Disney dials mobile deals

May 16, 2007 The Sprint partnership will make full-length episodes of ABC primetime series including "Desperate Housewives," "Grey's Anatomy," "Lost" and "Ugly Betty" and such ABC News programs as "Good Morning America," "World News With Charles Gibson," "Nightline" and "This Week With George Stephanopoulos" available on the carrier on an on-demand basis as well as on ABC Mobile, a new linear channel that, for now, will only be available on Sprint. The Disney Channel also has a linear channel on Sprint under the arrangement, and full-length episodes from the kids network including "Hannah Montana," "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody," "Cory in the House" and "Kim Possible" will soon be offered on-demand as well. ESPN's first stab at mobile content was canceled in December, after running for a little more than a year, amid meager subscriber numbers and investors calling for the company to discontinue the service.

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