{"id":8864,"date":"2013-04-08T10:49:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T14:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/?p=8864"},"modified":"2013-04-14T16:44:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T20:44:34","slug":"disneyabc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/2013\/04\/08\/disneyabc\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney\/ABC Television"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Richie Calabro<\/pre>\n
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Disney\/ABC Television Group<\/strong><\/h1>\n
 500 South Buena Visita Street <\/strong><\/h1>\n
Burbank, California 91521<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Anne Sweeney – President
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If you\u2019re a TV watcher, a fan of sports, entertainment or movies, it is highly likely that at one point you have stumbled upon content that has been produced by Disney\/ABC. The Disney\/ABC<\/a> Television group operates all kinds of entertainment platforms such as ESPN, ABC News, Lifetime, The History Channel and Disney\u2019s wide network of films just to name a few. This vast encompassing company\u00a0employees nearly 150,000<\/a>\u00a0in the United States and around the world, can be seen in 97 million homes and has yearly revenue of in the tens of billions.[1]<\/p>\n
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Programming<\/strong><\/h1>\n
2013 has been a banner year so far for the ABC\/Television group. There has been a lot of exciting changes going on within the company in terms of programming, digital innovation and strategic partnership. One of those partnerships, a crossover plan between Marvel Comics and Disney\/ABC<\/a>, looks to be a revolutionary experiment for the TV industry. [2]<\/p>\n
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Under the proposed plan announced at the end of March,\u00a0a wide range of the network\u2019s scheduled television programming would be affected by bringing them into the Marvel world through a series of crossover events with the upcoming Avengers related show S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cWith each major\u00a0story line\u00a0other stories in ongoing books are brought in, featuring characters that might not otherwise be seen in the main event,” said Joss Whedon, director of the movie The Avengers<\/a>. [3] Other shows that are possibly in the mix are Once Upon A Time, Scandal, Red Widow and Rookie Blue.\u00a0The plan is sure to be an interesting event to watch and if successful, will look to be duplicated by other networks.<\/p>\n
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Courtesy: Politico<\/p><\/div>\n
Disney\/ABC and Univision\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
Strategic partnership has been a theme so far this spring for Disney\/ABC. \u00a0In early February,\u00a0ABC and Univision<\/a> announced a fresh and exciting news and lifestyle network for U.S. Hispanics. The new network, called Fusion, is set to launch in the fall of 2013. [4] The new network will bring together the powerful journalistic and reporting assets of ABC News and Univision, creating a unified place for U.S. Hispanics to go for news surrounding their world and culture. “Our collaboration will bring unmatched reporting capabilities and understanding of issues and entertainment that resonate with the Hispanic community,”says Anne Sweeney, President of Disney\/ABC.<\/a> [5]<\/p>\n
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Fusion will be able to reach millions of Hispanic and American viewers, already having 5 of the nations largest cable distributors on board to broadcast the content. The network will focus mainly on issues relevant to U.S. Hispanics like the economy, health, entertainment and immigration. [6]<\/p>\n
Good Morning America At The Top<\/strong><\/h1>\n
For years NBC’s “The Today Show”<\/a> had been at the top of the morning show network ratings. However, this past February, ABC’s Good Morning America <\/a>won the first quarter ratings for the first time since the mid-1990s. [7] GMA’s rise in popularity is due in part to the heart wrenching story of anchor Robin Roberts’ battle with a rare blood disease and the public relations nightmare that was Matt Lauer and Anne Curry<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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GMA\u00a0topped the morning show wars for the first quarter of 2013 in total viewers. They won the critical 25-54 demographic over the Today show,\u00a0averaging an audience of 5.389 million. It was the first time the top-rated morning show has won the quarter in total viewers since 1994. \u00a0GMA also won for the second quarter in a row in the\u00a025-54 demo, first time since the second and third quarters of 1994. [8] It is thought that Robin Roberts’ illness has helped GMA jump NBC. The disease,\u00a0myelodysplastic syndrome<\/a>, causes the body to produce fewer red blood cells and forced Roberts to have a bone marrow transplant that came from her sister. Below is a clip of Robin Roberts’ journey.<\/p>\n