Disney's Toontown Online Launches in UK; Second International Deployment of Disney's Massively Multiplayer 3D Online Game for Kids and Families.Business Editors NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2004 Walt Disney Internet Group The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) oversees several websites owned by The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries. [1] The division's Disney Online unit operates disney. today announced that its critically acclaimed Disney's Toontown Online is now available in the U.K. (www.disney.co.uk/toontown). Hailed as the first downloadable massively multiplayer (MMP MMP Matrix Metalloproteinase (enzymes related to tissue healing/remodeling and cancer cell metastasis) MMP Mixed Member Proportional (New Zealand electoral system) MMP Multi-man Publishing ) 3D online game for kids and families, Disney's Toontown Online first launched in the U.S. in June 2003 and hit the Japanese market earlier this year. Disney's Toontown Online has continued to gain marketplace momentum in the U.S. since its launch in June 2003 and has been attracting gamers of all ages and levels. The game has been recognized with numerous industry awards including: Game industry News' Family Game of the Year 2004; Computer Gaming World's MMPORG MMPORG Massively-Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game of the Year, 2003; the 2003 Webby Award as the People's Voice Award Winner in the Kids Category; and, the All Star Software Award from Children's Software Revue Magazine. Information and 3-day free trials of the domestic service are available at www.Toontown.com. Walt Disney Internet Group Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG WDIG Walt Disney Internet Group WDIG Walt Disney Imagineering Glendale (California) ) provides strategic leadership and operational management for The Walt Disney Company's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DIS) Internet properties including category leaders Disney.com, ESPN.com and ABCNEWS.com. A market leader in developing and distributing entertainment and informational content to new platforms, WDIG is committed to creating and delivering products for broadband distribution including: ABC News On Demand, a subscription video news service that offers the Internet's first 24-hour, live Internet-only news channel and top ABC News programs for on demand viewing; Disney Connection; and WDIG Motion, a proprietary video technology for broadband users. Through relationships with some of the world's largest wireless carriers, WDIG distributes content and services to wireless users under the Disney, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. brands. Additionally, WDIG has led the way in developing interactive content for televised programming through its Enhanced TV service. Steve Wadsworth is president of WDIG, which is headquartered in North Hollywood and has operations in Seattle, New York, Orlando, Fla., Tokyo and London. |
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