ABC Family Worldwide Inc.
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| Industry | Television production |
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| Predecessor(s) | International Family Entertainment Inc. Fox Kids Worldwide Inc. Fox Family Worldwide Inc. |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | ABC Family Jetix |
| Parent | The Walt Disney Company |
ABC Family Worldwide Inc. is a producer and distributor of family entertainment and information programming worldwide. The company is owned by The Walt Disney Company and was founded in 1990 by Pat Robertson as International Family Entertainment Inc. ABC Family Worldwide's principal business is ABC Family, a satellite delivered cable-television network. The company is located in Burbank, California.
[edit] History
- 1977: Robertson's CBN created CBN Cable.
- 1988: CBN Cable was renamed The CBN Family Channel.
- 1990: International Family Entertainment, Inc. (IFE) was formed by Pat Robertson. This acquired The CBN Family Channel from CBN, renaming it The Family Channel.
- 1992: IFE acquired TVS Entertainment (a former ITV franchise holder for the South of England) archive for $68.5 million, which included the MTM Enterprises library.[1]
- 1996: News Corporation's Fox Children's Productions and Haim Saban's Saban Entertainment merged to form Fox Kids Worldwide, Inc.[2][3][4][5]
- June 11, 1997: Fox Kids Worldwide, Inc. (FKW) acquired IFE,[6] a publicly held company listed on the New York Stock Exchange for $1.9 billion. FKW was renamed Fox Family Worldwide, Inc.[2][3][7]
- 1998: IFE and MTM archives were folded into 20th Century Fox Television.
- August 15, 1998: The Family Channel was renamed Fox Family Channel.[8]
- October 24, 2001: The Walt Disney Company acquired Fox Family Worldwide for US$5.3 billion ($2.9 billion cash plus $2.3 billion in debt assumption). The company was renamed ABC Family Worldwide, Inc. and the channel was renamed ABC Family. The Fox Kids brand would remain in use for three more years.[2][3][9][10]
- 2004-2005: Fox Kids was renamed Jetix.[11][12]
[edit] References
- ^ Benson, Jim (Oct. 6, 1992). "IFE forms syndie division for family shows". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR100219.html?categoryid=18&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ a b c "Haim Saban". Saban. http://www.saban.com/html/team/saban.html. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
- ^ a b c "Fox Family Worldwide Inc". Saban. http://www.saban.com/html/invest/fox.html. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
- ^ Schneider, Michael; Grego, Melissa (September 9, 2001). "Fox Kids net adopted by Fox TV Ent.". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117852436.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ^ Hillier, Barry (November 1, 1996). "Fox Kids Worldwide is born". Kidscreen. http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/magazine/19961101/17341.html?word=Haim&word=Saban. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
- ^ Robertson, Virginia (December 1, 1997). "Special Report: Family Programming: New relations: Fox keeping mum about plans for The Family Channel". Kidscreen. http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/magazine/19971201/20077.html?word=Haim&word=Saban. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
- ^ Peers, Martin; Richmond, Ray; Levin, Gary (June 12, 1997). "Family affair for Fox Kids". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1116680186.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ Katz, Richard (July 10, 1998). "Fox Family squeezes 'Club' in youthful sked". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117478323.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ^ "News Corp. and Haim Saban Reach Agreement to Sell Fox Family Worldwide to Disney for $5.3 Billion". Saban. July 23, 2001. http://www.saban.com/html/press/010723.html. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
- ^ DiOrio, Carl (Oct. 24, 2001). "Fox Family costs Mouse less cheese in final deal". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117854788.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ^ Edmunds, Marlene (May 4, 2004). "Fox Kids arm jets new name Jetix". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117904299.html?categoryid=1043&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ Meza, Ed (Apr. 28, 2005). "Jetix brand rolls on". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117921830.html?categoryid=19&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
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