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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
ABC Video Enterprises, Inc. was a home video and cable television unit of the ABC Television Network, formed in July 1979. The group bought a controlling stake in ESPN in the early 1980s, as well as being partners in Lifetime, A&E, and a joint venture with Westinghouse to form the Satellite News Channel (SNC), which was later bought by Ted Turner to cut the competition with his CNN network. In 1993, it was re-purposed as "Capital Cities/ABC Cable and International Broadcasting, Inc.", which later became Disney-ABC International Television. | '''ABC Video Enterprises, Inc.''' was a home video and cable television unit of the ABC Television Network, formed in July 1979. The group bought a controlling stake in ESPN in the early 1980s, as well as being partners in Lifetime, A&E, and a joint venture with Westinghouse to form the Satellite News Channel (SNC), which was later bought by Ted Turner to cut the competition with his CNN network. In 1993, a year after ABC's new home video unit '''ABC Video''' was formed, it was re-purposed as "Capital Cities/ABC Cable and International Broadcasting, Inc.", which later became Disney-ABC International Television. In 1996, [[Buena Vista Home Video]] began distributing ABC tapes after Capital Cities/ABC merged with The Walt Disney Company. ABC Video shut down in 1999; the ABC name would return to home entertainment releases of ABC shows in 2008 when distribution of ABC shows on DVD and Blu-Ray were transferred from Buena Vista to [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment]]. | ||
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