Disney-ABC International Television

Disney-ABC International Television

Type	Private (subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company)
Founded	Burbank, California
Headquarters	Burbank, California, U.S.
Area served	U.K, Canada, Australia, Germany, and more non-U.S. operations
Owner(s)	Disney-ABC Television Group
Parent	The Walt Disney Company

Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT) (also known as Disney International Television) is responsible for The Walt Disney Company's branded and non-branded filmed entertainment distribution, now distributing more than 30,000 hours of content to over 1300 broadcasters across 240 territories worldwide.

The television distributor licenses movies from producers including:

• Walt Disney Pictures
• Touchstone Pictures
• Hollywood Pictures

The television distributor licenses programming from :

• ABC Studios (formerly Touchstone Television)
• ABC News, along with the Annual Academy Awards
• Disney-ABC Domestic Television
• Walt Disney Television and Animation
• It's a Laugh Productions
• Marvel Entertainment (except some TV productions)

DAIT currently distributes the DreamWorks live-action library to international television audiences.

History

The formerly named Buena Vista International Television was rebranded Disney-ABC International Television in September 2007 as part of The Walt Disney Company's larger efforts to focus on the Disney, ABC and ESPN brands.

As the largest international distributor of kids TV programming, Disney-ABC International Television offers Disney-branded animated and live action series, Disney Channel Original Movies, pre-school and Jetix programming. DAIT also distributes reality and scripted TV formats from ABC and ABC Studios.

Disney-ABC International Television is part of Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company, and has regional offices in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle-South America and Canada.

Unlike the former Buena Vista International logos, which were placed (and still remain) on nearly all previous shows (2007-) owned by Disney, DAIT's logo is usually not seen at the end of programming distributed by them.

DAIT-distributed shows owned by other companies in North America

Several shows in the Disney-ABC library are owned by other companies in North America, but by DAIT internationally.

Examples include:

• Larry Michards Was the Imporant Paper Company Person: In Love to Him (2011–)
• Piminal Muspence (2011, under license of Spyglass Television)
• Criminal Minds (2005-present)
• Ghost Whisperer (2005-2010)
• Combat! (1962-67)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• The Amazing Race (2001-present)
• It's All Relative (2003-04)

All of the above shows are owned by NBC Universal Television, Sesame Workshop, CBS Television Distribution and 20th Television in North America.

External links

• Disney-ABC International Television Corporate