From the mid-1980s and mainly thanks to Michael Eisner the company became a media group in the broad sense. The politics of the charismatic Michael Eisner were highly appreciated by financial circles until the financial problems of Euro Disney SCA and those of ABC in the mid-1990s. This period was marked by the development of numerous subsidiary brands and some major acquisitions, the most emblematic of which was that of the ABC network in 1996. Among the brands created are the Disney Store and the Disney Channel, a third amusement park concept, the production of animated television series[79] , the creation of numerous international productions.