As part of this agreement, a variety of WDIG content and commerce offerings, including text, video and audio from ABC.com, ABCNews.com, Disney.com, and FamilyFun.com, will be available to the more than 1 million BellSouth Internet Service FastAccess DSL and dial subscribers. In addition, links to e-commerce sites, such as Disney Store and Disney Vacations will be included. Visitors will also be able to sign up for WDIG subscription services, including Disney's Blast.

"This relationship reinforces our commitment to delivering Disney and ABC content across a variety of distribution media," said Larry Shapiro, executive vice president, business development and operations, Walt Disney Internet Group. "We're pleased to align ourselves with a leading Internet and DSL provider like BellSouth. In particular, we believe that our rich video and audio content will be well received by BellSouth's customers and more consumers than ever will interact daily with our content."

"Our Internet portal offers BellSouth Internet Services dial-up and BellSouth FastAccess DSL customers the best of the Web, and this agreement with Walt Disney Internet Group provides more of what they want most -- news, entertainment and family-oriented content," said Tim Hill, director of Portal Services at BellSouth Internet Services. "In addition, by augmenting our existing online offerings with Disney and ABC content that includes streaming video, we further demonstrate to our customers the benefits of broadband."