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Disney-ABC Domestic Television said Monday that its subscription VOD (SVOD) service, Disney Family Movies, has partnered with Comcast, Charter, Cox, AT&T U-verse, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS TV and various operators that are affiliates of VOD content distributor, Avail-TVN, to offer a free preview from Thursday, September 2nd through Monday, September 6th.

The free preview, which will be hosted by Phylicia Rashad, will offer a range of classic and contemporary Disney movies, including "Pocahontas," "Muppet Treasure Island," "A Bug's Life," and "Monster Truck Mater" (note: the latter two titles are Disney-Pixar productions), Disney said.

[itvt] has just published an INTERVIEW with Matt Apfel, VP of content, East Coast, at Coincident TV.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group (IMPG) has announced the nominees for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media.

The nominees for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media: Fiction are:

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San Francisco-based start-up, Coincident TV (CTV), contacted [itvt] Monday to let us know that it has been tapped by broadcaster Fox to power a Facebook-integrated, interactive "social trailer" for the primetime musical series, "Glee." The deal represents the first commercial deployment of the company's "hypervideo" technology.

Multiplatform music programmer, Music Choice, contacted [itvt] Tuesday to let us know that its new 24/7 interactive music video network, SWRV, has generated 500,000 viewer interactions in 750,000 homes since its launch last month. According to the company, 54% of those interactions were via the Web (http://www.swrv.tv) and 46% via the phone.

US broadcast network, Fox, announced Monday that it will air Twitter-enhanced re-runs of the shows, "Fringe" and "Glee," on September 3rd (9:00-10:00PM ET/PT) and September 4th (9:00-10:00PM ET/PT) respectively. The so-called "tweet-peats" will feature tweets from the shows' cast and producers running in a lower-third scroll (they can also be viewed at http://www.twitter.com/fringeonfox and http://www.twitter.com/gleeonfox). The tweets will provide commentary about the episode, answer fan questions, reveal behind-the-scenes secrets and offer insights about the coming season, Fox says.