25 Days of ChristmasFreeform's 25 Days of Christmas is an American annual seasonal event of Christmas programming broadcast during the month of December by the U.S. cable network Freeform.
ABC Family WorldwideABC Family Worldwide is an in-name-only unit subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company that operates American basic cablechannelFreeform (previously known as ABC Family) and manages the programming libraries of BVS Entertainment. The company was originally formed as International Family Entertainment in 1990, a spin-off of the Christian Broadcasting Network's cable network The Family Channel.31 Nights of Halloween31 Nights of Halloween (formerly 13 Days of Halloween and 13 Nights of Halloween) is an American seasonal programming block on Freeform. It originally began airing in 1998, after the Family Channel became Fox Family, and was continued through the channel's change into ABC Family, and later, Freeform.
History of FreeformAmerican cable and satellite television network Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through four different owners and six different name changes during its history. This article details the network's existence from its founding by the Christian Broadcasting Network to its current ownership by The Walt Disney Company, which renamed the network to Freeform on January 12, 2016.
The Walt Disney CompanyThe Walt Disney Company, commonly known as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainmentconglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Founded on October 16, 1923, as an animation studio by brothers Walt and Roy Oliver Disney as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Disney operated under the names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before adopting its current name in 1986.
Television channelFrequency/channel over which a television station is distributed An electronic program guide showing television listings in New Orleans for broadcast and cable channels. A television channel, or TV channel, is a terrestrial frequency or allocated number over which a television station or television network is distributed.
Broadcast syndicationPrograms broadcast by leasing rights to multiple stations Logos of the two American terrestrial commercial television syndication services (Left: The CW Plus, Right: MyNetworkTV) Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast their content to other television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air it on.Disney EntertainmentDisney Entertainment is one of the three major divisions of the Walt Disney Company created on February 8, 2023. It consists of the company's entertainment media and content businesses, including its motion picture film studios, television divisions and streaming services. Disney operates the largest television and films studio in Hollywood.
Pat RobertsonMarion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (March 22, 1930 – June 8, 2023) was an American media mogul, televangelist, political commentator, presidential candidate, and charismatic movement-affiliated minister. Robertson advocated a conservative Christian ideology and was known for his involvement in Republican Party politics. He was associated with the Charismatic movement within Protestant evangelicalism.
Cable television in the United StatesCable television first became available in the United States in 1948. By 1989, 53 million American households received cable television subscriptions, with 60 percent of all U.S. households doing so in 1992. Most cable viewers in the U.S. reside in the suburbs and tend to be middle class; cable television is less common in low income, urban, and rural areas.Television filmA television film is a film with a running time similar to a feature film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a terrestrial or cabletelevision broadcaster. It is in contrast to theatrical films first shown in movie theaters, direct-to-video films released only in home video formats and films released on or produced for streaming platforms.
Religious broadcastingReligious broadcasting, sometimes referred to as faith-based broadcasts, is the dissemination of television and/or radio content that intentionally has religious ideas, religious experience, or religious practice as its core focus. In some countries, religious broadcasting developed primarily within the context of public service provision (as in the UK), whilst in others, it has been driven more by religious organisations themselves (as in the United States).*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.