Comcast Corp. and The Walt Disney Co. have renewed their content carriage agreement and will continue to make Disney’s lineup of sports, news, kids, family and general entertainment programming available to Xfinity TV customers.
The Philadelphia Business Journal reports Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) also agreed to distribute the ACC Network to Xfinity customers, allowing fans and followers of the Atlantic Coast Conference to access the multiplatform network in the coming weeks. The ACC includes the University of Pittsburgh, Syracuse University, Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The multiyear agreement encompasses continued distribution of Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) cable channels, including the ESPN networks, the Disney-branded channels, Freeform, the FX networks and the National Geographic channels.
The renewal also includes continued distribution of the SEC Network, now in its eighth season, as well as retransmission consent for ABC-owned television stations in Philadelphia (6ABC/WPVI-TV), New York (ABC7/WABC-TV), Chicago (ABC7/WLS-TV), San Francisco (ABC7/KGO-TV), Houston (ABC13/KTRK-TV), Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (ABC11/WTVD-TV), and Fresno, California (ABC30/KFSN-TV).
Disney+ and ESPN+, which Comcast launched earlier this year, will continue to be available to Xfinity customers.
“We’re very happy to extend our longstanding relationship with Comcast and continue to provide their Xfinity customers with Disney’s best-in-class programming,” Sean Breen, executive vice president for platform distribution at Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution, said in a statement. “In addition to our news, sports and general entertainment offerings, the launch of the ACC Network in the coming weeks, paired with the renewal of the SEC Network, will give Xfinity’s college sports fans long-awaited access to their favorite games.”
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