All-New Disney Family Movies Offers Its First Free Preview

Free Preview Weekend Hosted by The Cosby Show's Phylicia Rashad Subscription Video-On-Demand Service Partners with Comcast, Charter, Cox, AT&T U-verse, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS and Avail TVN Affiliates to Present the Ultimate in Family Entertainment


BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 18  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, Disney Family Movies, has partnered with content providers Comcast, Charter, Cox, AT&T U-verse, Suddenlink and Verizon FiOS to offer a special preview nationwide from Thursday, September 3 through Monday, September 7.

Disney Family Movies offers the ultimate in family entertainment from one of the world's largest film libraries, giving customers unlimited access to a selection of classic and contemporary films and animated shorts from The Walt Disney Studios.  Disney Family Movies is entertainment the whole family can enjoy together from beloved hits to new popular favorites. Each title remains in rotation for about a month, with new movies added weekly.

Hosted by Phylicia Rashad, the Disney Family Movies free preview will offer a variety of classic and contemporary Disney films including the timeless musical "Mary Poppins," starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, the memorable animated adaptation "Tarzan," the live-action "101 Dalmatians," starring Glenn Close as villainess Cruella De Vil, and the Disney-Pixar animated short "Rescue Squad Mater," among many others.

"Disney Family Movies is a one-of-a-kind entertainment service for audiences of all ages," said Sal Sardo, executive vice president, marketing, Disney-ABC Domestic Television.  "We're delighted to partner with these providers to offer movies that bring families together in a classic Disney experience," he continued.

To sign up for the free preview weekend, contact your local content provider.

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.  DADT distributes movies domestically from The Walt Disney Studios, including titles from Walt Disney Pictures, Disney-Pixar, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, and Miramax Films.  It currently licenses movies through a wide range of distributors and platforms including cable MSOs, satellite companies, internet distributors, telcos, mobile operators, and via other emerging technologies.

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