RCN, Disney Reach Carriage Deal
By Glen Dickson -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/23/2007 11:05:00 AM
Small cable operator RCN has reached a multi-year deal with Disney-ABC Television Group and ESPN to carry a variety of new programming on RCN's linear, video-on-demand (VOD) and broadband platforms.
Under the agreement, RCN will now carry VOD programming from Disney Channel, ABC Family Channel, ESPN and ABC News. ABC News Now, the 24-hour news and information network, will be available to RCN customers in all markets and an ABC News Now broadband portal will be available to RCN high-speed data subscribers.
Additionally, RCN says it will now carry ESPN2 HD, the high-definition simulcast of ESPN2, as part of its basic HD package and offer the ESPN360.com broadband service to all of its high-speed data customers.
What is unclear from RCN's announcement is whether the new carriage deal covers retransmission consent for the ABC-owned stations or relates to any linear Disney-owned networks, such as ESPN, that RCN has already been carrying.
At press time, RCN was unable to provide a response to multiple requests for comment on those issues.
"We are thrilled to offer these exceptional Walt Disney Company video and broadband services to RCN subscribers," said David Preschlack, executive VP, Disney & ESPN Networks affiliate sales and marketing, in a statement. "With more live content than ever on ESPN360.com, and ABC News Now's continuing coverage of the 2008 Presidential elections, this agreement gives RCN consumers timely, relevant information on television, on demand and online."
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