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Formerly | ABC Film Syndication (1954–1973) |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Television syndication Home video |
Founded | March 27, 1954 | (as ABC Film Syndication)
Defunct | May 21, 1999 |
Fate | Folded into Paramount Domestic Television after Spelling Entertainment's merger with Viacom |
Successors | TV: Paramount Domestic Television (1999–2006) CBS Broadcasting, Inc. (2006–present) Library: Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (Hanna-Barbera and pre-1991 Ruby-Spears library only) Endemol Shine Australia (Hanna-Barbera Pty, Ltd./Taft-Hardie Group Pty. Ltd. only) Worldvision Home Video: Republic Pictures Home Video (1994–1999) Paramount Home Entertainment (1999–present) CBS Home Entertainment (2006–present) |
Headquarters | United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Parent | American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres (1954–1973) Taft Broadcasting (1979–1987) Great American Broadcasting (1987–1989) Spelling Entertainment Group (1989–1999) |
Divisions | Worldvision Home Video, Inc. |
Website | www |
Worldvision Enterprises, Inc. was an American television program and home video distributor established in 1954 as ABC Film Syndication, the domestic and overseas program distribution arm of the ABC Television Network. They primarily licensed programs from independent producers, rather than producing their own content.