Disney-ABC International Television Renews Studio 23 Deal

LOS ANGELES, May 23: Disney-ABC International Television
(Asia Pacific), has renewed a multi-year, multi-genre volume agreement with
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation’s youth-targeted terrestrial channel Studio 23
in the Philippines.

Under this agreement, Studio 23 has licensed an extensive
range of programming that includes new and returning live action series, current
and library features, as well as Disney Channel original movies. Returning for
a new season on Studio 23 are Desperate Housewives, Lost,
Grey’s Anatomy, Ghost
Whisperer, Criminal Minds and What About Brian. In addition, the U.S. series Ugly Betty and Brothers & Sisters are airing on TV for the first time in the
Philippines.

Studio 23 has also licensed High School Musical to air in mid-June, followed by High School
Musical 2 at a later date. Other hit Disney
Channel movies, such as Cheetah Girls 1 and Cheetah Girls 2, will
also air on the channel.

This agreement will also make available a range of current
and library features from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax
Films. Titles include Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe and National
Treasure.