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SoapCity
Encyclopedia
A division of Sony Pictures Digital
, SoapCity was the home to the official websites for the American daytime soap opera
s Days of our Lives
and The Young and the Restless
.
When announced in 1999, SoapCity was planned to be the online component to a Sony-produced cable channel of the same name, which would air same-day repeats and archives of these same shows. However the channel would never air after being beaten to the market by ABC
/Disney
's SoapNet
, and because of distribution problems with Sony's Game Show Network
.
SoapCity covers all daytime soap opera
s and provides in-depth storyline analysis, additional storyline material, exclusive photographs, and behind-the-scenes information.
SoapCity offered daily digital downloads of the past four weeks of Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless. The site also had available older episodes of soap operas including the first Days of our Lives shows from 1965.
SoapCity.com was the first site to distribute day-and-date network television shows on the internet. As of now, the site is down, but the URL redirects to the Sony Pictures Television Soaps site.
Sony Pictures Digital
Sony Pictures Digital is an operating unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc....
, SoapCity was the home to the official websites for the American daytime soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
s Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
and The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
.
When announced in 1999, SoapCity was planned to be the online component to a Sony-produced cable channel of the same name, which would air same-day repeats and archives of these same shows. However the channel would never air after being beaten to the market by ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
/Disney
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
's SoapNet
SOAPnet
SOAPnet is an American cable television channel that broadcasts current and past soap operas and primetime dramas, along with some original programming. The channel launched on January 20, 2000, and is owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
, and because of distribution problems with Sony's Game Show Network
Game Show Network
The Game Show Network is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and casino game shows. The channel was launched on December 1, 1994. Its current slogan is "The World Needs More Winners"...
.
SoapCity covers all daytime soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
s and provides in-depth storyline analysis, additional storyline material, exclusive photographs, and behind-the-scenes information.
SoapCity offered daily digital downloads of the past four weeks of Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless. The site also had available older episodes of soap operas including the first Days of our Lives shows from 1965.
SoapCity.com was the first site to distribute day-and-date network television shows on the internet. As of now, the site is down, but the URL redirects to the Sony Pictures Television Soaps site.