ABC Signature
ABC Studios[1] is an American television production studio under the Disney Television Studios unit of Walt Disney Television that was named in 2020 (both ultimately owned by The Walt Disney Company). The studio is the production arm of the ABC television network, and originally started in 1950 as the television unit of Walt Disney Productions, later Walt Disney Television in 1985, and launched a subsidiary, the first incarnation of Touchstone Television, established in 1985 (later to be merged into ABC in 1999, and merged Walt Disney Network Television into Touchstone Television) and renamed ABC Studios in 2007. it has a Signature unit, ABC Signature Studios, which was formed in 2013. it is not to be confused with the unit of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with the same name. It was dissolved in October 2024 and folded into 20th Television, which has been acquired by Disney in 2019.
_logo.svg){kind=logo} Final logo, used from 2020 to 2024 | |
 The studio building on the Walt Disney Studios Riverside Drive property in Burbank, California | |
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| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Television production Home video |
| Predecessors | |
| Founded | April 18, 1983 (as Walt Disney Network Television) March 21, 1985 (as ABC Signature) |
| Defunct | October 1, 2024 |
| Fate | Dissolved; operations folded into 20th Television |
| Successor | 20th Television |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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| Owner | Disney Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Parent | Disney Television Studios |
References
change- ↑ Low, Elaine (August 10, 2020). "Disney Rebrands TV Studios, 20th Century Fox TV to Become 20th Television". Variety. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
