The Disney/ABC Television Group is composed of The Walt Disney Company’s (NYSE: DIS) global entertainment and news television properties, owned television stations group, as well as radio and publishing businesses. This includes the ABC Television Network, ABC Owned Television Stations Group, ABC Studios, Disney Channels Worldwide, ABC Family and SOAPnet, as well as Disney/ABC Domestic Television and Disney Media Distribution. The Radio Disney network, Hyperion publishing, and the Company’s equity interest in A&E Television Networks round out the Group’s portfolio of media businesses.
Management:
Anne Sweeney, co-chair, Disney Media Networks, and president, Disney/ABC Television Group
U.S. Television Network:
ABC Television Network
ABC Television Network provides broadcast programming to more than 220 affiliated stations across the U.S. The Network encompasses ABC News, which is responsible for news programming on television and other digital platforms; ABC Entertainment Group, a partnership between ABC Studios and ABC Entertainment responsible for the network’s primetime and late-night entertainment programming; ABC Daytime, producer of the network’s successful cache of daytime programming; as well as ABC Kids, the Network’s children’s programming platform. ABC’s multiplatform business initiative includes the Interactive Emmy Award-winning broadband player on ABC.com.
U.S. Owned Television Stations:
ABC Owned Television Stations Group
The ABC Owned Television Stations Group, which reaches 24% of U.S. television households, includes WABC-TV in New York; KABC-TV in Los Angeles; WLS-TV in Chicago; WPVI-TV in Philadelphia; KGO-TV in San Francisco; KTRK-TV in Houston; WTVD-TV in Raleigh-Durham, NC; and KFSN-TV in Fresno, CA.
Entertainment Programming & Production:
ABC Entertainment Group
The ABC Entertainment Group develops and produces compelling programming for broadcast on ABC, as well as across television and digital platforms. The successful partnership between ABC Studios and ABC Entertainment has delivered some of the most successful, talked-about and evolutionary series on television today.
ABC Daytime
ABC Daytime produces +1,000 hours of original television a year, with four network-owned daytime programs.
ABC Family
ABC Family's programming is a mix of network defining original series and original movies, quality acquired series and blockbuster theatricals. ABC Family features programming reflecting today's families, entertaining and connecting with adults through relevant stories about today's relationships, all told with diversity, dysfunction, passion, humor and heart.
SOAPnet
SOAPnet owns the world of character-driven soapy drama, from daytime and primetime soaps, to reality shows and movies.
News Programming & Production:
ABC News
ABC News is responsible for all of the ABC Television Network’s news programming on a variety of platforms: TV, radio and the Internet.
Kids Programming & Production:
Disney Channels Worldwide
Disney Channels Worldwide is a global portfolio of 94 kid-driven, family inclusive entertainment channels and/or channel feeds available in 169 countries and in 34 languages. The platform brands are Disney Channel, Disney XD, Playhouse Disney, Disney Cinemagic, Hungama, Jetix and Radio Disney. The group's multiplatform strategy includes subscription VOD and content-rich broadband websites DisneyJunior.com, DisneyXD.com and DisneyChannel.com. Disney Channel content is distributed through cable, satellite and digital terrestrial TV channels and via a strategic partnership with Disney Media Distribution to third party broadcasters across the globe.
Distribution:
Disney ABC Domestic Television
Disney ABC Domestic Television provides motion pictures and TV programming to a wide array of U.S.-based media platforms, including pay television, basic cable, broadcast television, VOD, PPV, mobile, broadband, IPTV and other digital technologies.
Disney Media Distribution
Disney Media Distribution (DMD) is responsible for the international distribution of The Walt Disney Company's branded and non-branded content to all platforms, encompassing television, broadband and mobile outlets. The division distributes more than 30,000 hours of programming to over 1,300 platform partners across 240 territories worldwide. DMD's content portfolio includes feature films, scripted and reality series, live-action and animated kids content, ABC News, and specials such as the Academy Awards. DMD also oversees channel expansion and distribution worldwide for Disney-branded channels, such as Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior; as well as ESPN-branded channels, including ESPN International, ESPN Classic and ESPN America.
Publishing:
Hyperion
Hyperion Books publishes fiction and non-fiction titles for adults under several editorial imprints, including Hyperion, Voice and ABC Daytime Press. Hyperion publishes +100 hardcover and paperback books a year, and offers many of its titles as e-books and as audiobooks through its Hyperion Audio division.
Equity Holdings:
A&E Television Networks
A&E Television Networks (AETN), a joint venture of The Hearst Corporation, the Disney/ABC Television Group and NBC Universal, is an award-winning, international media company offering consumers a diverse communications environment ranging from television programming, to home videos/DVDs and music CDs, to websites, as well as supporting nationwide educational initiatives. AETN is comprised of A&E Network, History, History International, Bio, History En Español, Military History, Crime & Investigation Network, A&E HD, THC HD, AETN International, A&E IndieFilms and AETN Consumer Products.