M&A Deal Summary

Walt Disney Acquires ABC

On August 1, 1995, Walt Disney acquired media company ABC for 19.0B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Walt Disney’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Walt Disney’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Walt Disney’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Walt Disney’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1995-08-01
Target ABC
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Walt Disney
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 19.0B USD

Target

ABC

Burbank, California, United States
The Disney/ABC Television Group is composed of The Walt Disney Company’s global entertainment and news television properties, owned television stations, and radio and publishing businesses. This includes ABC Entertainment Group, ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations Group, Disney Channels Worldwide, ABC Family, and SOAPnet, as well as Disney/ABC Domestic Television and Disney Media Distribution.

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Buyer

Walt Disney

Burbank, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1923
Sector Media
Employees173,250
Revenue 88.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to The Walt Disney Company's headquarters in Burbank, California.
Entrance to The Walt Disney Company's headquarters in Burbank, California.

Walt Disney is a diversified worldwide entertainment company. Walt Disney operates in five business segments. These include Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, Consumer Products and Interactive. The Media Networks segment includes international and domestic cable television networks, a domestic broadcast television network, television production operations, domestic and international television distribution, domestic television stations, domestic broadcast radio networks and stations, and publishing and digital operations. Walt Disney was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 21
Sector (Media) 1 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 20
State (California) 1 of 10
Country (United States) 1 of 16
Year (1995) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 12
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-01-01 Infoseek

Sunnyvale, California, United States

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