Disney General Entertainment Content

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Disney General Entertainment Content
Formerly
  • ABC Group (1996–2004)
  • Disney–ABC Television Group (2004–2019)
  • Walt Disney Television (2019–2021)
Company typeDivision
Industry
Predecessor
FoundedSeptember 5, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-09-05)
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide, but mainly United States
Key people
Products
Brands
ServicesTelevision production and distribution
Number of employees
7,000+ (2016)
ParentDisney Entertainment
DivisionsDisney Branded Television
Subsidiaries
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
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Disney General Entertainment Content (DGEC),[a] formerly ABC Group,[5] Disney–ABC Television Group and the second incarnation of Walt Disney Television,[b] is part of Disney Entertainment, a division of The Walt Disney Company that oversees its owned-and-operated television content, assets and sub-divisions.[6]

Following the full acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney on March 20, 2019, the division was given the unification name Walt Disney Television and rebranded two years later as Disney General Entertainment Content. Sub-divisions of DGEC include the American Broadcasting Company, ABC News, Disney Branded Television, Disney Television Studios, ABC Signature, Freeform, Hulu Original Content Teams, FX Networks, FX Productions, and Nat Geo.

  1. ^ Low, Elaine (October 12, 2020). "Disney Reorganizes Content and Distribution Units to Bolster Streaming Businesses". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "About The Walt Disney Company". The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference vty was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Guthrie, Marisa (September 14, 2016). "Disney/ABC TV's Ben Sherwood on a 'Star Wars' Series, "Mistakes" in Michael Strahan's 'Live' Exit and Bob Iger's Future". The Hollywood Reporter. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  5. ^ Newcomb, Horace (2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-19472-7 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Low, Elaine (October 12, 2020). "Disney Reorganizes Content and Distribution Units to Bolster Streaming Businesses". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved October 14, 2020.


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