Disney.com announced today that for the first time ever the site will stream full-length movies online, featuring selections from the Wonderful World of Disney. The films will first air on ABC as part of the network’s weekly Wonderful World of Disney presentation on Saturday nights throughout summer 2008. The full-length films will then be available for free streaming on Disney.com (www.Disney.com/WonderfulWorld) for the week following the network presentation (Monday – Friday).
“Streaming full-length films on Disney.com takes our commitment to delivering world-class online entertainment to the next level,” stated Paul Yanover, executive vice president and managing director, Disney Online, in the press release. “This is a wonderful partnership with ABC, and just another example of how Disney’s unmatched, high-quality content can be leveraged on multiple platforms.”
Wonderful World of Disney television and online schedule:
“Finding Nemo” – currently available online through June 13
“Monsters Inc.” – airs on ABC Saturday, June 14 at 8pm; available on Disney.com June 16-20
“Haunted Mansion” – airs on ABC Saturday, June 28 at 8pm; available on Disney.com June 30-July 4
“Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen” – airs on ABC Saturday, July 5 at 8pm; available on Disney.com July 7-11
“Princess Diaries 2” – airs on ABC Saturday, July 12 at 8pm; available on Disney.com July 14-18
“Freaky Friday” – airs on ABC Saturday, July 19 at 8pm; available on Disney.com July 21-25
“Peter Pan” – airs on ABC Saturday, Aug. 2 at 8pm; available on Disney.com Aug. 4-8
Additionally, Disney.com will stream the Disney Channel Original Movie “Camp Rock” on Monday, June 23, following its television premiere on June 20 and additional airings on ABC on June 21, and ABC Family on June 22. The Disney.com “Camp Rock” online event will include unique interactive content so fans can chat and play games while watching. Fans can also watch in a full screen experience featuring “Camp Rock” trivia and an interactive map of the camp. Visit www.Disney.com/CampRock.
Disney Online, a division of the Walt Disney Internet Group, produces the number one kids’ entertainment and family community destination on the World Wide Web. Launched in 1996, Disney.com is the online gateway to all of the company’s Disney-branded entertainment initiatives, providing comprehensive access to, and information about Disney movies, travel, television, games, mobile, music, shopping and live events. Disney.com also features Disney XD, a highly interactive broadband experience, that lets Disney.com guests create their own customized online channel with games, videos, music, and chat – all of which can be enjoyed simultaneously in an immersive environment.
In addition, Disney Online develops and publishes a range of online products and services including Pirates of the Caribbean Online, Disney’s Toontown Online, Playhouse Disney Preschool Time Online, Disney Game Downloads, Disney Game Kingdom Online, Disney Connection and Hot Shot Business.
Source: The Walt Disney Company
Obviously, these people have never heard of iShowU.
ABC also bucked iTunes and did their own shows online.
The only problem is they want to run a Applet that can take control of your Mac.
FSCK THAT!!
Disney will most likely follow. Stupid. Just stupid.
Streaming movies is an interesting concept but unless you can get it to my HD 60″ TV in my living room forget it, and did I forget to mention this but It better not suck up all of my internet bandwidth or stutter while I am watching it.
The movie studios don’t get this – I do not want to watch Movies on my computer monitors. Apple TV 2.0 is a huge step in the right direction but it certainly is not a home run solution. There are n o clear winners yet in this space!
if you have the coin for a 60″ HDTV, then drop some for a media computer, (ie Mac Mini) then run the video cable to an input on your tv and then you can use the computer on your tv like I can with mine.
MDN, Muchas gracias for the iShowU link; I hadn’t heard of the App.
MDN Word: “needed”; as in, I’ve needed just such an app.
Would be nice if the Apple TV had Safari.
“Disney will most likely follow. Stupid. Just stupid.”
Disney’s largest shareholder is Steve Jobs, enuff said.
Just use Jing (http://www.jingproject.com) instead of iShowU. It has all the same features and is free. iShowU costs $20.
Ignoring other countries is just getting annoying. Finally Apple got it right with the iPhone 3G. And now Disney with this crap. Just plain infuriating.
Hey Bonano – Welcome to a global economy that is being buggered by government.
The Digital Millennium Act trumps your furious annoyance and all of the petty policies in the marketplace.
Here’s to hoping you live in one of the more advanced countries rather than in one of those emerging economies whose governments are hanging on by a thread, ’cause you aren’t going to see Disney online any time soon.
Not yet available outside US…
Btw directly when you start talking about Disney I start thinking of the classic Disney movies and shorts from the 1950’s up to 1970’s. I guess those old but much better movies* wont be available online
*Aristocats, Robin Hood, Djunglebook etc
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