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ABC Circle Films was the ABC film and TV production division. It was well known for producing many TV shows such as Moonlighting and America's Funniest Home Videos. When The Walt Disney Company purchased ABC in 1996, it was absorbed by its Touchstone Picture holding, through their Touchstone Television subsidiary. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... The term Moonlighting has two possible meanings: Moonlighting (employment) is doing a second job outside of normal working hours. ... Americas Funniest Home Videos (often simply abbreviated to AFV) is an American Broadcasting Company show in which viewers are able to send in videotapes containing humorous, silly, or just plain dumb acts featuring themes such as children, pets, or mistakes. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... Touchstone Pictures is a film division of The Walt Disney Company. ... Touchstone Television is an American television show production company. ...


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ABC also abolished a long-standing ban on pre-recorded programming; advances in tape-recording brought back from conquered Germany meant that the audio quality of tape could not be distinguished from "live" broadcasts.
ABC and ITT agreed to a merger in late 1965, but this deal was derailed by FCC and Department of Justice questions about ITT's foreign ownership influencing ABC's autonomy and journalistic integrity.
That logo was known as the "ABC Circle A." The logo was modified in the fall of 1962 when ABC started using the current "ABC Circle" logo (designed by Paul Rand) with ultra-modern (for its time) lower case 'abc' inside.
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