WPVI-TV

WFIL-TV

When it was initially established as WFIL-TV (the "FIL" was short for FILadelfia," the Spanish form of the city's name), the station was owned by Triangle Communications and it was a sister company to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

1947–1948

1948–1956

1956–1962

1962-1963

This design's incorporating the network logo into the numeral "6" could with some accuracy be considered the direct design forerunner of the most recent station logo, shown below, even though it was not/isn't employed as a reference for the later design.

1963–1967

1967–1971

On Monday, September 11, 1967, WFIL-TV's new logo of Channel 6 became standardized. Though the type font style name did not become widely known at the time and still not widely known as of late 2016, the station would employ this logo for the next four years.

WPVI-TV

On Tuesday, April 27, 1971, WFIL-TV became WPVI-TV after Triangle sold the station to Capital Cities Communications, Inc. Then-announcer Paul Norton reassured viewers "It's STILL Channel 6."

1971–present

1971–1997

The change of the station call sign which led/leads into a revision of the Channel 6 logo which used the same type font style as previously back in 1967.

In 1986, Capital Cities bought ABC and changed its name to Capital Cities/ABC.

WPVI TV Channel 6 (Philadelphia PA) Station ID - Easter 1988

1997–2010

In 1996, The Walt Disney Company absorbed Capital Cities/ABC into itself to giving rise to the Disney-ABC Television Group which still exists at the present time. The station logo design, however, did not/didn't immediately reflect this take-over of the station's parent network.

2010–2013

In 2010, WPVI-TV's new logo was/is given an update; while the "6" design remained the same as it has been since it first debuted on Monday, September 11, 1967, A blue circle with a white outline was/is added, which made it look more similar to the logos used by most of WPVI-TV's fellow ABC O&O Television stations. The Red ABC Circle logo located on the bottom right of the "6" was changed to the black "ball" version that the network had been using since 2007 and it was/it's also slightly enlarged.

2013–present

The logo used since 2010 remained the same but with a minor change as the ABC Circle logo was modified.

WFDF was originally in the Flint radio market before moving to Farmington Hills in the Detroit radio market in 2006. As a result of the station's move to Detroit, WFRO in the Toledo market as well as another station in Northern Michigan (also on 900) were taken off the air to allow WFDF to increase its broadcast power.
Disney/ABC never owned the station, but operated it under a Local Marketing Agreement. Birach Broadcasting has since taken complete, outright control of the station.
These stations are either silent or completely off the air at this time.
WGVX also simulcasts on 105.3 and 105.7.

Sources: ABC Radio, Cumulus Media, Cumulus Media Networks, Radio Disney and Westwood One on Wikipedia

Other assets:
ABCtek

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ABC News

Special programming:
ABC News Special Report

Live-streaming networks:
ABC News Live

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Studios

Disney Music Group
Walt Disney Records | Hollywood Records (Marvel Music | Fox Music) | Disney Music Publishing | Buena Vista Records

Disney Theatrical Productions Group
Disney on Broadway | Disney on Ice | Disney Theatrical Productions | Disney Live!

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ESPN

Owners: The Walt Disney Company (80%) | Hearst Communications (20%)

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ESPN on ABC

Current programming:

U.S. radio stations
ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra | ESPNU Radio | ESPN All Access

Canadian networks (Co-Owned with Bell Media):
The Sports Network (TSN1 | TSN2 | TSN3 | TSN4 | TSN5) | RDS | RDS2 | RDS Info | ESPN Classic Canada

Japanese networks
J-Sports 1 | J-Sports 2 | J-Sports 3 | J-Sports 4

¹Operated by BT under license.
²Also airs on MLB Network.
³Partnership with TV5 Network Inc.
⁴Partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India. ^{5</Airs only on DStv.}

Fox Life
Africa | Asia | India | Latin America | Spain

FX
Asia | Latin America (FXM)

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The Walt Disney Company India

Parent: The Walt Disney Company

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Star TV

Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

Star India (Special logos)
Television channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Star Plus ^HD (Other), Star Bharat ^HD and Star Utsav | Movies: Star Gold ^HD, Star Gold 2 ^HD, Star Gold Select ^HD and Star Utsav Movies

English: Entertainment: Star World ^HD and Star World Premiere HD | Movies: Star Movies ^HD and Star Movies Select HD | Lifestyle: Fox Life ^HD | Knowledge and infotainment: National Geographic ^HD and Wild ^HD | Kids’: BabyTV HD¹

Regional languages: Tamil: Star Vijay ^HD and Vijay Super | Telugu: Star Maa ^HD, Star Maa Movies ^HD, Star Maa Music and Star Maa Gold | Kannada: Star Suvarna ^HD and Star Suvarna Plus | Malayalam: Asianet ^HD, Asianet Plus and Asianet Movies | Bangla: Star Jalsha ^HD and Jalsha Movies ^HD | Marathi: Star Pravah ^HD

Star Sports:
English: Star Sports 1 ^HD, Star Sports 2 ^HD and Star Sports 3 | Hindi: Star Sports 1 Hindi ^HD and Star Sports First | Regional languages: Star Sports 1 Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bangla and Marathi
Star Sports Select: Star Sports Select 1 ^HD, Star Sports Select 2 ^HD

Upcoming channels: Tamil: Vijay Music | Bangla: Jalsha Josh | English: Star Movies Select SD | Sports: Star Sports 3 HD, Star Sports 1 Malayalam and Star Sports 1 Gujarati

International channels:
Africa: Star Life (HD in South Africa, SD elsewhere)

Other assets:
Video-on-demand service: Disney+ Hotstar | Film production: Fox Star Studios (Other)
Affiliated company: Tata Sky² (HD, + HD; defunct: Tata Sky+, Tata Sky Transfer)

Notes:
¹Withdrawn from India in March 2019 (SD feeds) and June 2019 (Nat Geo Music and People HD); BabyTV HD is still running in India. They were run by Fox Networks Group Asia; there was no dedicated Indian feed.
²Joint venture with Tata Group.
³Sold to ABP Group.
⁴Sold to CJ E&M.
⁵Joint venture between Star and Viacom. Dissolved in 1994 with the launch of Channel V.

Non-Indian companies using the Star brand:

Taiwan: Star Movies HD (Taiwan)

Disbanded channels and properties:
China: Star China Media¹ (Star Sports | Xing Kong | Channel V (China) | Fortune Star)
Southeast Asia²: Star World (Asia) and Star Movies (Asia, Philippines and Taiwan), MTV³
Indonesia: antv⁴ | Film Indonesia
Philippines: Viva Cinema⁵
South Korea: Channel V (Korea)

Notes:
¹Sold to China Media Capital.
²Rebranded from Star to Fox channels in 2017. Now owned by Fox Networks Group.
³Formerly a joint-venture with Viacom but ended in 1994. MTV Southeast Asia later relaunched in 1995.
⁴Sold to Visi Media Asia, which had owned 80% of the channel (Star formerly owned 20%).
⁵Relauched as Pinoy Box Office.

Non-Star television channels:
India: Hindi youth entertainment: Bindass | Hindi movies: UTV Movies, UTV Action and UTV HD | English entertainment: Disney International HD | Kids’ channels: Disney Channel (HD upcoming), Hungama, Marvel HQ and Disney Junior

International: United Kingdom: UMP Movies

Defunct channels: UTV World Movies | UTV Stars (HD) | Bindass Play | UTV Action Telugu
Divested channels: BTVI

UTV Software Communications: UTV Motion Pictures
Defunct: UTV Indiagames | UTV Ignition Games

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Marvel

Part of The Walt Disney Company

Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Created by Marvel Studios

Part of The Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)

Other Marvel films

X-Men

Other films

Marvel live action TV

Marvel animation

Marvel comic books

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A+E Networks

Co-owned by Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company

NOTE: Except for European markets which fully owned by Hearst (and its respective partners) since 2019.

Canada:
Lifetime | History | Historia | History 2

Latin America²:
A&E (HD) | History (HD) | History 2 (HD) | Lifetime³ (HD)

Iberian Peninsula:⁵
Blaze (HD) | Historia (HD) | Crimen & Investigación/Crime & Investigação

India:⁶
History TV18 (HD) | FYI TV18 (HD)

Asia
Lifetime | History | Crime + Investigation

Notes
¹Joint venture with Vice Media.
²Joint venture with Ole Communications.
³Joint venture with Sony Pictures Television.
⁴Joint venture with Sky Limited.
⁵Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁶Joint venture with TV18.

Inactive
Touchstone Pictures (Others | Logo Variations) | Touchstone Home Entertainment (Others)

Predecessor companies: 21st Century Fox | Capital Cities/ABC Inc.
Split companies: Fox Corporation

Notes
¹Disney manages and operates this station owned by Emmis Communications.
²Disney manages film catalog created for ABC; remainder of library controlled by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
³Disney manages and operates this television and interactive units by Saban Capital Group.
⁴Joint venture with Paramount Pictures.
⁵Operated by Cumulus Media under an LMA.
⁶Joint venture with Hearst Communications, which owns 20% of ESPN and 50% of A&E Networks.
⁷Co-owned with Westinghouse Broadcasting (aka Group W)
⁸Joint verture with Rádio Holding Participações Ltda.
⁹Joint venture with Electronic Arts.
¹⁰Joint venture with Sky Limited.
¹¹Joint venture with Telefónica.
¹²Owned by Corus Entertainment.
¹³Joint venture with Sky Network Television.
¹⁴Joint venture with Global Group.
¹⁶Joint venture with Apollo Global Management.
¹⁷Joint venture with GMA Network Inc.
¹⁸Joint venture with CJ E&M.
¹⁹Joint venture with Televisión Nacional de Chile.
²⁰Co-owned with NBCUniversal
²¹Co-owned with ViacomCBS
²²Operated by Good Karma Brands under an LMA.
²³Co-owned with Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (RTL Group)
²⁴Joint venture with Rede Globo.
²⁵The Walt Disney Company established Movies Anywhere as Disney Movies Anywhere on February 25, 2014 and later renamed the video-on-demand service "Movies Anywhere, LLC" in the United States on October 12, 2017.

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WPVI-TV

WFIL-TV

1947–1948

1948–1956

1956–1962

1962-1963

1963–1967

1967–1971

WPVI-TV

1971–present

1971–1997

1997–2010

2010–2013

2013–present

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