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<\/a>(Courtesy of onmogul.com) https:\/\/onmogul.com\/jobs\/music-production-intern-disney-channels-summer-2015<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n 500 South Buena Vista Street In 1995, Disney\/ABC Television Group was born when The Walt Disney Company<\/a> announced that it would acquire Capital Cities\/ABC Inc. for $19 billion [1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n Since then, Disney\/ABC Television Group has expanded to provide entertainment, news and kids programming to viewers via more than 200 affiliated stations across the U.S.\u00a0Disney\/ABC Television Group’s properties include\u00a0ABC Television Network, ABC Owned Television Stations Group, ABC Entertainment Group, Disney Channels Worldwide, Freeform<\/a>, formerly known as ABC Family, as well as Disney\/ABC Domestic Television and Disney Media Distribution. Hyperion publishing and the Company\u2019s equity interests in A+E Networks<\/a> and Hulu <\/a>round out the Group\u2019s portfolio of media businesses [2]<\/a>.<\/p>\n (Courtesy of Disney) http:\/\/www.disneyabcpress.com\/disneyabctv\/executives\/<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n (Courtesy of Disney) http:\/\/www.disneyabcpress.com\/disneyabctv\/executives\/<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Channing Dungey’s new presidency makes her the first African-American\u00a0to ever lead a major broadcast network.\u00a0Formerly the executive vice president of ABC drama development, Dungey helped develop series such as \u201cScandal,\u201d <\/a>\u201cQuantico,\u201d<\/a> \u201cMarvel\u2019s Agents of SHIELD,\u201d <\/a>\u201cHow to Get Away With Murder\u201d<\/a> and \u201cAmerican Crime”<\/a> <\/span>[3]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n \n Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company (Courtesy of Disney) https:\/\/thewaltdisneycompany.com\/about\/<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n (Courtesy of Yahoo! Finance) http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/q?s=DIS<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n The Disney\/ABC Television Group is publicly traded\u00a0under\u00a0The Walt Disney Company (DIS) on the New York\u00a0Stock Exchange<\/a>. On Friday, April 22, DIS closed out at\u00a0$103.77 per share. In the past three months, Disney’s stock prices have been on a pretty steady incline, with a brief dip in early February. The recent strong numbers are a direct\u00a0result of the Disney release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”<\/a> Global success of the movie drove record quarterly operating income at both Studio Entertainment and Consumer Products & Interactive Media, which grew at 86% and 23%, respectively [4].<\/a> The company reported their quarter one earnings call for 2016 on February 9, 2016. The earnings results webcast can be heard here:\u00a0https:\/\/ditm-twdc-us.storage.googleapis.com\/q1-fy16-earnings.mp3.<\/a><\/span><\/span> It was announced on Thursday, April 21, that the Walt Disney Company sold its 50% stake in Fusion<\/a>, the multi-platform network launched in 2013, making Univision the sole owner. As the majority owner of Fusion, Univision<\/a> (NYSE: UCI) will create a separate media group that will include recently acquired The Onion<\/a> and other digital properties. Univision also will take over ABC’s role in handling distribution and ad sales for Fusion’s multi-platform network and will have editorial control [5]<\/a>. Disney has been changing its own channel line up, rebranding its ABC Family channel as Freeform, targeting millennial women, while investing in Vice Media Inc.<\/a>, which focuses on young men [6]<\/a>. In recent years, Fusion has been losing money, making the company’s\u00a0move, most likely, a financially smart one.<\/p>\n Named as the new president of ABC Entertainment, Channing Dungey faces the hard\u00a0task of mending an ABC schedule with some holes.\u00a0With five of its nine half-hour comedies already scheduled to return in 2016-17, and another two virtual shoe-ins for renewal, ABC’s sitcom lineup is arguably the strongest on TV. Certainly it is the most stable; “Modern Family”<\/a> and “The Middle<\/a>” next fall will embark upon their eighth seasons, while the homegrown “Black-ish”<\/a> is getting\u00a0closer to beginning\u00a0syndication with its season three pick-up [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n Set to premiere next for ABC is “Uncle Buck,”<\/a> based on the hit movie of the same name. The series will star Uncle Buck (Mike Epps) as a fun-loving but irresponsible guy who needs a job and a place to stay. His brother and sister-in-law need some help around the house, wondering if they could be the\u00a0answer to each other’s problems [8]<\/a>. The show is set to premiere this Summer on June 14,\u00a0following a preview of the revived game show \u201cTo Tell the Truth,\u201d Hosted by \u201cBlack-ish\u201d star Anthony Anderson.<\/p>\n (Courtesy of ABC) http:\/\/tvseriesfinale.com\/tv-show\/uncle-buck-abc-comedy-debuts-june\/<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n To get a sneak peek at the new comedy series “Uncle Buck,” starring Mike Epps and Nia Long, click the link to view the official trailer: http:\/\/abc.go.com\/shows\/uncle-buck\/video\/most-recent\/VDKA0_1thuvv8f<\/a><\/p>\n Along with “To Tell The Truth,” “100,000 Pyramid,” another game show that is being rebooted from the original, will\u00a0make its debut on\u00a0Sunday, June 26 at 9 p.m. following the second season premiere of \u201cCelebrity Family Feud.\u201d<\/a> Both “Pyramid,” which was originally aired in 1973 and hosted by Dick Clark, and “To Tell the Truth,” which aired\u00a0in 1956 and was hosted by Budy Collyer [9]<\/a>, will bring a new and\u00a0older skewing audience\u00a0to ABC during primetime on Sunday nights.<\/p>\n (Courtesy of ww.oscar.go.com) http:\/\/oscar.go.com\/news\/oscar-news\/oscars-2016-nominee-contenders-and-categories<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n On February 28, 2016, ABC aired the 88th Academy Awards<\/a> hosted by comedian Chris Rock, which brought its lowest ratings in eight years. The network has been airing the Oscars\u00a0since the emergence\u00a0of television, outside of the periods in the 1950s and 1970s when the award show was aired on NBC [10]<\/span><\/u><\/a>.\u00a0The low viewership was seen as surprising seeing that this year’s Oscars were one of the most talked about awards in recent years, due to backlash and protests over the Academy’s lack of diverse nominees [11]<\/span><\/u><\/a>. Also making news was Leonardio Decaprio’s first Academy Award win<\/a>. Chris Rock held the controversial hosting gig, addressing #OscarsSoWhite<\/a> with a mixture of jokes and serious statements [1<\/a>2]<\/span><\/u>. Despite all of the talk around and leading up to the event, viewers decided not to tune in, as the numbers clearly speak for themselves.<\/p>\n On Monday, April 18, Ben Sherwood<\/a> unveiled a plan for ABC to expand the availability of its programming via authenticated streaming platforms by offering to establish such deals on behalf of its 200-plus affiliate stations around the country.\u00a0The initiative dubbed \u201cClearinghouse\u201d is described as a \u201cturnkey\u201d solution for ABC\u2019s affiliate stations. Sherwood said that the 14 ABC affiliates in the Hearst TV station group have agreed to lead the pilot program for a technological and administrative template that ABC has hammered out with DirecTV for its Watch ABC<\/a> app\u00a0[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n The new \u201cPyramid\u201d game show\u00a0will be hosted by Michael Strahan, who on Tuesday, April 19,\u00a0announced that he would be leaving\u00a0his daytime gig at \u201cLive! With Kelly and Michael\u201d <\/a>for a full-time role on ABC\u2019s flagship morning show \u201cGood Morning America\u201d <\/a>[14]<\/span><\/u><\/a>. With GMA’s ratings leadership in extreme danger of being\u00a0overshadowed by NBC\u2019s \u201cToday Show,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0executives at ABC have come up with something that looks great on paper \u2013 adding more of Michael Strahan, the former football player who has transformed himself into one of the most winning personalities on today\u2019s TV screen [15]<\/a>. ABC’s Summer Schedule<\/a> is sure to be a busy one, packed with a new spinoff series and various rebooted game shows featuring various\u00a0of celebrities.<\/p>\n (Courtesy Disney Channel) http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/758430\/disney-channel-is-airing-every-original-movie-ever-to-celebrate-a-massive-milestone-see-the-schedule<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n On Wednesday, April 20, Disney Channel unveiled plans for the 100th DCOM Celebration, a summer programming marathon\u00a0centered on the airing of the network\u2019s 100th original move since 1997.\u00a0Things kick off May 27 with a four-day\u00a0marathon of the 51 most popular\u00a0original movies\u00a0followed by encore presentations of these and every other movie in the franchise\u00a0through June<\/span> [16]<\/a>. Releasing 100 movies in 19 years is no small feat, and is surely something to celebrate!<\/span><\/p>\n 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, CA 91521-4581 (818) 560-1000 www.disneyabcpress.com History\/About the Company In 1995, Disney\/ABC Television Group was born when The Walt Disney Company announced that it would acquire Capital Cities\/ABC Inc. for $19 billion [1]. Since … Continue reading
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