Disney-ABC-ESPN in Italian VOD Agreement

MILAN, September 29: FASTWEB
in Italy has signed a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television to launch a number
of series, including Lost and Criminal
Minds, on its on-demand service.

This is Disney-ABC-ESPN
Television’s first agreement to make a TV series available on a VOD service in
Italy. FASTWEB has created a dedicated area to accommodate the launch of its
IPTV interface, featuring the likes of Lost, Criminal Minds and Alias.

“We are very proud to be
working with Disney to give our subscribers access to some of the hottest series
on international TV,” said Alessandro Petazzi, FASTWEB’s head of media and TV.
“This agreement is highly innovative as it enables our FASTWEBTV subscribers to
access their favorite series."

Maria Kyriacou, the senior
VP of new-media distribution for Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, added: “We are
pleased to be working with FASTWEB to offer consumers in Italy some of our most
popular series on demand, for the first time. Making our content available to
international viewers to access in a variety of ways, when and how they choose
to is an important commitment for us, and this agreement brings us even closer
to achieving this.”

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski