domestic television type subsidiary industry television syndication founded 1983 ; 33 years ago 1983 headquarters burbank california u.s. area served north america key people janice marinelli president parent disney abc television group the walt disney company website disneyabc.tv disney abc domestic television also operating as abc syndication 1 formerly known as buena vista television and also known as disney domestic television and disney abc home entertainment and television distribution is the in home sales and content distribution firm of the disney abc television group a division of the walt disney company . content distribution responsibilities include domestic television syndication domestic pay tv internet and cable video on demand vod and pay per view outlets . 2 contents 1 background 2 history 2.1 buena vista television 2.2 disney abc domestic television 3 first run programming 3.1 current 3.2 former 4 references 5 external links background edit abc s first syndication arm abc films established in july 1953 was spun off as worldvision enterprises in march 1973 due to fin syn laws which have since been repealed . history edit buena vista television edit buena vista television 1997 logo disney abc domestic television was established in 1983 as walt disney domestic television distribution . two years later the unit was incorporated as buena vista television . 3 in april 1996 due to ongoing post disney capital cities abc merger realignment and retirement of its president walt disney television and telecommunications group s divisions were reassigned to other groups . hence bvtv as a part of walt disney television international was transferred to capital cities abc . 4 in 1999 buena vista television and its subsidiary valleycrest productions reached an agreement with british company celador to distribute the u.s. version of the uk game show who wants to be a millionaire . the show premiered in august 1999 with regis philbin as host . as bvtv dadt initially acted as a de facto syndication arm for abc after disney bought the network in 1996 since at the same time abc s original production division was folded into touchstone television . that company became abc studios in 2007 also as part of disney s branding strategy . in between these transactions disney reorganized all its non espn tv assets into the disney abc television group in 2004 making bvtv the official syndication arm of abc . in march 2007 starz entertainment sued bvtv for breaching their agreement by allowing movies available online through apple s itunes store and other outlets . the introduction of appletv device forced starz to file suit which hinged on the contractual definition of television . and whether complete tv exclusivity was granted as starz then had a secondary distribution deal with netflix . 5 disney abc domestic television edit in may 2007 the walt disney company announced plans to semi retire the use of the buena vista brand instead focusing on the three core brands of disney abc and espn . 6 as a result buena vista television was rebranded as disney abc domestic television dadt . 5 bvt converted to a limited liability business form on april 10 2009 . 3 7 by july 2008 dadt signed additional carriage agreements with vudu and cinemanow which was then added to the starz lawsuit . on december 2 2008 dadt and starz entertainment settled their online distribution lawsuit with the terms undisclosed . 5 first run programming edit current edit america s funniest home videos 1989 present ; w vin di bona productions ; live with kelly 1988 present ; w wabc tv litton s weekend adventure 2011 present ; e i programming block from litton entertainment ; exclusively for abc affiliates who wants to be a millionaire 2002 present ; w valleycrest productions 8 times square studios 9 right this minute beginning fall 2016 10 11 former edit the ainsley harriott show 2000 at the movies originally siskel & ebert & the movies at the movies with ebert and roeper 1986 2010 bill nye the science guy 1993 1998 ; w kcts of seattle and rabbit ears productions disney s one too 1999 2003 ; exclusively for upn stations debt 1996 1998 ; w faded denim productions and lifetime fablife 2015 2016 ; w summerdale productions 12 iyanla 2001 2002 legend of the seeker 2008 2010 13 katie 2012 2014 14 on the red carpet 2013 2014 15 teen win lose or draw 1989 1992 ; w burt & bert productions kline & friends and stone stanley entertainment the challengers 1990 91 ; w dick clark productions and ron greenberg productions the disney afternoon 1990 1997 the wayne brady show 2001 2004 16 win ben stein s money 1997 2003 ; w valleycrest productions and comedy central win lose or draw 1987 1990 ; w burt & bert productions and kline & friends disney s one saturday morning 1997 2002 ; exclusively for abc stations references edit abc syndication members profiles . syndicated network television association . archived from the original on december 3 2013 . retrieved july 2 2013 . disney abc domestic television company profile . yahoo finance . retrieved july 2 2013 . a b buena vista television c1356512 . business entity detail . california secretary of state . retrieved december 11 2014 . roth iger assume expanded responsibilities at the walt disney company . pr newswire . april 16 1996 . retrieved march 11 2013 . a b c spangler todd december 15 2008 . coda . a lawsuit between starz entertainment and disney abc domestic television . multichannel news . fixmer fixmer april 25 2007 . disney to drop buena vista brand name people say update1 . bloomberg.com . retrieved november 28 2012 . buena vista television llc 200910010281 . business entity detail . califorina secretary of state . retrieved december 11 2014 . just olivia july 3 2014 . disney moves filming of millionaire to stamford . ct post . hearst media services connecticut llc . retrieved may 22 2015 . stelter brian december 2 2011 . head of abc s daytime programming is leaving . new york times . retrieved 11 january 2013 . fablife officially canceled following tyra banks departure disney abc picks up right this minute at variety.com disney abc takes over distribution of rightthisminute clears it on abc stations at deadline.com villarreal yvonne october 20 2014 . abc stations pick up tyra banks led daytime talk show for 2015 . los angeles times . retrieved december 11 2014 . thielman sam august 1 2008 . sam raimi banks on disney s seeker . variety . retrieved 2008 11 07 . carter bill december 19 2013 . katie to end production in june after two seasons . the new york times . retrieved december 19 2013 . albiniak paige april 29 2013 . disney abc goes wall to wall with on the red carpet . broadcasting & cable . retrieved december 3 2014 . low ratings spell end of brady show . los angeles times . ap . january 13 2004 . retrieved december 11 2014 . external links edit disney abc domestic television at the internet movie database disney abc domestic television company profile at yahoo finance v t e disney abc television group abc entertainment group abc network abc entertainment abc studios times square studios other broadcasting disney tv disney abc domestic tv abc radio abc stations live well network abc news disney channels worldwide disney channel cinemagic movies cinema disney junior disney xd hungama radio disney production disney tv animation it s a laugh productions vod & other cable abc family worldwide freeform a e networksjv lifetime entertainment services hulujv international tv germany super rtljv rtl iijv disney media distribution tv blocks predecessor companies nbc american broadcasting paramount theatres american broadcasting companies capital cities abc parent disney media networks other disney media networks unit espn 80 % jv joint ventures v t e the disney afternoon series adventures of the gummi bears episodes 1985 91 ducktales episodes 1987 90 chip n dale rescue rangers episodes 1989 90 talespin episodes 1990 91 darkwing duck episodes 1991 92 goof troop episodes 1992 93 bonkers episodes 1993 94 aladdin episodes 1994 95 gargoyles episodes 1994 97 the shnookums and meat funny cartoon show episodes 1995 the lion king s timon & pumbaa episodes 1995 99 quack pack episodes 1996 mighty ducks 1996 97 distributors walt disney television disney abc domestic television related topics list of animated television series created for syndication weekday cartoon sunday morning cartoon disney television animation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title disney abc domestic television & oldid 739520551 categories disney media networkstelevision production companies of the united statestelevision syndication distributorsdisney production studiosentertainment companies based in californiacompanies based in burbank californiaentertainment companies established in 19751975 establishments in californiahidden categories use mdy dates from february 2014pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not 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