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 Abc Television - Abc Television: Home to some of the most famous television series. Read about the history of ABC Television, ABC company facts and information...
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Abc Television Network. a
subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. ABC Cable's channels include the
ABC Family (formerly Fox Family Worldwide), the Disney Channel,
SOAPnet, and Toon Disney...
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ABC Television Network
ABC, Inc. Company Profile
The ABC Television Network
broadcasts through about 225 affiliate stations across the country.
ABC also owns 10 TV stations and more than 70 radio stations in key
markets and holds stakes in several cable channels through its ABC
Cable unit.
The company owns and operates cable television channels for parent
ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. ABC Cable's channels
include the ABC Family (formerly Fox Family Worldwide), the Disney
Channel, SOAPnet, and Toon Disney.
It also owns stakes in ESPN (80%,
Hearst owns 20%), A&E (37.5%; Hearst, 37.5; NBC, 25%), E!
Entertainment Television (39.6%; Comcast, 40%; AT&T, 10%; Liberty
Media, 10%), and Lifetime (50%, Hearst owns the other half).
ABC
Cable Networks Group also manages Disney children's programming
shown on the ABC Television Network and ABC Family.
The company produces many of its own shows, and its
Buena Vista Television unit makes shows for syndication and other
networks.
ABC's innovations also extended
to the realm of made-for-TV movies, novels for television and
miniseries ? including the unprecedented cultural phenomenon of
Roots.
Viewers have come to know and trust ABC for its award-winning ABC News
franchise which includes the breakthrough late-night Nightline
telecast, as well as many other widely watched telecasts such as
Good Morning America to World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.
Innovation and cutting-edge technology are now synonymous with ABC
Sports, home to Monday Night Football, the most successful sports
series in history.
During afternoon hours, and with audience
favorites such as General Hospital and All My Children, ABC Daytime
has consistently won the ratings crown for more than a
quarter-century.
Prior to its merger into The Walt Disney Company in 1996, the network
had been an operating unit of Capital Cities/ABC since 1986.
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