Walt Disney Co. said Adelphia Communications Corp. extended an agreement to carry Disney's ABC Family, Disney Channel, SoapNet and Toon Disney cable-television networks.
The contract with Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Adelphia is effective immediately, Disney's ABC Cable Networks Group said. Separately, Disney's ESPN sports cable channel said that it expanded an agreement to let Adelphia carry three more ESPN networks -- ESPN Broadband, Spanish-language sports network ESPN Deportes and high-definition sports service ESPN HD.
