Verizon Offers Ultimate Multi-Platform Disney Channel Games Experience

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    NEW YORK, July 16 /EMWNews/ -- Verizon is offering its FiOS TV, FiOS

Internet and High Speed Internet customers the ultimate on-screen and

online Disney Channel Games experience, with special TV previews and

exciting online multi-player gaming action.



    "Verizon and Disney have collaborated to offer the ultimate, must-have

Disney Channel Games entertainment experience," said Shawn Strickland, vice

president, FiOS marketing for Verizon. "The TV and online experiences offer

a convenient and cost-effective way for kids and families to enjoy and

interact with their favorite summer specials."



    Featuring more than 50 Disney Channel stars from around the globe who

convened at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., earlier this year, "Disney

Channel Games" will present comedic relay races, grand-scale obstacle

courses and entertaining challenges in five special half-hour telecasts.

Hosted by actor Brian Stepanek ("The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"), the games

are comedic, colorful and larger than life. The special telecasts will be

highlighted by a post-Games concert featuring performances by Jonas

Brothers, Miley Cyrus, The Cheetah Girls, Demi Lovato and Jordan Pruitt.



    Exclusive short-form content, including one-on-one interviews with the

players and behind-the-scenes material, is now available first to FiOS TV

subscribers via video on demand (VOD). Additionally, FiOS TV customers will

be able to view the first episode of the Disney Channel Games, also on VOD,

on July 20. The broadcast premiere is on July 27. These early looks are

free for FiOS TV customers.



    In addition, Verizon broadband subscribers will have the ability to

play the Disney Channel Games Arena Challenge, a new game experience

available through Disney Connection, a premium broadband entertainment

destination for kids and families. Access to Disney Connection and the

Disney Channel Games Arena Challenge is available at

http://www.verizon.net/kids to all Verizon High Speed Internet and FiOS

Internet customers at no extra charge. Players can make their own avatar,

play games, and earn digital trophies and rewards. They also can choose to

participate in training mode to fine-tune their skills on their own or join

a tournament to play a variety of mini-games and challenge others in

multi-player mode.



    Disney Channel is a 24-hour kid-driven, family-inclusive television

network that taps into the world of kids and families through original

series and movies. Currently available in more than 95 million U.S. homes

and to millions of other viewers on 27 Disney Channels around the world,

Disney Channel is part of the Disney-ABC Television Group.



    Disney Connection is a broadband service available to subscribers of

Verizon FiOS Internet and other select high-speed Internet services as an

added benefit to their regular monthly Internet service. The unique online

entertainment destination features full-length episodes of popular Disney

Channel shows, a variety of games, and full access to the Disney premium

online products Playhouse Disney Preschool Time Online and Disney Game

Kingdom.



    Verizon's FiOS TV customers will find the Disney Channel Games first in

the VOD library. FiOS TV's industry-leading VOD family programming, which

includes free content from the Disney Channel, offers a collection of

on-demand programming for children and families and includes programming

from Discovery Kids, Nickelodeon, PBS Kids Sprout and others. FiOS TV also

offers free parental controls to help parents manage the content their

children may view. In addition to family fare, Verizon offers its FiOS TV

subscribers more than 10,000 VOD titles each month, 70 percent of which are

free. The VOD library includes an increasing number of high-definition

titles, with plans for 1,000 HD VOD titles per month by the end of the

year.



    FiOS TV is delivered over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic

network, straight to customers' doors. Families can access interactive

video services that help them save time and money, and enjoy unparalleled

picture quality and programming choices for all their TV viewing.



    Verizon's fiber-optic network also delivers FiOS Internet service with

download speeds of up to 50 Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of

up to 20 Mbps, as well as high-quality voice services. Verizon's High Speed

Internet service is delivered on a dedicated line from Verizon's central

switching office to the customer's home or business and is backed by live,

24 x 7 customer service and technical support.



    For more information about Verizon FiOS TV and FiOS Internet, customers

can visit http://www.verizon.com/fios or call their local Verizon sales office or

888-438-3467. Customers interested in Verizon's High Speed Internet service

can call 877-483-5898 or go to http://www.verizon.com/highspeed.







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