. Disney Family Movies gives customers unlimited access to approximately 20 hours of content each month, including 10 Disney feature films and two short-form films. The titles will remain in rotation for about a month, with new movies added weekly. The initial titles available at launch this month, including George of the Jungle George of the Jungle bungling do-gooder. [TV: Terrace, I, 305–306] See : Ineptitude , The Parent Trap, Eloise at the Plaza, and Treasure Planet, can be found on Channel 1 in "Premium Channels" under "Disney Family Movies." "For just $5.99 a month, we're offering unlimited viewing of ten classic Disney movies whenever you want -- it's such a compelling family entertainment value, my daughters offered to take it out of their allowance," said Derek Harrar, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Video Services for Comcast. "Kids' and family programming continues to be one of our top On Demand categories, and we are thrilled to continue delivering the best quality content with Disney." "We're delighted to offer Disney Family Movies to Comcast's customers," said Dan Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , Executive Vice President, Pay Television and New Media, Disney-ABC Domestic Television. "The addition of this one-of-a-kind, family-friendly service is a wonderful complement to the company's video on demand initiatives," he continued. Comcast On Demand currently offers customers thousands of kids and family entertainment choices among the more than 10,000 programs available throughout the course of a month, including more than 1,000 choices in HD available at any time. Currently, Comcast customers view more than 300 million On Demand programs a month. For more information, or to order Disney Family Movies, call Comcast at 1-800-COMCAST (1-800-266-2278). About Comcast Corporation Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 24.4 million cable customers, 14.7 million high-speed Internet customers, and 6.1 million Comcast Digital Voice Comcast Digital Voice (CDV) is a home telephone product offered in limited markets by Comcast Corporation. It is similar to VoIP, but differs in that it operates on a dedicated server and assigns priority to the information sent over the CDV network, and also means that the customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content. Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout PBS KIDS Sprout (sometimes referred to as PBS Sprout, KIDS Sprout, or just Sprout) is a US digital cable television channel, video-on-demand (VOD) service, and website providing PBS KIDS shows and original programming for preschoolers and their families. , TV One, ten Comcast SportsNet networks and Comcast Interactive Media Comcast Interactive Media (CIM) is a division of Comcast focusing on online media. CIM was created in 2005 and is headed by President, Amy Banse and Executive Vice President of Strategy and Development, Samuel Schwartz. Comcast Interactive Media products include: Comcast. , which develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses, including Comcast.net (www.comcast.net). Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia. About Disney-ABC Domestic Television Disney-ABC Domestic Television's pay television and interactive media division is a leading distributor of movies in the video-on-demand arena. 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