The in-house Studio's success drives more than the line-up of several networks. It also supplies quality, in-demand content for the Company's international distribution arm to export around the world. Formerly Buena Vista International Television, the unit was renamed Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT) in 2007. Responsible for the Company's branded and non-branded international program distribution, DAIT distributes television and new media content to broadcasters, operators and platforms across 240 territories worldwide, licensing programming from ABC Studios, ABC News, Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films, as well as Disney Channel Original Movies and other properties from the Company's kids' television portfolio.
Disney-ABC Domestic Television (DADT) distributes the best in television programming and motion pictures to a wide array of media platforms, including pay television, basic cable, broadcast television, video-on-demand, mobile, broadband and other digital technologies. In 2007, DADT secured renewals for its three franchise first-run series, Live with Regis and Kelly (produced by WABC-TV), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper. DADT also recently closed syndication deals for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Lost. DADT has been extremely successful in licensing films from The Walt Disney Studios to a wide spectrum of traditional and new media buyers, including this year's releases Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Wild Hogs and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.
The synergy of networks, studios and distributors extends to the Company's publishing group. In December 2007, ABC aired Oprah Winfrey Presents: For One More Day, an original movie based on Mitch Albom's bestselling novel, starring Oscar-winner Ellen Burstyn and Michael Imperioli. Published by Hyperion in 2006, the book reached No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list with four million copies currently in print. Hyperion closed the year with the release of several major titles, including David Halberstam's last book, The Coldest Winter, Caroline Kennedy's A Family Christmas and new cookbooks by celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver, Mollie Katzen and Nigella Lawson.
Top: Ugly Betty is a huge hit with young adults and women.
Bottom: Almost 25 million people watched Helio Castroneves and Julianne Hough win on the finale of Dancing with the Stars.
