WPVI-TV

WPVI-TV, previously WFIL-TV, is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based television station on the VHF television band that has been the Philadelphia affiliate of the American Broadcasting Companies, youngest of the three primary broadcast television networks whose initial establishments were all in the radio-network era and hence all predate the rise of cable television and the Internet/World Wide Web, since its initial receipt of its broadcast license from the Federal Communications Commission in the middle 1940s. It is also the only such station in Philadelphia whose affiliation with any non-public television network has continued uninterrupted since receiving its initial FCC license.

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/becoming standardized. Though the type font style name did not become widely known at the time and still was not/wasn't/isn't widely known as of late 2016, the station would/will 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. The Back-Then Late Station Announcer, Mr. Paul Norton is reassured viewers to say to us & them "It's STILL Channel 6."

1971–present

1971–1981

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.

1981–1997

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

Video

WPVI-TV news opens

A video of all the available *Action News* opens for WPVI-TV, including variants for each *Action News* open.

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TV stations in the Delaware Valley, including Philadelphia, Northern Delaware, South Jersey and the Lehigh Valley

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WPVI-TV

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Rel.

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Defunct stations

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Ind.

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Studios

Home Entertainment
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Others) | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

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

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Endemol Shine Group

Parent companies:

The Walt Disney Company | Apollo Global Management (50%)

Predecessors:
Endemol | Shine Group

Endemol Shine Iberia:
Endemol Portugal | Gestmusic | Shine Iberia | Telegenia | Zeppelin Television

Endemol Shine Nordics:
Friday TV | Metronome Film & Television | Metronome Productions | Metronome Spartacus | Rubicon TV

Asia Pacific:
Asia | China | India | SE Asia

Endemol Shine Australia:
Endemol Shine Banks

Kuarzo:
Argentina | Chile

Endemol Australia:
Endemol Southern Star | Southern Star Singapore

Endemol UK:
Bazal | Brighter Pictures | Cheetah Television

Endemol USA:
Latino | Original Media | True Entertainment

Notes:
¹ Joint-venture with Grupo Globo.
Sale of company to Banijay Group pending regulatory approval.

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ESPN

Owners: The Walt Disney Company (80%) | Hearst Corporation (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.

Fox Life
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), Star Bharat (HD) and Star Utsav | Movies: Star Gold (HD), Star Gold Select (HD), Movies OK 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) (Tamil | Telugu) and Nat Geo 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)

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

Other assets:
Video-on-demand service: 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 International 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, 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 Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company

Other Marvel films

X-Men

Other films

Marvel live action TV

Marvel animation

Marvel comic books

Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International
Subsidiaries: France | Germany | India | Italy | Latin America

Other Assets: Fox Star Studios

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A+E Networks

Co-owned by Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company

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

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

United Kingdom & Ireland:⁴
Blaze | Crime & Investigation | History | H2 | Lifetime

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

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

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 Television | Touchstone Home Entertainment (Others)

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

Notes
¹ Disney manages and operates this station owned by Emmis Communications.
² Disney manages film catalog created for ABC; remainder of library controlled by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
³ Disney manages and operates this television and interactive units by Saban Capital Group.
⁴ Joint venture with Paramount Pictures.
⁵ Operated by Cumulus Media under an LMA.
⁶ Joint venture with the Hearst Corporation, which owns 20% of ESPN and 50% of A&E Networks.
⁷ Co-owned with Westinghouse Broadcasting (aka Group W)
⁸ Joint verture with Rádio Holding Participações Ltda.
⁹ Joint venture with Electronic Arts.
¹⁰ Joint venture with Sky Limited.
¹¹ Joint venture with Telefónica.
¹² Owned by Corus Entertainment.
¹³ Joint venture with Sky Network Television.
¹⁴ Joint venture with Global Group.
¹⁶ Joint venture with Apollo Global Management.
¹⁷ Joint 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 CBS Corporation

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WFIL-TV

1947–1948

1948–1956

1956–1962

1962-1963

1963–1967

1967–1971

WPVI-TV

1971–present

1971–1981

1981–1997

1997–2010

2010–2013

2013–present

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