The International Family Entertainment Inc. was founded and co-chaired Pat Robertson in 1990. Robertson owned the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN).

IFE produced and distributed family entertainment and information programming worldwide. IFE's principal business was The Family Channel, a satellite delivered cable-television network with 63 million U.S. subscribers.

History

• 1977: Robertson's CBN created

CBN Cable.

• 1988: CBN Cable was renamed

The CBN Family Channel.

• 1990: International Family Entertainment, Inc. (IFE) was formed by Pat Robertson. The company owned The CBN Family Channel.
• 1990: CBN Family Channel was renamed

The Family Channel.

• 1992: IFE acquired the TVS Entertainment (a former ITV franchise holder for the South of England) archive, which included the MTM Enterprises library.
• 1997: Fox Kids Worldwide, Inc. (FKW) acquired IFE, a publicly held company listed on the New York Stock Exchange for $1.9 billion. FKW was renamed

Fox Family Worldwide, Inc.

• 1998: IFE and MTM archives were folded into 20th Century Fox Television.
• August 15, 1998: The Family Channel was renamed Fox Family Channel.
• 2001: The Walt Disney Company, Inc. acquired Fox Family Worldwide for US$ 5 billion. The company was renamed ABC Family Worldwide, Inc. and the channel was renamed ABC Family.
• 2001-2002: Fox Kids was renamed Jetix.