(formerly '''Touchstone Television''') is a
Television Production Company owned by
The Walt Disney Company and
ABC . The company was formed under the Touchstone name in 1985 and renamed in May 2007 to its latest inception.
In its original incarnation as Touchstone Television, it was a spin-off company from
Touchstone Pictures , itself a division/brand of
Walt Disney Pictures And Television . In recent years, the studio mainly produces TV shows for ABC,
ABC Family ,
Lifetime (half-owned by Disney with
Hearst Corporation ) and all other Disney-owned channels (although it has and does produce shows on
CBS ,
NBC and cable network
FX ).
On February 8, 2007,
Disney-ABC Television Group rebranded Touchstone Television as ABC Television Studio. Announced at the annual Disney Investor Conference, the rebranding is part of the company's evolution to rebrand their strategy to focus on the three core brands: Disney, ABC and ESPN. In May 2007, the television production company changed its name again to ABC Studios.
