Disney–ABC Home Entertainment And Television Distribution

This is a list of assets currently or formerly owned by the Walt Disney Company, unless otherwise indicated.

Corporate

Walt Disney Studios

Live-action production

Animated production

Disney Studio Services

Disney Theatrical Group

Disney General Entertainment Content

Disney General Entertainment Content, doing business as Walt Disney Television, is the main content-collection arm of Disney.

List of Walt Disney Television units based on current organizational structure:

A&E Networks

50% equity holding; joint venture with Hearst Corporation

ESPN and sports content

80% equity holding; 20% owned by Hearst Corporation

Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution

Advertising and distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Disney Music Group

Direct to consumer

Disney Parks, Experiences and Products

Disney Consumer Products

Disney Consumer Products, Inc. encompasses Disney Store, Disney Games, Disney Publishing, and Disney Licensing (including Disney Baby).

Disney retail

Disney games and interactive experiences

DCPI content

Disney Publishing Worldwide

Parks and resorts

Disneyland Resort

Walt Disney World Resort

Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States

Disney Parks International

Disneyland International, oversees Disney's interest in Tokyo Disney Resort. The WDC has taken full ownership of Euro Disneyland, opened on April 12, 1992, as the ''Euro Disney Resort'', located in Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris, France. Disney owns 48% of Hong Kong International Theme Parks, while the Government of Hong Kong owns 52% of the shares.

Disney Signature Experiences

Disney international content and operations

International network brands

The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East and Africa

The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East & Africa (also known as Disney Co. Ltd.) is the first and largest international division of the Walt Disney Company, serving the EMEA. It's headquarters' located at Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, West London, and have most of its locations, mostly in Europe.

History

After almost a decade since the Walt Disney Company founded on 16 October 1923, it was firstly created and published comics in European countries.

On 31 December 1932, as a magazine named " Topolino" ( Italian name for Mickey Mouse) across Italy. Created and edited by an Italian designer Mario Nerbini, containing Mickey's first Italian story, drawn by a cartoonist Giove Toppi.

On 21 October 1934, "Le Journal de Mickey" (') was first published in France, featuring Disney Comics and published by Unique Heritage Media; and in September 1948 " Kalle Anka & C:o" ('), a Donald Duck magazine was published by Egmont in the Nordic countries, including Sweden as the popular Swedish comic magazine.

On 1951, "Micky Maus", ( German for Mickey Mouse), is a magazine that was released in Germany and published by Egmont Ehapa.

On 25 October 1952, "Donald Duck Weekblad" (''Donald Duck Weekly'') was then released and available in the Netherlands. Originally published from the women's magazine Margriet.

On 5 November 1961, "Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française" (RTF) (Later TF1) make an agreement from "Walt Disney Production", as it launches "L'Ami Public Numéro Un" ''(Public Friend Number One),'' hosted by Pierre Tchernia. The show tells about the cinematographic work of Walt Disney, 'till was later ended in 1978.

In November 1990, Disney opened the Disney Store in Regent Street, London, market the first in Europe, after it was originally opened in Glendale, California back on 28 March 1987.

On 12 April 1992, Disney has opened Disneyland Paris, located in Chessy, Paris, as Disney first and only theme park in Europe, until it became popular in the continent.

On 1 October 1995, Disney Channel first launched in the UK and Ireland as "The Disney Channel" at 6:30 pm (London time), market the first in EMEA; and the second, outside the United States after it first began in Taiwan on 29 March 1995. And on that year, Disney released "Beauty & The Beast the Musical" in Vienna, Austria.

On 19 October 1999, The Lion King Musical premiered in the region at Lyceum Theatre in London. The cast included Cornell John as Mufasa, Luke Youngblood as Young Simba, Dominique Moore as Young Nala, Martyn Ellis as Pumbaa, Simon Gregor as Timon, Rob Edwards as Scar, Paul J. Medford as Banzai and Josette Bushell-Mingo as Rafiki. As of October 2019, it has been playing at the said theatre for 20 years. Taymor directed the British production of the show, with Melissa De Melo as the producer. The show also toured the UK from 2012 until March 2015.

On 1 May 2020, Disney Channel was shut down in Italy, marking the very first in the European Union; as a result of failing to renew its pay TV contracts.

= The Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L.

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The Walt Disney Company Latin America

The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific

Marvel Entertainment

* Cover Concepts, Inc.
* Marvel Characters, Inc.
* Marvel New Media
* Marvel Entertainment International Limited (United Kingdom)
* Marvel Internet Productions LLC (Delaware)
* Marvel Property, Inc. (Delaware)
* Marvel International Character Holdings LLC (Delaware)
* MVL Development LLC (Delaware)
* MRV, Inc. (Delaware)
* Marvel Games
* Marvel Toys Limited (Hong Kong)
* MVL International C.V. (The Netherlands)
* Marvel Characters B.V. (The Netherlands)
* Marvel Worldwide, Inc.
** Marvel Comics
*** Marvel Custom Solutions, customized comic books
*** Marvel Press
*** Marvel Unlimited
* Marvel Toys
* Marvel Universe
** Marvel Toys Limited (Hong Kong)

Others

* BVCC, Inc. (Buena Vista Construction Company) Disney World general contractor
* Disney Character Voices International
* Disney Institute, the professional development and external training arm
* Disney Programs
** Disney Accelerator
** Disney College Program
** Disney International Programs
* Disney Legends
** Golden Pass
* Disney University
* Disney Worldwide Outreach Program
* National Geographic Partners (73% majority holding; 27% owned by the National Geographic Society)
* Silver Creek Pictures, Inc.
* Sphero (June 2015) TWDC purchased a stake in the robotic toys company then approached them about building BB-8
* Pixar RenderMan
*Presto

Property holding companies

* Carousel Holdings EAT LLC, Carousel Inn & Suites, Anaheim, California
* Axman Realty Corp.
* Boss Realty, Inc.
* Commercial Apartment Properties, Inc.
* The Celebration Co.
* Disney Keystone Properties, Inc.
* Disney Realty, Inc.
* Dutchman Realty, Inc.
* The Dolphin Hotel, Inc.
* Homestead Homes, Inc.
* The Little Lake Bryan Co.

* Maple Leaf Commercial Properties, Inc.
* The Swan Hotel, Inc.
* Walt Disney Properties Corp.

* Buena Vista Street, Burbank CA
** Pine Woods Properties, Inc.
** Holmes Houses, Inc.
** Key Bridge Properties, Inc.
* Florida properties
** Lake Bryan, Inc.
** Madeira Land Co., Inc.
** Magnolia Creek Development Co.

Financial

* Arvida Disney Financial Services Inc.
** Arvida Real Estate Capital Inc., a commercial real estate investment banking subsidiary to arrange financing for commercial, industrial and retail projects

Venture capital

Steamboat Ventures: ownership positions not revealed

* Baynote
* Chukong Technologies
* EdgeCast
* Elemental Technologies
* EMN8
* Fanzter, Inc.
* Fastclick
* FreeWheel
* GameSalad
* GoPro
* Greystripe

* Kapow Software
* MediaBank
* MerchantCircle
* Passenger
* Photobucket
* RazorGator
* Vobile
* VoodooVox
* Zettics

Chinese holdings

* 51Fanli
* Bokecc
* Cocoa China
* Gridsum Technology
* Netmovie

* Shangpin
* Troodon
* UUSee
* Yoyi Media
* YY

Unsorted

* 2139 Empire Avenue Corp.
* Alameda Payroll, Inc.
* Andes Productions, Inc.
* Animation Collectors, Inc.
* BVHV Services
* Before & After Productions, Inc.
* Berl Holding Co.
* Billy B. Productions, Inc.
* Blue Note Management Corp.
* Buena Vista Catalog Co.
* Buena Vista Laboratories, Inc.
* Buena Vista Trading Co.
* C.A. Productions, Inc.
* DCSR, Inc.
* Devonson Corp.
* Disney Art Editions, Inc.
* Disney Computer Magazine Group, Inc.
* Disney Credit Card Services, Inc.
* Disney Interfinance Corp.
* Disney Media Ventures, Inc.
* Disney Research
* Disney Special Programs, Inc.
* Disney, Inc.
* ERS Investment Ltd.
* Entertainment Development, Inc.
* Film Brothers Property Corp.
* From Time to Time Inc.
* Hardware Distribution, Inc.
* Heavy Weight, Inc.
* Hodi Investments, Inc.
* Hughes Flying Boat Corp.
* IJR, Inc.(inactive)
* Indian Warrior Productions, Inc.
* J.B. Productions, Inc.
* Kelly Management, Inc.
* LBV Services, Inc.
* Merriweather Productions, Inc. (inactive)
* Montrose Corp.
* One For All Productions, Inc.
* Palm Hospitality Co.

* Plymouth Productions
* PNLH Payroll Inc.
* RCE Services, Inc.
* Stakeout Two Productions, Inc.
* Supercomm International, Inc.
* Swing Kids Productions, Inc.
* The Inn Corp.
* The Quiz Show Co.
* Theme Park Productions, Inc.
* Toon Town, Inc.
* Voice Quality Coordination, Inc.
* WCO Leisure, Inc.
* WCO Parent Corp.
* WCO Port Management Corp.
* WCO Port Properties, Ltd.
* WCO Vacationland, Inc.
* WDT Services, Inc.
* WDW Services, Inc.
* Wanderlust Productions, Inc.

Partial assets

* Inspector Gadget – Disney formerly owned the franchise as a whole during their limited partnership of DIC Entertainment from 1996 from 2000, with international distribution to some Inspector Gadget-related media up until 2006 when Disney sold 20 programs back to Andy Heyward. however Disney continues to hold the film rights to the franchise through Walt Disney Pictures.
* Talking Friends – Franchise holder Outfit7 Entertainment signed an exclusive deal with Disney in 2012 that allowed the company to produce and distribute certain media for the franchise. Among the media created as part of the limited license included a web-series from Disney Interactive, two songs from Walt Disney Records, an Adobe Flash web-game that was available on Disney.com, as well as a concert event featuring Radio Disney DJs to promote the Talking Friends Superstars toyline. The deal, however, did not include the original apps nor merchandise rights.

Former assets

Divested

* ABC Radio Networks, a radio network, along with ABC's non-radio Disney and ESPN stations sold to Citadel Broadcasting with the network renamed as Citadel Media, and later sold to Cumulus Media and renamed as Cumulus Media Networks before being merged into Westwood One.
* Baby Einstein: Acquired by The Walt Disney Company in November 2001, sold to Kids II, Inc. in October 2013.
* Bass Anglers Sportsman Society
* Childcraft Education Corp., maker of children's furniture and equipment, retail stores and sold to U.S. Office Products Co. in 1997
** Childcraft, Inc.: catalog company
* DIC Entertainment - Acquired as part of CC/ABC purchase in November 1996, sold back to original owner in November 2000.
* E!: part owner
** Style Network
* Endemol Shine Group (50%) - acquired by Banijay
* FoxNext Games - sold to Scopely
** FoxNext Games LA studio
** Aftershock Studios
** Cold Iron Studios
* Fox Sports Networks - sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios
** Arizona
** Detroit
** Florida/ Sun
** Midwest (subfeeds: Indiana, Kansas City)
** North
** Ohio/ SportsTime Ohio
** South / Fox Sports Southeast (subfeeds: Carolinas, Tennessee)
** Southwest (subfeeds: Oklahoma, New Orleans)
** West/Prime Ticket (subfeed: San Diego)
** Wisconsin
** YES Network (80% equity) - sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group, Amazon and Yankee Global Enterprises
* Fusion Media Network, LLC, Fusion cable channel joint venture with Univision Communications, sold off the remaining 50% to Univision.
* GMTV: part owner; Sold to ITV plc and renamed ITV Breakfast Limited in 2009.
* Hyperion Books: sold to Hachette
* KCAL-TV: Sold to Young Broadcasting, now owned by CBS Television Stations.
* KRDC (AM)
* Miramax Films: Acquired by The Walt Disney Studios in 1993. Sold to Filmyard Holdings in 2010 and then beIN Media Group since 2016, co-owned with Paramount Global since 2019.
** Dimension Films: Retained by Bob and Harvey Weinstein and absorbed into The Weinstein Company when they left Miramax Films. Overseas rights, including the UK, to ''The Brothers Grimm'' were transferred from Miramax to Walt Disney Pictures outside the United States since 2015.
* MovieBeam
* Oxygen Media: part owner
* Power Rangers (BVS Entertainment) - Sold back to Haim Saban in 2010 alongside other shows related to it
* Radio Disney Group, sold off individual stations
* RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co KG (50/50 joint-venture with RTL Group) - Stake purchased out in March 2021
** Kividoo subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service
** Scoyo
** Super RTL
** Toggolino Club
** Toggo Plus timeshift service
** Toggo Radio
* TrueX: Sold to Gimbal, Inc. in 2020.
* Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing de México: Stake sold to Sony Pictures Releasing.
* Wondery (minority stake): Sold to Amazon Music in 2020.
* WJRT-TV, sold to Lily Broadcasting with WTVG
* WTVG
* TeleColombia: sold to Paramount Networks Americas in 2021.

Venture capital holdings sold

* 56.com: sold to Renren in September 2011
* Iridigm Display Corporation: acquired by Qualcomm, Inc., September 2004
* Kyte: acquired by KIT Digital, January 2011
* Move Networks: December 2010 acquisition of EchoStar
* PopularMedia: acquired by StrongMail, June 2009
* Pure Digital Technologies: acquired by Cisco in May 2009
* Quigo: acquired by AOL December 2007
* Rosum: sold to TruePosition in December 2010
* Scrapblog: sold to Mixbook December 2010
* Sometrics: acquired by American Express, September 2011
* Youxigu: Steamboat sold its stake to Tencent Holdings Ltd. in March 2010

Dormant or shuttered

The following companies are subsidiaries of Disney that are either no longer active or have been absorbed into another part of the company.

* ABC Kids: Replaced by Litton's Weekend Adventure.
* Americast: Telephone digital TV joint venture
* Anaheim Sports, Inc.: Formerly Disney Sports Enterprises, Inc.
* Arena Football League: ESPN bought a minority share of the league in December 2006; the league ceased operations in July 2009. The AFL was revived in 2010, but is a separate legal entity from the original, with no Disney ownership.
* Avalanche Software: Closed in May 2016 and re-opened and acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in January 2017.
* Babble
* Black Rock Studio: formerly known as Climax Racing; acquired by Disney Interactive Studios (formerly Buena Vista Games) on September 28, 2006; closed on June 30, 2011.
* Blip Networks, Inc.: Acquired by Maker Studios (Now Disney Digital Network) in August 2013,. Shut down in August 2015.
* Blue Sky Studios - closed on April 10, 2021
* Bonnie View Productions, Ltd.: Production company for "Crusaders", a syndicated news magazine show
* Buena Vista Visual Effects
* BT Sport ESPN - License to use ESPN brand revoked, renamed BT Sport 4
* Cal Publishing: Cal Publishing was a subsidiary created by Disney to acquire the assets of CrossGen. After the acquisition, both companies were folded into Disney Publishing Worldwide. Disney subsidiary Marvel Comics has since tried to revive CrossGen as an imprint.
* Canasa Trading Corp.
* Caravan Pictures
* Disney Circle 7 Animation
* '' Club Penguin'' - Closed on March 30, 2017
* ''Club Penguin Island'' - Closed on December 20, 2018
* Club Disney: Creation of Disney Regional Entertainment, Club Disney had 5 locations built in the U.S. All 5 locations were closed in November 1999.
* Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida, Inc.
* Das Vierte
* Disney Auctions
* Disney Cinemagic
* Disney Comics
* Disney Interactive Studios
* Disney Development Company: Construct arm
* Disney Regional Entertainment: Ran Disney Quest and the ESPN Zone Restaurant/entertainment chains. The division was closed in June 2010. Two ESPN Zones remain operating, but now as local franchises.
* DisneyLife, streaming service which offered some Disney branded content to subscriber's outside the US before Disney Plus.
* Disney TeleVentures, Inc.: Americast telco venture programming and technical support
* Disney Television and Telecommunications, division group (not to be confused with Walt Disney Television production division) eliminated after Disney-CC/ABC merger
* Disneytoon Studios
* Dream Quest Images: Merged with Disney Features Animation computer group to form The Secret Lab
* DreamWorks II Distribution Co. LLC, film rights acquired from DreamWorks and Reliance.'
* DreamWorks Television (1994-2002): Joint venture of CC/ABC with DreamWorks which was dissolved at the end of the seven-year agreement
* Dlife - Closed in 2019
* ESPN Classic
* ESPN The Magazine
* Faded Denim Productions Ltd.: Defunct production company
* Fall Line Studios
* Fidelity Television, Inc.: owned KCAL-TV
** KHJ-TV, Inc.
* Fogbank Entertainment - shut downed in 2020
* Fox 2000 Pictures - dissolved on May 14, 2021
* Fox Consumer Products - folded into Disney Consumer Products in 2020
* Fox Life - Closed in 2022
* Fox Research Library
* Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment (A Nordic joint venture with Paramount Home Entertainment) - Closed in 2019
* Fox Pathé Europa (French joint venture with Pathé and EuropaCorp)
* Fox Sports International - assets either closed or dissolved into ESPN International
* Fox VFX Lab - Closed in 2019
* Fox Music - Merged with Hollywood Records in 2020
* FoxNext - Closed in 2020
* H2 - All international networks closed in 2022
* Harvest Groves, Inc.: Merged
* Hollywood Basic: Sub-label of Hollywood Records that released rap music (including music by DJ Shadow and Organized Konfusion). The label was discontinued in the mid-1990s.
* Hollywood Pictures: Film label of The Walt Disney Studios created in 1989 and shuttered in 2007.
* Hollywood Pictures Music: Label of Disney Music Publishing that distributed songs from Hollywood Pictures' titles.
* ImageMovers Digital: Closed in 2011 after the abysmal opening of '' Mars Needs Moms''.
* Infoseek Corporation: Acquired by Disney in 1998 and merged into Disney's GO Network. The Infoseek name is no longer in use.
* Jumbo Pictures: Acquired by Disney in 1996, Jumbo Pictures produced ''Doug'', '' 101 Dalmatians: The Series'', and '' PB&J Otter'' for Disney. The company was folded into Walt Disney Television Animation.
* Jetix Europe, N.V., formerly Fox Kids Europe: 73% acquired with FOX/ABC Family Worldwide, Inc. & held by BVS International, N.V.; full owner in 2009, ran 13 Jetix channels
** GXT: Italian channel for older teens sold in the management buy out of Jetix Italy. Closed in late 2014
** K-2: Syndicated Italian block also sold in the management buy-out of Jetix Italy.
** Jetix Consumer Products
** Jetix España S.L.: Joint venture with Sogecable S.A. to operate Jetix Spain
** Jetix Poland Limited: With minority owner, a subsidiary of United Pan-Europe Communications N.V.
** TV10 B.V.: Joint venture with SBS Broadcasting B.V. to services the Dutch channel
* Jetix Animation Concepts: Folded into Walt Disney Television Animation in 2009.
* Junction Point Studios
* Kingdom Comics: The Kingdom Comics unit's creatives/executives moved its deal to an independent Monsterfoot Production.
* Lake Buena Vista Communities, Inc.
* LAPTV
* Lyric Street Records: Record label specializing in country music
* Malibu Comics
* Mammoth Records: Independent record label acquired by Disney in 1997
* Marvel Animation (AKA Marvel Family Entertainment)
** Marvel Animation Studios: Part of Marvel Animation from 2012 until 2020
* MLG Productions 1 – MLG Productions 8: (Marvel's joint venture with Lionsgate) operationally defunct as the agreed-upon number of DTV movies were finished
* Pixar Canada: Opened in 2010, Closed in 2013.
* Playdom
* Propaganda Games: Shuttered in January 2011 after the development of '' Tron: Evolution'' was completed.
* Radio Disney Networks
** Radio Disney
** Radio Disney Country
** Radio Disney Junior
** Radio Disney Music Awards
* Ranch and Grove Holding Corp.: Merged
* Revelmode: Sub-network of Maker Studios (Now Disney Digital Network). Shut down after PewDiePie was dropped because of anti-semitic jokes made on his channel.
* The Secret Lab: Formed from Dream Quest Images & Walt Disney Features Animation computer group, closed in 2002
* SIP Animation (Saban International Paris): 49% Minority stake owned by Disney. Separated from BVS Entertainment in 2001, renamed in 2002 and eventually filed for liquidation and closed in 2009.
* Skellington Productions, Inc.: Production company formed between Walt Disney Feature Animation and filmmakers Tim Burton and Henry Selick
* Soapnet: DATG cable channel that closed on December 31, 2013
* Sony ESPN (50%, joint-venture with Sony) - Closed in 2020
* Star Life - Closed on 31 March 2022
* Starwave: Starwave was merged with Infoseek and acquired by Disney in 1998 to form GO Network. Starwave no longer operates as a stand-alone business. The label was recently resurrected to form Disney's Starwave Mobile which licenses content from third-party companies for cell phone content.
* Star World - Closed in 2021
* Star World Premiere - Closed in 2021
* Star Premium - Closed on 1 February 2022
* Tapulous
* Togetherville: Acquired in February 2011. Discontinued in March 2012.
* Toontown Online: Servers were closed on September 19, 2013.
* Touchstone Pictures: it was inactive in 2016. The label still used in-home media distribution of catalog titles.
* Touchstone Television: Folded into 20th Television in 2020.
* Touchwood Pacific Partner 1, Inc. (not the limited partnership itself)
* Toysmart.com: Controlling interest
* UTV Software Communications - Merged with Star India in 2020
** UTV Communications (USA) LLC
** UTV Motion Pictures - Closed in 2017
** UTV Action - Closed in 2021
** UTV Movies - Closed in 2021
** IG Interactive Entertainment Ltd. - Closed in 2012
** UTV Global Broadcasting Ltd.
** UTV Games Ltd. - Closed in 2015
** UTV Indiagames - Closed in 2015
** UTV Toons
* Voyage - closed in 2020
* Walt Disney Television: transferred to ABC Television Network, and later folded into Touchstone Television (then ABC Studios, now known as ABC Signature)
* WatchESPN: Shut down on July 1, 2019.
* Wideload Games
* Wizzer Productions, Inc.: Production company for the ''101 Dalmatians'' 1996 live action movie.
* YourTV - Closed in 2019

See also

* Timeline of The Walt Disney Company
* List of Marvel Comics characters
* List of Star Wars characters
* List of acquisitions by Disney
* List of libraries owned by The Walt Disney Company
* Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney

References

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