Editing American Broadcasting Company (section)

==International broadcasts ==
The first attempts to internationalize the ABC television network dates to the 1950s, when Goldenson tried to use the same strategies he had in expanding UPT's theater operation to the international market.{{Sfn|Goldenson|Wolf|1991–1993|p=214}} Goldenson said that ABC's first international activity was broadcasting the coronation of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in June 1953, CBS and NBC were delayed in covering the coronation due to flight delays.{{Sfn|Goldenson|Wolf|1991–1993|pp=215–216}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/53-OCR/BC-1953-06-08-OCR-Page-0056.pdf|title=Networks Vie for "First" Honors As Radio-TV Cover the Coronation|date=June 8, 1953|work=Broadcasting/Telecasting|access-date=October 6, 2017}}</ref> Goldenson tried international investing, having ABC invest in stations in the Latin American market, acquiring a 51% interest in a network covering Central America and in 1959 established program distributor [[Worldvision Enterprises]].{{Sfn|Goldenson|Wolf|1991–1993|p=217}} Goldenson also cited interest in Japan in the early 1950s,{{Sfn|Goldenson|Wolf|1991–1993|p=221}} acquiring a 5% stake in two new domestic networks, the [[Mainichi Broadcasting System]] in 1951 and [[TV Asahi]] in 1957.{{Sfn|Goldenson|Wolf|1991–1993|p=221}} Goldenson also invested in broadcasting properties in [[Beirut]] in the mid-1960s.{{Sfn|Goldenson|Wolf|1991–1993|p=223}}

The goal was to create a network of wholly and partially owned channels and affiliates to rebroadcast the network's programs. In 1959, this rerun activity was completed with program syndication, with ABC Films selling programs to networks not owned by ABC.{{Sfn|Goldenson|Wolf|1991–1993|p=227}} The arrival of satellite television ended the need for ABC to hold interests in other countries,{{Sfn|Goldenson|Wolf|1991–1993|p=231}} many governments also wanted to increase their independence and strengthen legislation to limit foreign ownership of broadcasting properties. As a result, ABC was forced to sell all of its interests in international networks, mainly in Japan and Latin America, in the 1970s; a partial stake in [[ABS-CBN]] in the Philippines was forcibly removed in 1974 with the declaration of [[martial law under Ferdinand Marcos]].{{Sfn|Goldenson|Wolf|1991–1993|p=232}}

The second period of international expansion is linked to that of the ESPN network in the 1990s, and policies enacted in the 2000s by Disney Media Networks. These policies included the expansion of several of the company's U.S.-based cable networks including Disney Channel and its spinoffs Toon Disney, [[Playhouse Disney]] and [[Jetix]], although Disney also sold its 33% stake in European sports channel [[Eurosport]] for $155 million in June 2000.<ref name="Annual 2000 p65">{{cite web|title=Disney Annual Report 2000|url=http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/annual_reports/2000/pdfs/financial.pdf|publisher=The Walt Disney Company|page=65|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616211808/http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/annual_reports/2000/pdfs/financial.pdf|archive-date=June 16, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> In contrast to Disney's other channels, ABC broadcasts in the United States with programming syndicated in other countries. The policy regarding wholly owned international networks was revived and on September 27, 2004, ABC announced the launch of [[ABC1 (UK)|ABC1]], a [[free-to-air]] channel in the United Kingdom owned by the ABC Group.<ref name="factbook 2004 9">{{cite web|title=Disney Factbook 2004: Key Dates|url=http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/fact_books/2004/disney_fb04.pdf|publisher=The Walt Disney Company|page=9|date=February 4, 2005|access-date=January 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050304005810/http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/fact_books/2004/disney_fb04.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, ABC1 could not attain sustainable viewership<ref name="ABC1 closure">{{cite web|title=Disney Closes ABC1 in the United Kingdom |url=http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2007/09/08/disney-closes-abc1-in-the-united-kingdom/ |work=Netcot.com |date=September 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203022632/http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2007/09/08/disney-closes-abc1-in-the-united-kingdom/ |archive-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> and was shut down in October 2007.<ref name="ABC1 closure"/>

Prior to the ABC1 closure, on October 10, 2006, Disney–ABC Television Group entered into an agreement with satellite provider [[Dish TV]] to carry its ABC News Now channel in India.<ref name="DishTv">{{cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/2006/10/10/19978551/india-will-get-abc-news-now|title=India will get ABC News Now|date=October 10, 2006|work=[[Deseret News]]|access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref> However, this operation was not put into effect.

===Australia===
In Australia, the [[Nine Network]] maintained close ties with ABC and has used a majority of the U.S. network's image campaigns and slogans since the 1970s, in particular, "[[Still the One]]", ABC's slogan it adopted for the [[1977–78 United States network television schedule|1977–78 television season]] and again for the [[1979–80 United States network television schedule|1979–80 television season]], was adopted by Nine for the 1978 Australian television season (before, Nine also used ABC's "Let Us Be the One" slogan), and lasted longer ever since it was re-adopted in 1980, it was Nine's main slogan until it was replaced in December 2006, only to be reintroduced in November 2021. ABC's other slogans were also adopted by Nine during the 1980–2006 period, as secondary slogans complementing the "Still the One" slogan.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

===Canada===
Most [[Canadians]] have access to at least one U.S.-based ABC affiliate, either over-the-air (in areas located within proximity of the [[Canada–United States border]]) or through a cable, satellite or [[IPTV]] provider. Most ABC programs are subject to [[simultaneous substitution]] regulations imposed by the CRTC, which require television service providers to replace an American station's signal with the feed of a [[Television in Canada|Canadian broadcaster]] carrying the same syndicated program to protect domestic programming rights and advertising revenue.

===Mexico===
Like Canada, ABC programming is available in Mexico through free-to-air affiliates in markets located within proximity to the Mexico–United States border whose signals are readily receivable over-the-air in border areas of northern Mexico.