'Disney Family Movies' Offers Special Free Preview

Includes Films 'A Bug's Life,' 'Pocahontas' and 'Muppet Treasure Island'

Free Preview Weekend Hosted by Actress Phylicia Rashad

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Aug 23, 2010, 06:00 ET

BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, "Disney Family Movies," has partnered with content providers Comcast, Charter, Cox, AT&T U-verse, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS and Avail TVN Affiliates to offer customers a free preview of the service from Thursday, September 2 through Monday, September 6.

"Disney Family Movies" provides the ultimate in family entertainment from one of the world's largest film libraries, giving customers unlimited access to a selection of classic and contemporary films and animated shorts from The Walt Disney Studios. The one-of-a-kind movie service is entertainment the whole family can enjoy together from beloved hits to new popular favorites. Each title remains in rotation for about a month, with new movies added weekly.

Hosted by Phylicia Rashad, the "Disney Family Movies" free preview will offer a variety of classic and contemporary Disney films including the timeless animated classic "Pocahontas," the zany adventure "Muppet Treasure Island," the hit Disney-Pixar comedy "A Bug's Life," and the Disney-Pixar animated short "Monster Truck Mater," which features the voice of Larry the Cable Guy.

To subscribe to "Disney Family Movies," contact your local content provider or log onto DisneyFamilyMovies.com or the Disney Family Movies page on Facebook.com for additional information.

About Disney-ABC Domestic Television

Disney-ABC Domestic Television (DADT) oversees content distribution for The Walt Disney Company within the United States and Canada. The division provides top tier motion pictures and television programming to a wide spectrum of traditional and new media platforms including pay television, basic cable, broadcast television, video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand, electronic sell-through, mobile and broadband. Disney-ABC Domestic Television is a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney Enterprises, Inc.

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