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'''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]]. | '''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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