Former television production company of Walt Disney Television
For the first incarnation of Touchstone Television from 1985 until 2007, see ABC Signature.
Touchstone Television
Logo used in 2020
Formerly
Fox 21 Television Studios (2014–2020)
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Television Production
Predecessors
Fox Lab
Fox Television Studios
Foxstar Productions
Fox World
Fox 21
Founded
December 4, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-04)
Founder
David Madden
Defunct
December 1, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-12-01)
Fate
Acquired by and merged with 20th Television
Successors
20th Television (absorbed)
Searchlight Television (spin-off)
Key people
Bert Salke (president)
Parent
Disney Television Studios
Footnotes / references [1]
The second incarnation of Touchstone Television (formerly known as Fox 21 Television Studios) was an American television production company that was a subsidiary of Disney Media Networks' Walt Disney Television owned by The Walt Disney Company.[2] It was founded in 2014 from the merger of Fox Television Studios and Fox 21, and given its second name in mid-2020 following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.
On December 1, 2020, Disney announced that the label was folded into 20th Television.[3]
^"Disney and 21st Century Fox Announce per Share Value in Connection with $71 Billion Acquisition". The Walt Disney Company. March 20, 2019.
^Andreeva, Nellie (October 8, 2018). "Disney Unveils Top TV Executive Structure Post Fox Acquisition: Peter Rice, Dana Walden, John Landgraf, Gary Knell Joining". Deadline. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
^Cite error: The named reference vty-reorg-dec2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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