Touchstone Television Renamed ABC Television Studio

BURBANK, February 9: Touchstone Television, Disney-ABC
Television Group’s in-house production company, is being renamed as ABC
Television Studio, as part of a company-wide initiative to focus on the core
Disney, ABC and ESPN brands.

The newly named ABC Television Studio will continue to
develop and produce programming for network, cable, web, VOD, mobile and
broadband platforms for The Walt Disney Company, as well as other outlets.

“Over the past few years, the studio has delivered some of
the highest quality, most successful programming on television, including
international franchise hits Lost and Desperate
Housewives, as well as this year’s Golden
Globe winners Grey’s Anatomy and Ugly
Betty,” said Anne Sweeney, the co-chair of
Disney Media Networks and president of the Disney-ABC Television Group. “The
new name ties this success more closely with the ABC brand that viewers have
come to value and trust.”

Mark Pedowitz will continue to serve as the president of the
rebranded studio.

In a related announcement, the business unit formerly known
as Buena Vista Games will now be known as Disney Interactive Studios.