ABC.com Player Adds Daytime Fare

BURBANK, January 15: Disney-ABC Television Group’s morning talk show The View and the daytime drama General Hospital are now available for free online viewing on the ABC.com video player.

The five most-recent episodes of each program will be available on the video player. The View will be offered at 1 p.m. PT the day it premieres on TV, and General Hospital will go online at 2 a.m. PT the day after broadcast.

"We are excited to collaborate with the ABC.com team to offer our viewers another way to get their daily dose of General Hospital and The View," said Brian Frons, the president of daytime at Disney-ABC Television Group. "As part of our ongoing strategic effort to grow our audience and increase awareness of our shows, ABC.com is a proven platform that not only gives existing viewers more access to our shows, but is a great way to introduce a new audience to these shows."

ABC.com’s video player delivers 15-plus series from the network. Since its 2006 launch, more than 500 million episodes have been initiated through the ABC.com player and over one billion ads have been served.

—By Mansha Daswani