ABC, Inc.

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New York Times, The | 57 days 13 hours 58 minutes ago
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eFax Enhances Service by Adding Searchable Fax Feature [Press Release]
Business Wire | 1 day 1 hour 15 minutes ago
j2 Global Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:JCOM), the provider of outsourced, value-added messaging and communications, has announced that eFax, its premier brand, has initiated an innovative searchable fax feature to a pilot group of eFax customers.


Research and Markets: Women's Fragrances in the United States 2008 - The FDMx Women's Fragrance Market Reflected a Steady Decline Due to a Range of Challenges Facing the Market [Press Release]
Business Wire | 34 days 22 hours 48 minutes ago
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/44294e/womens_fragrances) has announced the addition of the "Women's Fragrances in the United States 2008" report to their offering.


ABC Funding, Inc. Hires Jim B. Davis as Senior Vice President of Operations and Provides Operations Update [Press Release]
Business Wire | 45 days 16 hours 15 minutes ago
ABC Funding, Inc. ("ABC" or the "Company") (OTCBB:AFDG) announced today that it has hired Jim B. Davis as its Senior Vice President of Operations and provides an operations update of its Duval County, Texas, properties acquired in September 2008.


CIT Arranges Acquisition Financing for ABC Funding, Inc. [Press Release]
Business Wire | 46 days 48 minutes ago
CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT), a leading global commercial finance company, today announced that it arranged a senior secured credit line for ABC Funding, Inc. (ABC) (OTCBB: AFDG) to complete its $42 million acquisition of Voyager Gas Corporation, a Texas-based energy company.


Marketing to Hispanic Moms in the United States 2008 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 30 days 21 hours 53 minutes ago
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/385ed1/marketing_to_hispa) has announced the addition of the "Marketing to Hispanic Moms in the United States 2008" report to their offering.


comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for October 2008 [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 9 hours 15 minutes ago
RESTON, Va., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc.


Exciting Publication on How Fans Stay Connected in the United States with Remote Seats [Press Release]
Business Wire | 62 days 20 hours 18 minutes ago
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8f7402/remote_seats_how) has announced the addition of the "Remote Seats: How Sports Fans Stay Connected in the United States 2008" report to their offering.


ESPN2 to Broadcast One-Hour Special on Oct. 8-9, 2008, Featuring the Prequel to Walt Disney Pictures' Upcoming True-Life Sailing Documentary "Morning Light" [Press Release]
Business Wire | 49 days 18 hours 28 minutes ago
Conceivers, producers and executive producers Roy E. Disney and Leslie DeMeuse recruited 15 young sailors to take on the challenge of a lifetime — the 2,500-mile open-ocean Transpac sailing challenge featured in the upcoming true-life documentary “Morning Light,” which hits theaters nationwide Oct. 17. The story of how those 15 made the team is captured in a one-hour special “Morning Light: Making the Cut,” airing on ESPN2 Oct. 8-9, 2008.


Team of Industry Experts Join SearchHelp's Advisory Board for Its New Echometrix Division [Press Release]
MarketWire | 153 days 17 hours 19 minutes ago
SYOSSET, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/20/08 -- SearchHelp, Inc. (OTCBB: SHLP) today officially announced the formation of the advisory board for its new sentiment and behavioral analysis division, Echometrix. "We have put together an influential advisory board of industry expects that will be instrumental to not only validate the new technology, but to lend their collective expertise and help commercialize it in the various verticals identified by management and the advisory team," said Bill Bo...


Carole Smith Joins ION Media Networks as Vice President of Research [Press Release]
Business Wire | 177 days 18 minutes ago
ION Media Networks, Inc. announced today that Carole Smith has been named Vice President of Research. In this New York-based position, Ms. Smith will design and conduct qualitative and quantitative research, and prepare analyses and recommendations across the Company’s advertising sales, distribution, programming, marketing and public relations functions.


ABC Funding, Inc. Enters into Definitive Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement to Acquire Voyager Gas Corporation for $42 Million [Press Release]
Business Wire | 181 days 20 hours 13 minutes ago
ABC Funding, Inc. (“ABC” or the “Company”) (OTCBB:AFDG) announced today that it has entered into a definitive Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement (“SPA”) to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of Voyager Gas Corporation (“Voyager”) for total consideration of $42 million. Such consideration will consist of $35 million in cash (subject to adjustment) and 17.5 million shares of ABC’s common stock, having an agreed upon value of $7 million. ABC will own an approximate 100% working interest...


A&E Television Networks Chooses NeuStar's UltraDNS Services to Support its Growing Media Portfolio [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 168 days 18 hours 18 minutes ago
STERLING, Va., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeuStar, Inc.


The PBR Showcases the New PBR Team Shootout on ESPN2 [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 147 days 13 hours 1 minute ago
PUEBLO, Colo., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. will debut the 2008 PBR Team Shootout, a new two-man team competition featuring the greatest bull riders in the world. The five-event original series will occur at select bull riding events across the country and will be shown exclusively on ESPN2. The series marks the PBR's first bull riding broadcasts on the ESPN family of networks.


Fitch Upgrades Disney to 'A'; Outlook Stable [Press Release]
Business Wire | 147 days 18 hours 6 minutes ago
Fitch Ratings upgraded The Walt Disney Company's (Disney) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured debt rating to 'A' and the company's commercial paper (CP) program rating to 'F1'. The Outlook is Stable.





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Company Overview


Company: ABC, Inc.
Industry: Television Cable, Pay & Broadcast Networks
Website: http://abc.go.com

Some Desperate Housewives, a group of Lost plane crash survivors, and doctors schooled in Grey's Anatomy call this network home. ABC operates the #3 television network in the US (behind FOX and CBS), with more than 230 affiliates (including 10 corporate-owned stations). ABC also owns ESPN, a leader in cable sports broadcasting with a stable of channels, including ESPN2, ESPN Classic, and ESPN News, as well as its flagship channel. In addition, the company operates mass-market publisher Hyperion. ABC is the cornerstone of Disney-ABC Television Group, the TV division of parent Walt Disney.


Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 14,638 (2006)
One-year % Growth in Sales 10.8 (2006)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 0 ()
One-year % Growth in Net Income 0.0 ()
Number of Employees 0 (0)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees 0.0 (0)
Fiscal Year-End September