Great news for soap fans! AMC/OLTL will be continuing online!

[femmocrat]

ABC Confirms AMC/OLTL Licensed to Prospect Park

ABC has licensed its iconic soaps, ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE to Prospect Park, it was announced today by Brian Frons, President, Daytime, Disney/ABC Television Group & Janice Marinelli, President, Disney/ABC Domestic Television and Rich Frank & Jeff Kwatinetz of Prospect Park. The exclusive multi-year, multi-platform deal enables the soaps’ stories to continue beyond their finale dates on ABC. ABC will broadcast its final episode of ALL MY CHILDREN on Friday, September 23rd and will air the final episode of ONE LIFE TO LIVE in January, 2012.

The licensing agreement, brokered by Disney/ABC Domestic Television Group, enables Prospect Park to continue production of ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE beyond their life on ABC. Prospect Park will produce and deliver the two long-running programs to consumers via online formats and additional emerging platforms including internet enabled television sets. Under the terms of the arrangement, the programs will continue to be delivered with the same quality and in the same format and length. Additional details of the new productions and tune-in will be forthcoming from Prospect Park.

More at link: http://mediadomain.com/cgi-bin/netforum/amc/a.cgi/3-103

[JI7]

1. i think this is mostly BS and just a way to keep the fans watching the crap they will replace it wit

with. i heard some sony or some other big company was interested in which case they would have aired on another network and they opposed that.

there is already talk of some of the actors moving on to other things. disney/abc is trying to make it seem like the episodes will continue but just be online.

[femmocrat]

2. Could be.... I really don't know.

I have no experience with online TV programming and never heard of Prospect Park. Is this the wave of the future? :shrug:

One article I read said that the actors have to negotiate new contracts with the new owners, so I doubt if all of them will be back and the story lines will continue. I guess it remains to be seen.

I heard the Sony rumors, too, awhile back. There was also some talk of Oprah buying them, but that didn't materialize either.