shomi Licenses Disney Movie, TV Titles

TORONTO: Canadian SVOD service shomi has licensed a slate of features from The Walt Disney Studios as well as shows from ABC, ABC Family and ABC Studios.

The pacts include family titles like 102 Dalmatians, Muppets Treasure Island, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Other features licensed to shomi include Gone in Sixty Seconds, Ladder 49, Pearl Harbor, The Prestige and Remember the Titans. The platform is the exclusive SVOD home in Canada to these titles.

On the TV series front, shomi has added prior seasons of Scandal and Revenge; it is already the exclusive Canadian SVOD home of both ABC series. It has also licensed ABC Family's Twisted, and all season episodes of Alias, Boy Meets World, Bunheads, The River, Felicity, Reaper and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Also encompassed in the agreement are all seasons of the Marvel Animation series The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and The Super Hero Squad Show.

“With this new Disney content, we are going back to the days when families watched entertainment together,” said Marni Shulman, head of content and programming at shomi. “We look forward to offering our customers a first-rate selection of Disney’s diverse library—titles families can get excited about and gather ‘round to watch together. It offers a little something for everyone.”

The service is currently in beta with Rogers and Shaw Internet and cable customers.