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'''Touchstone Pictures''' is an American film production label and ~~is one of several film labels of the~~ [[~~wikipedia~~:Walt Disney ~~Motion Pictures Group~~|Walt Disney ~~Motion Pictures Group~~]]. ~~Established in 1984~~, ~~its releases typically feature~~ more mature themes ~~and darker tones~~ than ~~those that are released under~~ the Walt Disney ~~Motion Pictures Group banner~~.

'''Touchstone Pictures, Inc.''' was an American [[Wikipedia:Film studio|film production]] label of [[Wikipedia:Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]], founded on February 15, 1984 and owned by [[Wikipedia:The Walt Disney Company|The Walt Disney Company]]. Feature films released under the Touchstone label were produced and financed by Walt Disney Studios, and featured more mature themes targeted towards adult audiences than typical [[Walt Disney Pictures]] films<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-steven-spielberg-drop-dreamworks-826201 Will Steven Spielberg Drop the DreamWorks Name?]</ref><ref>[https://d23.com/touchstone-splash-30th-anniversary/ It's Been 30 Years Since Touchstone Pictures' Splash-y Debut]</ref>. As such, Touchstone was merely a brand of the studio and did not exist as a [[Wikipedia:Division (business)|distinct business operation]]<ref>[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001039/000100103907000090/filename1.htm Letter signed by] [[Wikipedia:Thomas O. Staggs|Thomas O. Staggs]] (Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The Walt Disney Company) to the [[Wikipedia:U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]], March 1, 2007. Retrieved on May 6, 2013.</ref>. Touchstone went defunct on December 20, 2017<ref>Barnes, Brooks (August 5, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/business/media/disney-streaming-service-ricky-strauss.html "Disney's Streaming Service Starts to Come Into Focus"]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved July 12, 2020.</ref>.

Touchstone ~~Pictures is merely a label (similar to a~~ [[~~wikipedia:record label|record label~~]]~~) and does not exist as a separate company: the two companies behind it are the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group~~ and ~~Walt Disney Pictures and Television.<ref>The Walt Disney Company~~ [[~~SEC filing~~]] [[~~Form 10-K~~]] ~~For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2006, page 15</ref>~~

Touchstone, [[Amblin Entertainment]] and [[Silver Screen Partners]] were the production companies who worked on and released ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''.

Their most commercially successful production partners in later years have been [[wikipedia:Caravan Pictures|Caravan Pictures]], [[wikipedia:Summit Entertainment|Summit Entertainment]], [[wikipedia:Jerry Bruckheimer Films|Jerry Bruckheimer Films]], [[wikipedia:Icon Productions|Icon Productions]], [[wikipedia:Imagine Entertainment|Imagine Entertainment]], [[wikipedia:Mandeville Films|Mandeville Films]], [[wikipedia:Focus Features|Focus Features]] and [[wikipedia:Spyglass Entertainment|Spyglass Entertainment]].

== References ==

The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group entered into a long-term, 30-picture distribution deal with [[wikipedia:DreamWorks|DreamWorks]] by which DreamWorks' productions would be released through the Touchstone Pictures banner over the next five years beginning in 2011.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999836.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Variety: Disney signs deal with DreamWorks; Company will handle distribution for films], ''Variety'', February 9, 2009</ref>

~~''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' was an actual Disney film, but was released under the Touchstone Pictures banner due to fear of the film's content.~~

~~==Background==~~

In late 1979, Walt Disney Productions released ''[[wikipedia:The Black Hole|The Black Hole]]'', a science-fiction film that was the studio's first production to receive a PG rating (the company, however, had already distributed its first PG-rated film, ''[[wikipedia:Take Down|Take Down]]''—without the Disney name visible—almost a year before the release of ''The Black Hole''.) Over the next few years, Disney experimented with more PG-rated fare, such as the 1981 film ''[[wikipedia:Condorman|Conderman]]''; 1982's ''[[wikipedia:Tron|Tron]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Tex (film)|Tex]]'' (which featured scenes of teenagers smoking marijuana) and 1983's ''[[wikipedia:Never Cry Wolf|Never Cry Wolf]]'' (which featured male nudity) and ''[[wikipedia: Trenchcoat (film)|Trenchcoat]]''. The latter film attracted major criticism for including adult themes that were considered inappropriate for a Disney film.<ref>{{cite web

~~| title=Trivia for ''Trenchcoat'' (1983)~~

~~| publisher=IMDb~~

~~| url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086476/trivia~~

| accessdate=October 21, 2010 }}</ref> At the same time, the Disney name was strongly associated with children's films, and may have adversely affected the box-office performance of films aimed at an older audience, such as ''[[wikipedia:The Devil and Max Devlin|The Devil and Max Devlin]]'' and ''Tron''.

Started by then-Disney CEO [[Ron W. Miller]] in 1984, Touchstone's first film was ''[[wikipedia:Splash (film)|Splash]]'', a huge hit for grossing $68 million at the domestic boxoffice.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1984&p=.htm 1984 Yearly Chart for Domestic Grosses at boxofficemojo.com], Retrieved on May 25, 2007.</ref> ''Splash'' included brief rear nudity on the part of star [[Daryl Hannah]] and occasional inappropriate language, earning a PG-rating. Because of its success, yet another Disney film label was started in 1990, [[Hollywood Pictures]], with the release of ''[[wikipedia:Arachnophobia|Arachnophobia]]''.

Following the success of the Disney-branded PG-13 rated ''[[wikipedia:Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl|Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' in 2003, and other films that in the 1980s and '90s would have been assigned to the Touchstone (or Hollywood Pictures) label, Disney has decided to weigh distribution of films more toward Disney-branded films and away from Touchstone films, though not entirely disbanding them as it is continues to regularly employ the Touchstone label for R and most PG-13 rated fare.<ref>The Walt Disney Company [[SEC filing]] [[Form 10-K]] For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2006, page 15</ref>

===~~Notable films===~~

Some well-known Touchstone Pictures releases include ''[[wikipedia:Pretty Woman|Pretty Woman]]'', ''Splash'', ''[[wikipedia:Dead Poets Society|Dead Poets Society]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Sister Act|Sister Act]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The Insider|The Insider]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Ernest Goes to Camp|Ernest Goes to Camp]]'', ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', ''[[wikipedia:Con Air|Con Air]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Rushmore|Rushmore]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The Royal Tenenbaums|The Royal Tenenbaums]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Good Morning Vietnam|Good Morning Vietnam]]''. Its highest-grossing film release is ''[[wikipedia:Armageddon|Armageddon]]''.

Through Touchstone, Disney's first R-rated film, ''[[wikipedia:Down and Out in Beverly Hills|Down and Out in Beverly Hills]]'', came in January 1986 and was a large box-office success. ''[[wikipedia:Ruthless People|Ruthless People]]'' followed in June 1986 and was also very successful. Both of these pictures starred [[Bette Midler]], who had signed a six-picture deal with Disney and became a major film star again with these hits as well as ''[[Wikipedia:Beaches|Beaches]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Outrageous Fortune (film)|Outrageous Fortune]]''.

One of the key producers behind Touchstone films of recent times has been producer [[Jerry Bruckheimer]], who has had a production deal with Disney since the early 1990s.<ref>Lev, Michael (January 18, 1991, Friday), 2 Top Movie Producers Sign Disney Accord, The New York Times Financial Desk. Late Edition – Final, Section D, Page 3, Column 1, 286 words</ref> His Touchstone titles include ''[[wikipedia:The Ref|The Ref]]'', ''Con Air'', ''Armageddon'', ''[[wikipedia:Enemy of the State|Enemy of the State]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Gone in 60 Seconds (film)|Gone in 60 Seconds]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Coyote Ugly (film)|Coyote Ugly]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Bad Company|Bad Company]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Veronica Guerin (film)|Veronica Guerin]]'', ''[[wikipedia:King Arthur (2004 film)|King Arthur]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Déjà Vu (2006 film)|Déjà Vu]]''. In addition, Bruckheimer has also produced several other films released under the Walt Disney Pictures and Hollywood Pictures labels.

Many films from the [[Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group]] have before release shifted between the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures imprints before finally settling for one. Examples include ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]'', ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', ''[[The Santa Clause]]'', ''[[Remember the Titans]]'', ''[[Sweet Home Alabama (film)|Sweet Home Alabama]]'', ''[[Bringing Down the House (film)|Bringing Down the House]]'', ''[[National Treasure (film)|National Treasure]]'', ''[[Enchanted (film)|Enchanted]]'', ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Dark Water]]'', ''[[Hidalgo (film)|Hidalgo]]'', ''[[Tales of Earthsea (film)|Tales of Earthsea]]'', and ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]''. Of these films, ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'', ''The Santa Clause'', ''Remember the Titans'', ''National Treasure'', ''Enchanted'', ''Tales of Earthsea'' and ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' were released under the Disney label. ''The Santa Clause'' was released under both the Disney and Hollywood Pictures labels. The rest were released under Touchstone. Since 2006, ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' has been re-released under the Walt Disney label.

~~==Touchstone Television~~==

Disney's former non-Disney branded television division, '''Touchstone Television Productions, LLC''' (formerly known as '''Touchstone Pictures and Television''' [itself an alternate version of [[Walt Disney Pictures and Television]]] and later '''Touchstone Television'''), is known for being the production company of the series ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', [[Blossom (TV series)|''Blossom'']], ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' (all three began before Disney's ABC acquisition), ''[[My Wife and Kids]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[Private Practice (TV series)|Private Practice]]'' and ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''.

On February 8, 2007 at the Disney Investor Conference, [[Disney-ABC Television Group]] President [[Anne Sweeney]], announced that they would rebrand Touchstone Television to ABC Television Studio in order to tie its successful productions more closely with the ABC brand. The announcement was made as part of a company-wide strategy to focus on three core brands, [[Disney]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[ESPN]].<ref>[http://corporate.disney.go.com/corporate/moreinfo/abc_renames_tele_studio.html The Walt Disney Company News Release, "Disney-ABC Television Group Renames Television Studio".] Retrieved on May 25, 2007</ref> In May 2007, the television production company yet again changed its name, this time to [[ABC Studios]].

~~==Touchstone Games==~~

{{~~Main|Disney Interactive Studios}}~~

By the end of 2007, Disney's video game subsidiary [[Disney Interactive Studios|Buena Vista Games]] began to produce material under its own Touchstone imprint. As is the case with its motion picture and television counterparts, Touchstone merely acts as a label/imprint of Disney Interactive and not its own entity.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} ~~The first such release was the [[Turok (2008 video game)|''Turok'' video game]] in 2008.~~

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-'''Touchstone Pictures''' is an American film production label and is one of several film labels of the [[wikipedia:Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group|Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group]]. Established in 1984, its releases typically feature more mature themes and darker tones than those that are released under the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group banner.
+'''Touchstone Pictures, Inc.''' was an American [[Wikipedia:Film studio|film production]] label of [[Wikipedia:Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]], founded on February 15, 1984 and owned by [[Wikipedia:The Walt Disney Company|The Walt Disney Company]]. Feature films released under the Touchstone label were produced and financed by Walt Disney Studios, and featured more mature themes targeted towards adult audiences than typical [[Walt Disney Pictures]] films<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-steven-spielberg-drop-dreamworks-826201 Will Steven Spielberg Drop the DreamWorks Name?]</ref><ref>[https://d23.com/touchstone-splash-30th-anniversary/ It's Been 30 Years Since Touchstone Pictures' Splash-y Debut]</ref>. As such, Touchstone was merely a brand of the studio and did not exist as a [[Wikipedia:Division (business)|distinct business operation]]<ref>[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001039/000100103907000090/filename1.htm Letter signed by] [[Wikipedia:Thomas O. Staggs|Thomas O. Staggs]] (Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The Walt Disney Company) to the [[Wikipedia:U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]], March 1, 2007. Retrieved on May 6, 2013.</ref>. Touchstone went defunct on December 20, 2017<ref>Barnes, Brooks (August 5, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/business/media/disney-streaming-service-ricky-strauss.html "Disney's Streaming Service Starts to Come Into Focus"]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved July 12, 2020.</ref>.
-Touchstone Pictures is merely a label (similar to a [[wikipedia:record label|record label]]) and does not exist as a separate company: the two companies behind it are the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group and Walt Disney Pictures and Television.<ref>The Walt Disney Company [[SEC filing]] [[Form 10-K]] For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2006, page 15</ref>
+Touchstone, [[Amblin Entertainment]] and [[Silver Screen Partners]] were the production companies who worked on and released ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''.
-Their most commercially successful production partners in later years have been [[wikipedia:Caravan Pictures|Caravan Pictures]], [[wikipedia:Summit Entertainment|Summit Entertainment]], [[wikipedia:Jerry Bruckheimer Films|Jerry Bruckheimer Films]], [[wikipedia:Icon Productions|Icon Productions]], [[wikipedia:Imagine Entertainment|Imagine Entertainment]], [[wikipedia:Mandeville Films|Mandeville Films]], [[wikipedia:Focus Features|Focus Features]] and [[wikipedia:Spyglass Entertainment|Spyglass Entertainment]].
+== References ==
+{{Reflist}}
-The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group entered into a long-term, 30-picture distribution deal with [[wikipedia:DreamWorks|DreamWorks]] by which DreamWorks' productions would be released through the Touchstone Pictures banner over the next five years beginning in 2011.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999836.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Variety: Disney signs deal with  DreamWorks; Company will handle distribution for films], ''Variety'', February 9, 2009</ref>
+{{Wikipedia}}
-''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' was an actual Disney film, but was released under the Touchstone Pictures banner due to fear of the film's content.
-==Background==
-In late 1979, Walt Disney Productions released ''[[wikipedia:The Black Hole|The Black Hole]]'', a science-fiction film that was the studio's first production to receive a PG rating (the company, however, had already distributed its first PG-rated film, ''[[wikipedia:Take Down|Take Down]]''—without the Disney name visible—almost a year before the release of ''The Black Hole''.) Over the next few years, Disney experimented with more PG-rated fare, such as the 1981 film ''[[wikipedia:Condorman|Conderman]]''; 1982's ''[[wikipedia:Tron|Tron]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Tex (film)|Tex]]'' (which featured scenes of teenagers smoking marijuana) and 1983's ''[[wikipedia:Never Cry Wolf|Never Cry Wolf]]'' (which featured male nudity) and ''[[wikipedia: Trenchcoat (film)|Trenchcoat]]''. The latter film attracted major criticism for including adult themes that were considered inappropriate for a Disney film.<ref>{{cite web
-| title=Trivia for ''Trenchcoat'' (1983)
-| publisher=IMDb
-| url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086476/trivia
-| accessdate=October 21, 2010 }}</ref> At the same time, the Disney name was strongly associated with children's films, and may have adversely affected the box-office performance of films aimed at an older audience, such as ''[[wikipedia:The Devil and Max Devlin|The Devil and Max Devlin]]'' and ''Tron''.
-Started by then-Disney CEO [[Ron W. Miller]] in 1984, Touchstone's first film was ''[[wikipedia:Splash (film)|Splash]]'', a huge hit for grossing $68 million at the domestic boxoffice.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1984&p=.htm 1984 Yearly Chart for Domestic Grosses at boxofficemojo.com], Retrieved on May 25, 2007.</ref> ''Splash'' included brief rear nudity on the part of star [[Daryl Hannah]] and occasional inappropriate language, earning a PG-rating. Because of its success, yet another Disney film label was started in 1990, [[Hollywood Pictures]], with the release of ''[[wikipedia:Arachnophobia|Arachnophobia]]''.
-Following the success of the Disney-branded PG-13 rated ''[[wikipedia:Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl|Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' in 2003, and other films that in the 1980s and '90s would have been assigned to the Touchstone (or Hollywood Pictures) label, Disney has decided to weigh distribution of films more toward Disney-branded films and away from Touchstone films, though not entirely disbanding them as it is continues to regularly employ the Touchstone label for R and most PG-13 rated fare.<ref>The Walt Disney Company [[SEC filing]] [[Form 10-K]] For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2006, page 15</ref>
-===Notable films===
-Some well-known Touchstone Pictures releases include ''[[wikipedia:Pretty Woman|Pretty Woman]]'', ''Splash'', ''[[wikipedia:Dead Poets Society|Dead Poets Society]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Sister Act|Sister Act]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The Insider|The Insider]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Ernest Goes to Camp|Ernest Goes to Camp]]'', ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', ''[[wikipedia:Con Air|Con Air]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Rushmore|Rushmore]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The Royal Tenenbaums|The Royal Tenenbaums]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Good Morning Vietnam|Good Morning Vietnam]]''. Its highest-grossing film release is ''[[wikipedia:Armageddon|Armageddon]]''.
-Through Touchstone, Disney's first R-rated film, ''[[wikipedia:Down and Out in Beverly Hills|Down and Out in Beverly Hills]]'', came in January 1986 and was a large box-office success. ''[[wikipedia:Ruthless People|Ruthless People]]'' followed in June 1986 and was also very successful. Both of these pictures starred [[Bette Midler]], who had signed a six-picture deal with Disney and became a major film star again with these hits as well as ''[[Wikipedia:Beaches|Beaches]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Outrageous Fortune (film)|Outrageous Fortune]]''.
-One of the key producers behind Touchstone films of recent times has been producer [[Jerry Bruckheimer]], who has had a production deal with Disney since the early 1990s.<ref>Lev, Michael (January 18, 1991, Friday), 2 Top Movie Producers Sign Disney Accord, The New York Times Financial Desk. Late Edition – Final, Section D, Page 3, Column 1, 286 words</ref> His Touchstone titles include ''[[wikipedia:The Ref|The Ref]]'', ''Con Air'', ''Armageddon'', ''[[wikipedia:Enemy of the State|Enemy of the State]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Gone in 60 Seconds (film)|Gone in 60 Seconds]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Coyote Ugly (film)|Coyote Ugly]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Bad Company|Bad Company]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Veronica Guerin (film)|Veronica Guerin]]'', ''[[wikipedia:King Arthur (2004 film)|King Arthur]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Déjà Vu (2006 film)|Déjà Vu]]''. In addition, Bruckheimer has also produced several other films released under the Walt Disney Pictures and Hollywood Pictures labels.
-Many films from the [[Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group]] have before release shifted between the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures imprints before finally settling for one. Examples include ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]'', ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', ''[[The Santa Clause]]'', ''[[Remember the Titans]]'', ''[[Sweet Home Alabama (film)|Sweet Home Alabama]]'', ''[[Bringing Down the House (film)|Bringing Down the House]]'', ''[[National Treasure (film)|National Treasure]]'', ''[[Enchanted (film)|Enchanted]]'', ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Dark Water]]'', ''[[Hidalgo (film)|Hidalgo]]'', ''[[Tales of Earthsea (film)|Tales of Earthsea]]'', and ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]''. Of these films, ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'', ''The Santa Clause'', ''Remember the Titans'', ''National Treasure'', ''Enchanted'', ''Tales of Earthsea'' and ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' were released under the Disney label. ''The Santa Clause'' was released under both the Disney and Hollywood Pictures labels. The rest were released under Touchstone. Since 2006, ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' has been re-released under the Walt Disney label.
-==Touchstone Television==
-{{Main|ABC Studios}}
-Disney's former non-Disney branded television division, '''Touchstone Television Productions, LLC''' (formerly known as '''Touchstone Pictures and Television''' [itself an alternate version of [[Walt Disney Pictures and Television]]] and later '''Touchstone Television'''), is known for being the production company of the series ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', [[Blossom (TV series)|''Blossom'']], ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' (all three began before Disney's ABC acquisition), ''[[My Wife and Kids]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[Private Practice (TV series)|Private Practice]]'' and ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''.
-On February 8, 2007 at the Disney Investor Conference, [[Disney-ABC Television Group]] President [[Anne Sweeney]], announced that they would rebrand Touchstone Television to ABC Television Studio in order to tie its successful productions more closely with the ABC brand. The announcement was made as part of a company-wide strategy to focus on three core brands, [[Disney]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[ESPN]].<ref>[http://corporate.disney.go.com/corporate/moreinfo/abc_renames_tele_studio.html The Walt Disney Company News Release, "Disney-ABC Television Group Renames Television Studio".] Retrieved on May 25, 2007</ref> In May 2007, the television production company yet again changed its name, this time to [[ABC Studios]].
-==Touchstone Games==
-{{Main|Disney Interactive Studios}}
-By the end of 2007, Disney's video game subsidiary [[Disney Interactive Studios|Buena Vista Games]] began to produce material under its own Touchstone imprint. As is the case with its motion picture and television counterparts, Touchstone merely acts as a label/imprint of Disney Interactive and not its own entity.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} The first such release was the [[Turok (2008 video game)|''Turok'' video game]] in 2008.
 [[Category:Companies]]