This is a list of assets currently or formerly owned by
the Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
, unless otherwise indicated.
Corporate
Walt Disney Studios
Live-action production
Animated production
Disney Studio Services
Disney Theatrical Group
The Disney Theatrical Group, legally Buena Vista Theatrical Group Ltd., is the live show, stageplay and musical production arm of The Walt Disney Company. The company is led by Thomas Schumacher, and forms a part of Walt Disney Studios, one of ...
Disney General Entertainment Content
Disney General Entertainment Content, Trade name, doing business as Walt Disney Television, is an American entertainment company that oversees television content and assets owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. Forming the company's Gen ...
Disney General Entertainment Content,
doing business as
A trade name, trading name, or business name, is a pseudonym used by companies that do not operate under their registered company name. The term for this type of alternative name is a "fictitious" business name. Registering the fictitious name w ...
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
A&E Networks (stylized as A+E NETWORKS) is an American multinational broadcasting company that is a 50–50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company through its General Entertainment Content division. The company o ...
50% equity holding; joint venture with
Hearst Corporation
Hearst Communications, Inc., often referred to simply as Hearst, is an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Hearst owns newspapers, magazines, televis ...
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
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, formerly known as Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. until 2007, is an American film distribution studio within the Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution division of The Walt Disney Company. It ha ...
Disney Music Group
Disney Music Group (DMG) is the music recording arm of Disney Platform Distribution, a division of The Walt Disney Company. It is located at the studio's headquarters in Burbank, California. The division's subsidiaries consist of two owned record ...
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
Lake Buena Vista () is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. It is mostly known for being the mailing address for Walt Disney World—although almost all of the resort facilities, including all four theme parks, are physically located i ...
, United States
Disney Parks International
Disneyland International, oversees Disney's interest in
Tokyo Disney Resort
The (local nickname ''TDR'') is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. The resort is fully owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company under a licence from The Walt Disney Company, who constru ...
. The WDC has taken full ownership of Euro Disneyland, opened on April 12, 1992, as the ''Euro Disney Resort'', located in
Marne-la-Vallée
Marne-la-Vallée () is a new town located near Paris, France.
Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney Studios Park, Val d'Europe, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, ESIEE Paris, and École des Ponts ParisTech are located in Marne-la-Vallée.
St ...
, near
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
, France. Disney owns 48% of Hong Kong International Theme Parks, while the
Government of Hong Kong
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government, refers to the executive authorities of Hong Kong SAR. It was formed on 1 July 1997 in accordance with the Sino-Br ...
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
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
, serving the
EMEA
EMEA is a shorthand designation meaning Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The acronym is used by institutions and governments, as well as in marketing and business when referring to this region: it is a shorthand way of referencing the two ...
. It's headquarters' located at Queen Caroline Street,
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
...
,
West London
West London is the western part of London, England, north of the River Thames, west of the City of London, and extending to the Greater London boundary.
The term is used to differentiate the area from the other parts of London: North London ...
, and have most of its locations, mostly in Europe.
History
After almost a
decade
A decade () is a period of ten years. Decades may describe any ten-year period, such as those of a person's life, or refer to specific groupings of calendar years.
Usage
Any period of ten years is a "decade". For example, the statement that "du ...
since
the Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
founded on 16 October 1923, it was firstly created and published comics in European countries.
On 31 December 1932, as a magazine named "
Topolino
''Topolino'' (from the Italian name for Mickey Mouse) is an Italian digest-sized comic series featuring Disney comics. The series has had a long running history, first appearing in 1932 as a comics magazine. It is currently published by Panini ...
" (
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
name for
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...
) 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
''Le Journal de Mickey'' is a French weekly comics magazine established in 1934, featuring Disney comics from France and around the world. The magazine is currently published by Unique Heritage Media. It is centered on the adventures of Mickey M ...
" (') was first published in France, featuring
Disney Comics
Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge.
The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with ...
and published by Unique Heritage Media; and in September 1948 "
Kalle Anka & C:o" ('), a
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known fo ...
magazine was published by
Egmont in the
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; literal translation, lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmar ...
,
including Sweden as the popular
Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
comic magazine.
On 1951, "
Micky Maus", (
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
for
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...
), is a magazine that was released in Germany and published by
Egmont Ehapa
The Egmont Ehapa Publishing Company (officially named Egmont Ehapa Verlag GmbH) was created in 1951 as a subdivision of the Egmont media group.
The name "Ehapa" was taken from the initials of its founder: Egmont Harald Petersen. Ehapa is known ...
.
On 25 October 1952, "
Donald Duck Weekblad
''Donald Duck'' is the Dutch flagship weekly Disney comics magazine, first published on October 25, 1952.
The magazine was originally published by the staff of the women's magazine '' Margriet'', and every ''Margriet'' subscriber received the fi ...
" (''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
Pierre Tcherniakowski (29 January 1928 – 8 October 2016), better known as Pierre Tchernia, was a French cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor. In France he was known as ''"Magic" Tchernia'' and ''Monsieur Ci ...
. The show tells about the cinematographic work of
Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...
, 'till was later ended in 1978.
In November 1990, Disney opened the
Disney Store
The Disney Store is a chain of specialty stores selling only Disney related items, many of them exclusive, under its own name and Disney Outlet. It was a business unit of Disney Consumer Products with the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products s ...
in
Regent Street
Regent Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London. It is named after George, the Prince Regent (later George IV) and was laid out under the direction of the architect John Nash and James Burton. It runs from Waterloo Place ...
,
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
, market the first in Europe, after it was originally opened in
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains regions of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census the population was 196,543, up from ...
back on 28 March 1987.
On 12 April 1992, Disney has opened
Disneyland Paris
Disneyland Paris is an entertainment resort in Chessy, France, east of Paris. It encompasses two theme parks, resort hotels, Disney Nature Resorts, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex, and a golf course. Disneyland Park is the origin ...
, located in
Chessy,
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
, as Disney first and only theme park in Europe, until it became popular in the continent.
On 1 October 1995,
Disney Channel
Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Compan ...
first launched in the UK and Ireland as "The Disney Channel" at 6:30 pm (London time), market the first in
EMEA
EMEA is a shorthand designation meaning Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The acronym is used by institutions and governments, as well as in marketing and business when referring to this region: it is a shorthand way of referencing the two ...
; and the second, outside the United States after it first began in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
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
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
. The cast included
Cornell John
Cornell Salmonn John (born 1963) is a British actor who has appeared in various film and television productions since 1999. He is most renowned for his role as Trife's uncle, Curtis, in the films ''Kidulthood'' (2006), ''Adulthood'' (2008) and ...
as Mufasa,
Luke Youngblood
Luke Youngblood (born 12 June 1986) is a British actor. He is known for playing Ben in ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'', young Simba in ''The Lion King'' at several London venues, Lee Jordan in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, and Magnitude on ...
as Young Simba,
Dominique Moore
Dominique Moore (born 12 January 1986) is a British actress and writer best known for her roles in '' BAFTA'' Winning ''Horrible Histories'', ''Hotel Trubble'' and '' Paddington Green''. She starred in '' Horrible Histories: The Movie'' and voic ...
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
Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Compan ...
was shut down in Italy, marking the very first in the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
; as a result of failing to renew its pay TV contracts.
= The Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L.
=
The Walt Disney Company Latin America
The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific
Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC (formerly Marvel Enterprises) is an American show business, entertainment company (law), company founded in June 1998 and based in New York City, New York (state), New York, formed by the merger of #Marvel Entertainment ...
* Cover Concepts, Inc.
*
Marvel Characters, Inc.
*
Marvel New Media
Marvel Entertainment, LLC (formerly Marvel Enterprises) is an American show business, entertainment company (law), company founded in June 1998 and based in New York City, New York (state), New York, formed by the merger of #Marvel Entertainment ...
* 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 Games is the publishing brand for video games based on Marvel properties, and is also the video game division of Marvel Entertainment. Before the incorporation of Marvel Games, video games based on Marvel properties released between 1982 an ...
* Marvel Toys Limited (Hong Kong)
* MVL International C.V. (The Netherlands)
* Marvel Characters B.V. (The Netherlands)
* Marvel Worldwide, Inc.
**
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...
*** Marvel Custom Solutions, customized comic books
***
Marvel Press
Marvel Press is the prose novel imprint for Marvel Comics jointly published with Disney Books.
Background
Marvel first licensed two prose novels to Bantam Books, which published '' The Avengers Battle the Earth Wrecker'' by Otto Binder (1967) and ...
***
Marvel Unlimited
Marvel Unlimited, formerly known as Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, is an online service by Marvel Comics that distributes past issues of their comics via the internet. The service launched on November 13, 2007, and now has more than 30,000 comic ...
*
Marvel Toys
Toy Biz (also stylized as ToyBiz), was a toy company which later became a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment and was renamed to Marvel Toys. It was best known for producing action figures and toys and holding the Marvel Comics license from 1990 t ...
*
Marvel Universe
The Marvel Universe is a fictional shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place. Super-teams such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of ...
** Marvel Toys Limited (Hong Kong)
Others
* BVCC, Inc. (Buena Vista Construction Company) Disney World general contractor
*
Disney Character Voices International
Disney Character Voices International, Inc. is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company with primary responsibility for the provision of translation and dubbing services for all Disney productions including those by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pi ...
*
Disney Institute
Disney Institute is the professional development and external training arm of The Walt Disney Company. The company showcases 'the business behind the magic' through seminars, workshops and presentations, as well as programs for professionals fro ...
, the professional development and external training arm
* Disney Programs
** Disney Accelerator
**
Disney College Program
The Disney College Program (DCP) is a United States national internship program operated by the Disney Programs division of The Walt Disney Company, located at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando and the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. The pro ...
**
Disney International Programs
Disney International Programs (previously named the Walt Disney World International Program) is an international internship program operated by the Disney Programs division of The Walt Disney Company at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena ...
*
Disney Legends
**
Golden Pass
*
Disney University
Disney University (DU) is the global training program for employees of the parks and experiences divisions at The Walt Disney Company also known as Cast Members. Many college students can participate through the Disney college program. The Disney ...
*
Disney Worldwide Outreach Program
*
National Geographic Partners
National Geographic Partners, LLC is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns 73% of shares) and the namesake non-profit scientific organization National Geographic Society (which owns 27%). The company oversees all commercial ...
(73% majority holding; 27% owned by the
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, and ...
)
* 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
Pixar RenderMan (formerly PhotoRealistic RenderMan) is proprietary photorealistic 3D rendering software produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar uses RenderMan to render their in-house 3D animated movie productions and it is also available as ...
*
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 Research is a network of research labs supporting The Walt Disney Company. Its purpose is to pursue scientific and technological innovation to advance the company's broad media and entertainment efforts.
It has facilities in Los Angeles, Z ...
* 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
''Inspector Gadget'' is a media franchise that began in 1983 with the DIC Entertainment animated television series '' Inspector Gadget''. Since the original series, there have been many spin-offs based on the show, including additional animated ...
– 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
A web series (also known as a web show) is a series of scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet, which first emerged in the late 1990s and became more prominent in the early 2000s. A single ins ...
from Disney Interactive, two songs from Walt Disney Records, an Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash and FutureSplash) is a multimedia Computing platform, software platform used for production of Flash animation, animations, rich web applications, application software, desktop applications, mobile apps, mo ...
web-game that was available on Disney.com
disney.com is a website operated by Disney Digital Network, a division of The Walt Disney Company, that promotes various Disney properties such as films, television shows, and theme park resorts, and offers entertainment content intended for child ...
, 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
Citadel Broadcasting Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based broadcast holding company. Citadel owned 243 radio stations across the United States and was the third-largest radio station owner in the country. Only iHeartMedia and Cumulus Media ...
with the network renamed as Citadel Media, and later sold to Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media, Inc. is an American broadcasting company and is the third largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States behind Audacy and iHeartMedia. As of June 2019, Cumulus lists ownership of 428 stations in 87 ...
and renamed as Cumulus Media Networks
Cumulus Media Networks was an American radio network owned and operated by Cumulus Media. From 2011 until its merger with Westwood One, it controlled many of the radio assets formerly belonging to the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), which w ...
before being merged into Westwood One
Westwood One is an American radio network
There are two types of radio network currently in use around the world: the one-to-many (simplex communication) broadcast network commonly used for public information and mass-media entertainment, and ...
.
* Baby Einstein
Baby Einstein (stylized as baby einstein) is an American franchise and line of multimedia products, including home video programs, CDs, books, flashcards, toys, and baby gear that specialize in interactive activities for infants and toddle ...
: Acquired by The Walt Disney Company in November 2001, sold to Kids II, Inc. in October 2013.
* Bass Anglers Sportsman Society
The Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) is a fishing membership organization with more than a half a million members. It is geared toward bass fishermen, mainly in the United States but with members located worldwide. The society publishes ...
* 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
DIC Entertainment Corporation (; also known as DIC Audiovisuel, DIC Enterprises, DIC Animation City, DIC Entertainment, L.P., and DIC Productions), branded as The Incredible World of DIC, was an international film and television production com ...
- Acquired as part of CC/ABC purchase in November 1996, sold back to original owner in November 2000.
* E!: part owner
** Style Network
Esquire Network was an American pay television network that was a 50/50 joint venture between NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation. The network carried programs aimed at a metrosexual audience centering on travel, cooking, sports and fashio ...
* Endemol Shine Group
Endemol Shine Group B.V. (stylized in all spaceless) was a Dutch production and distribution company of scripted and non-scripted content, responsible for programmes such as '' Big Brother'', '' Deal or No Deal'', '' The Money Drop'', '' Fear F ...
(50%) - acquired by Banijay
Banijay (formerly Banijay Entertainment and later Banijay Group) is a French television production and distribution company which is the world's largest international content producer and distributor with over 120 production companies across 22 ...
* FoxNext Games - sold to Scopely
Scopely, Inc is an interactive entertainment company and mobile-first video game developer and publisher. The company is headquartered in Culver City, California, with offices in Barcelona, Spain; Boulder, Colorado; Dublin, Ireland; London, Englan ...
** FoxNext Games LA studio
** Aftershock Studios
** Cold Iron Studios
* Fox Sports Networks - sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (SBG) is a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate that is controlled by the descendants of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith. Headquartered in the Baltimore suburb of Cockeysville, Maryland, t ...
and Entertainment Studios
Entertainment Studios, Inc., also known as Allen Media Group, is an American media and entertainment company based in Los Angeles. Owned and founded in 1993 by businessman Byron Allen, the company was initially involved in the production and d ...
** Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
** Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
** Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
/Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radi ...
** Midwest
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of ...
(subfeeds: Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
, Kansas City
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...
)
** North
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography.
Etymology
T ...
** Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
/SportsTime Ohio
Bally Sports Great Lakes is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel, which is a sister network to Bally Sports Ohio, broadcasts statewide coverage of professiona ...
** South
South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
/ Fox Sports Southeast
Bally Sports Southeast (BSSE) (originally named SportSouth from its inception until October 4, 2015, and Fox Sports Southeast (FSSE) until March 31, 2021) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture bet ...
(subfeeds: Carolinas
The Carolinas are the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina, considered collectively. They are bordered by Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, and Georgia to the southwest. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east.
Combining Nort ...
, Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
)
** Southwest
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...
(subfeeds: Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
, )
** West/Prime Ticket (subfeed: San Diego
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...
)
** Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
** YES Network
The Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) is an American pay television regional sports network owned by Yankee Global Enterprises (the largest shareholder with 26%), Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios (which owns 20%), ...
(80% equity) - sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group, Amazon
Amazon most often refers to:
* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology c ...
and Yankee Global Enterprises
Yankee Global Enterprises, LLC, formerly YankeeNets, LLC, is an American limited liability company (LLC) which owns the New York Yankees baseball team, along with a plurality stake in YES Network and a 20% and 10% stake in New York City FC and AC ...
* Fusion Media Network, LLC, Fusion
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Fusion may also refer to:
Science and technology Physics
*Nuclear fusion, multiple atomic nuclei combining to form one or more different atomic nucl ...
cable channel joint venture with Univision Communications
TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in New York and Mexico City, which owns the American Spanish language broadcast network Univision. 45% of the company is held by the ...
, sold off the remaining 50% to Univision.
* GMTV
GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...
: part owner; Sold to ITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom.
ITV plc is listed on the ...
and renamed ITV Breakfast Limited in 2009.
* Hyperion Books: sold to Hachette
* KCAL-TV
KCAL-TV (channel 9) is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside CBS West Coast flagship KCBS-TV (channel 2). Both stations share studios at the C ...
: Sold to Young Broadcasting
Young Broadcasting, LLC was an American media company that owned or operated 12 television stations in 10 markets with a total U.S. television household coverage of 5.9%. The company was formerly known as Young Broadcasting Inc. and was the outgr ...
, now owned by CBS Television Stations
CBS News and Stations (formerly CBS Television Stations) is a division of the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global that owns and operates a group of American television stations. , Paramount owns 28 stations, broken down as follows ...
.
* KRDC (AM)
KRDC (1110 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Pasadena, California, serving Greater Los Angeles as a full-time simulcast of ESPN Radio affiliate KSPN. The station is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company and is the ...
* Miramax Films
Miramax, LLC, also known as Miramax Films, is an American film and television production and distribution company founded on December 19, 1979, by brothers Harvey Weinstein, Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and based in Los Angeles, California.
It was ...
: Acquired by The Walt Disney Studios in 1993. Sold to Filmyard Holdings
Filmyard Holdings was an American pure holding company and is the former parent company of Miramax. Colony Capital and Qatar Investment Authority own the studio. Rob Lowe is an investor in Colony's entertainment fund.
On December 3, 2010, Disn ...
in 2010 and then beIN Media Group
beIN Media Group ( /ˈbiːɪn/; Arabic: مجموعة بي إن الإعلامية, ''Majmū‘at Bī’in al-I‘lāmiyyah'') is a state-owned global sport and entertainment network headquartered in Doha, Qatar. beIN distributes entertainme ...
since 2016, co-owned with Paramount Global
Paramount Global (doing business as Paramount) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate owned and operated by National Amusements (79.4%) and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York. I ...
since 2019.
** Dimension Films: Retained by Bob
Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. may refer to:
Places
* Mount Bob, New York, United States
*Bob Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
People, fictional characters, and named animals
*Bob (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
*Bob (surname ...
and Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein (; born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender. He and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films includ ...
and absorbed into The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company (usually credited or abbreviated as TWC) was an American independent film studio, founded in New York City by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in March 2005. TWC was one of the largest mini-major film studios in North America prior ...
when they left Miramax Films. Overseas rights, including the UK, to ''The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm ( or ), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were a brother duo of German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers, and authors who together collected and published folklore. They are among th ...
'' were transferred from Miramax to Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios uni ...
outside the United States since 2015.
* MovieBeam
MovieBeam was a video on demand service started by The Walt Disney Company, specifically its subsidiary Buena Vista Datacasting, LLC. Movies were sent wirelessly into the subscriber's home by embedding digital data (datacasting) within local Publ ...
* Oxygen Media
Oxygen (branded on air as Oxygen True Crime) is an American television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming unit of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, through its Cable Entertainment Group subsidiary. The channel primar ...
: part owner
* Power Rangers
''Power Rangers'' is an entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise ''Super Sentai''. Produced first by Saban Entertainment, second by BVS Entert ...
(BVS Entertainment) - Sold back to Haim Saban
Haim Saban (; he, חיים סבן; born October 15, 1944) is an Israeli-American media proprietor, investor, and producer of records, film, and television. A businessman with interests in financial services, entertainment, and media, and an e ...
in 2010 alongside other shows related to it
* Radio Disney Group
Radio Disney Group, LLC was a limited liability company that owned most of the Radio Disney radio stations operating in each U.S. state. Radio Disney Group was owned by the Disney–ABC Television Group and the headquarters were located in New Yor ...
, sold off individual stations
* RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co KG (50/50 joint-venture with RTL Group
RTL Group (for "Radio Television Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate centre in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 68 television channels and 31 radio stations in Germany, France and ...
) - Stake purchased out in March 2021
** Kividoo subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service
** Scoyo
** Super RTL
Super RTL is a German free-to-air television network owned by the RTL Group. The channel originally launched in 1995 as a joint venture between RTL Group predecessor company CLT-UFA and Disney's Buena Vista International Television Investments ...
** Toggolino Club
** Toggo Plus timeshift service
** Toggo Radio
* TrueX
Infillion, formerly known as TrueX, Inc. (stylized as true '') and SocialVibe, is an American digital advertising company founded in 2007 by Joe Marchese, Brandon Mills and David Levy. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles and New York ...
: Sold to Gimbal, Inc. in 2020.
* Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing de México: Stake sold to Sony Pictures Releasing
Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group (commonly known as Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, formerly known as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group until 2013, and abbreviated as SPMPG) is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainme ...
.
* Wondery
Wondery is an American podcast network and publisher of numerous award-winning podcasts, including Dirty John, Dr. Death, and The Shrink Next Door. Wondery was founded in 2016 by entrepreneur and media executive Hernan Lopez. The company was lau ...
(minority stake): Sold to Amazon Music
Amazon Music (previously Amazon MP3) is a music streaming platform and online music store operated by Amazon. Launched in public beta on September 25, 2007, in January 2008 it became the first music store to sell music without digital rights ...
in 2020.
* WJRT-TV
WJRT-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Flint, Michigan, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for northeastern Michigan. Owned by Allen Media Broadcasting, the station maintains studios on Lapeer Road in Flint, with of ...
, sold to Lily Broadcasting with WTVG
* WTVG
WTVG (channel 13) is a television station in Toledo, Ohio, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains studios on Dorr Street ( SR 246) in Toledo, and its transmitter is located on Stadium Road ...
* TeleColombia: sold to Paramount Networks Americas
Paramount Networks Americas (PNA) (formerly MTV Networks Latin America, Viacom International Media Networks The Americas, then ViacomCBS Networks Americas) is a subsidiary of Paramount Global. PNA's operational headquarters is located in Miami, Fl ...
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
Cisco Systems, Inc., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, ...
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
American Express Company (Amex) is an American multinational corporation specialized in payment card services headquartered at 200 Vesey Street in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The company was found ...
, 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
Weekend Adventure (originally known as ABC Weekend Adventure and Litton's Weekend Adventure) is an American syndicated programming block that is produced by Hearst Media Production Group, and airs weekend mornings on the owned-and-operated stat ...
.
* Americast
Americast (stylized americast) was a cable alternative broadcast joint venture of five telephone companies: SBC, BellSouth Corporation, Ameritech Corporation, GTE Corporation (later part of Verizon by 2000) and SNET. The Walt Disney Company's ...
: Telephone digital TV joint venture
* Anaheim Sports, Inc.: Formerly Disney Sports Enterprises, Inc.
* Arena Football League
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...
: 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
Avalanche Software is an American video game developer based in Salt Lake City, Utah and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It was founded in October 1995 by four programmers formerly of Sculptured Software, including John ...
: Closed in May 2016 and re-opened and acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE; also known as Warner Bros. Games or WB Games) is an American video game publisher based in Burbank, California, and part of the newly-formed Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment unit of ...
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
Blue Sky Studios, Inc. was an American computer animation studio based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded on February 22, 1987 by Chris Wedge, Michael Ferraro, Carl Ludwig, Alison Brown, David Brown, and Eugene Troubetzkoy after their e ...
- 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
Cross Generation Entertainment or CrossGen was an American comic book publisher and entertainment company that operated from 1998 to 2004. The company's assets were acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2004, and designated to Disney Publishing ...
. After the acquisition, both companies were folded into Disney Publishing Worldwide
Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW), formerly known as The Disney Publishing Group and Buena Vista Publishing Group, is the publishing subsidiary of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Its imprints inclu ...
. Disney subsidiary Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...
has since tried to revive CrossGen as an imprint.
* Canasa Trading Corp.[
* ]Caravan Pictures
Caravan Pictures, Inc. was an American film production company at Walt Disney Studios, formed by Roger Birnbaum and Joe Roth. Caravan's films were distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
While Disney would sign directors and talent ...
* Disney Circle 7 Animation
Circle Seven Animation (or Disney Circle Seven Animation) was a short-lived division of Walt Disney Feature Animation specializing in computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation and was originally intended to create sequels to the Disney-owned Pi ...
* ''Club Penguin
''Club Penguin'' was a massively multiplayer online game (MMO), involving a virtual world that contained a range of online games and activities. It was created by New Horizon Interactive (now known as Disney Canada Inc.). Players used cartoon ...
'' - Closed on March 30, 2017
* ''Club Penguin Island
''Club Penguin Island'' was a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) and was considered a successor to ''Club Penguin''. The game was released worldwide on March 29, 2017 and was created by Disney Canada Inc. in order to keep ...
'' - Closed on December 20, 2018
* Club Disney
Club Disney was a regional children's play center concept operated by Disney Regional Entertainment. The indoor centers were designed for families with children 9 and under with gift shops, various play areas and snack bars. The clubs were expec ...
: Creation of Disney Regional Entertainment
Disney Regional Entertainment was the subsidiary of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts which developed and operated unique local entertainment concepts. It previously operated the Club Disney, DisneyQuest, and ESPN Zone chain entertainment concepts.
...
, Club Disney had 5 locations built in the U.S. All 5 locations were closed in November 1999.
* Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida
The Walt Disney Company has owned and operated several animation studios since the company's founding on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; the current Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, Cal ...
, Inc.[
* ]Das Vierte
Das Vierte (English: The Fourth) was a German entertainment channel replaced in January 2014 by Disney Channel.
History
Das Vierte was launched by NBC Universal Global Networks (NUGN) in 2005 as an all-drama programming channel. The channel reac ...
* Disney Auctions
The Disney Store is a chain of specialty stores selling only Disney related items, many of them exclusive, under its own name and Disney Outlet. It was a business unit of Disney Consumer Products with the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products seg ...
* Disney Cinemagic
Disney Cinemagic was a European television brand that consisted of a group of television channels owned by Walt Disney Company Limited (UK) plus two programming blocks by Disney Channels Worldwide. It used to be broadcast on most countries in Wes ...
* Disney Comics
Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge.
The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with ...
* Disney Interactive Studios
Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher owned by The Walt Disney Company through Disney Interactive. Prior to its closure in 2016, it developed and distributed multi-platform video games and interac ...
* Disney Development Company The Disney Development Company was a fully owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, incorporated in Florida. Its primary role had been in the design and construction of certain resort and shopping areas within the Walt Disney World Resort, and t ...
: Construct arm
* Disney Regional Entertainment
Disney Regional Entertainment was the subsidiary of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts which developed and operated unique local entertainment concepts. It previously operated the Club Disney, DisneyQuest, and ESPN Zone chain entertainment concepts.
...
: Ran Disney Quest and the ESPN Zone
ESPN Zone was a theme restaurant and entertainment center chain in the United States that included arcades, TV studios, and radio studios, operated by the Disney Regional Entertainment subsidiary of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts using the Disne ...
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
Americast (stylized americast) was a cable alternative broadcast joint venture of five telephone companies: SBC, BellSouth Corporation, Ameritech Corporation, GTE Corporation (later part of Verizon by 2000) and SNET. The Walt Disney Company's ...
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
Dream Quest Images, later known as The Secret Lab, was an American visual effects company, co-founded in 1979 by Hoyt Yeatman, Scott Squires, Rocco Gioffre, Fred Iguchi, Tom Hollister and Bob Hollister. History
After early piecemeal work on ''Es ...
: Merged with Disney Features Animation computer group to form The Secret Lab
* DreamWorks II Distribution Co. LLC, film rights acquired from DreamWorks DreamWorks may refer to:
* DreamWorks Pictures, an American film production company of Amblin
** DreamWorks Television, an American television production company and division of the film studio
** DreamWorks Records, an American record label and f ...
and Reliance.'
* DreamWorks Television
DreamWorks Television was an American television distribution and production company based in Universal City, California, that was a division of DreamWorks. It folded into Amblin Television in 2013.
History
DreamWorks Television was formed ...
(1994-2002): Joint venture of CC/ABC with DreamWorks DreamWorks may refer to:
* DreamWorks Pictures, an American film production company of Amblin
** DreamWorks Television, an American television production company and division of the film studio
** DreamWorks Records, an American record label and f ...
which was dissolved at the end of the seven-year agreement
* Dlife
''DLife'' (stylized as ''dLife'') is a half-hour-long American weekly lifestyle television series broadcasting Sundays at 7 PM ET on CNBC. The show, which started airing in 2005, is the first television program dedicated entirely to people livin ...
- Closed in 2019
* ESPN Classic
ESPN Classic was an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns 20%).
The channel was originally l ...
* ESPN The Magazine
''ESPN The Magazine'' was an American monthly sports magazine published by the ESPN sports network in Bristol, Connecticut. The first issue was published on March 11, 1998. Initially published every other week, it scaled back to 24 issues a year i ...
* Faded Denim Productions Ltd.: Defunct production company
* Fall Line Studios
Fall Line Studios was a start up studio, and a division of Disney Interactive Studios. It was based in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., and was the sister studio to Disney's Avalanche Software, also based in the city.
Fall Line Studios was dedicated ...
* Fidelity Television, Inc.: owned KCAL-TV
KCAL-TV (channel 9) is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside CBS West Coast flagship KCBS-TV (channel 2). Both stations share studios at the C ...
** KHJ-TV, Inc.[
* Fogbank Entertainment - shut downed in 2020
* ]Fox 2000 Pictures
Fox 2000 Pictures was an American film production company within The Walt Disney Studios. It was a sister studio of the larger film studio 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures specializing in producing independent films in mid-range re ...
- dissolved on May 14, 2021
* Fox Consumer Products - folded into Disney Consumer Products
Disney Consumer Products, Inc. is the retailing and licensing subsidiary of the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products segment of The Walt Disney Company. Previously, Consumer Products was a segment of Disney until 2016, then a unit of Disney Co ...
in 2020
* Fox Life
Fox Life is an international pay television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group in 2004. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time, except for the Middle East, Bulgaria, Portugal, the Balkans, India and Greece.
The ...
- Closed in 2022
* Fox Research Library
* Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment (A Nordic joint venture with Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Media Distribution, and originally Paramount Home Video) is the home video distribution arm of Paramount Pictures, a division of Paramount Global.
The division oversees PPC's home entertainme ...
) - Closed in 2019
* Fox Pathé Europa (French joint venture with Pathé
Pathé or Pathé Frères (, styled as PATHÉ!) is the name of various French people, French businesses that were founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France starting in 1896. In the early 1900s, Pathé became the world's largest ...
and EuropaCorp
EuropaCorp S.A. (stylised in opening logo as EUROPA CORP.) is a French motion picture company headquartered in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris, and one of a few full service independent studios that both produces and distributes feature ...
)
* Fox Sports International
Fox Sports International (FSI) is an international sportscasting and production division of The Walt Disney Company. The division shares its name with both the United States-based sports division of Fox Corporation, and the chain of regional sport ...
- assets either closed or dissolved into ESPN International
ESPN International is a family of sportscasting and production networks around the world. It was begun in 1989, is operated by ESPN Inc. and owned by The Walt Disney Company.
Operating regions
Latin America
Spanish-speaking countries
* ES ...
* Fox VFX Lab - Closed in 2019
* Fox Music
Fox Music was the music division label of 20th Century Fox. It encompassed music publishing and licensing businesses, dealing primarily with television and film soundtracks. It was located in Century City, California.
During CEO Robert Kraft's ...
- Merged with Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records is an American record label of the Disney Music Group. The label focuses in pop, rock, alternative, hip hop, and country genres, as well as specializing in mature recordings not suitable for the flagship Walt Disney Records l ...
in 2020
* FoxNext
FoxNext, LLC was a virtual reality and theme park unit of 20th Century Fox, now known as 20th Century Studios. It was established in 2017 prior to Disney's acquisition of Fox and operates under the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products unit of ...
- Closed in 2020
* H2 - All international networks closed in 2022
* Harvest Groves, Inc.: Merged
* Hollywood Basic: Sub-label of Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records is an American record label of the Disney Music Group. The label focuses in pop, rock, alternative, hip hop, and country genres, as well as specializing in mature recordings not suitable for the flagship Walt Disney Records l ...
that released rap music (including music by DJ Shadow and Organized Konfusion). The label was discontinued in the mid-1990s.
* Hollywood Pictures
Hollywood Pictures was an American film production label of Walt Disney Studios, founded and owned by The Walt Disney Company. Established on February 1, 1989, by then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner and then-studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, Hollywood ...
: 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
ImageMovers (IM), known as South Side Amusement Company until 1997, is an American production company which produces CGI animation, motion-capture, live-action films and television shows. The company is known for producing such films as ''Cast A ...
: Closed in 2011 after the abysmal opening of ''Mars Needs Moms
''Mars Needs Moms'' is a 2011 American 3D computer-animated science fiction film co-written and directed by Simon Wells, produced by ImageMovers Digital and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Based on the Berkeley Breathed book of the same ti ...
''.
* Infoseek Corporation: Acquired by Disney in 1998 and merged into Disney's GO Network. The Infoseek name is no longer in use.
* Jumbo Pictures
The Walt Disney Company has owned and operated several animation studios since the company's founding on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; the current Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, Cal ...
: Acquired by Disney in 1996, Jumbo Pictures produced '' Doug'', '' 101 Dalmatians: The Series'', and ''PB&J Otter
''PB&J Otter'' is an American animated musical television series. It premiered on Disney Channel's preschool block (Playhouse Disney) on March 15, 1998. A total of 65 episodes were produced during the course of its three-season run, with the fina ...
'' for Disney. The company was folded into Walt Disney Television Animation
Disney Television Animation (DTVA), formerly known as Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group and Walt Disney Television Animation, is the television animation production arm of Disney Branded Television, a sub-division of the Disney Ge ...
.
* 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
GXT was an Italian subscription-based comedy/entertainment television channel.
History
Jetix Europe launched GXT as a male teen channel in May 2005 on Mondo Sky. On June 1, 2008, a 1-hour-timeshift of GXT was launched on Sky Italia.
Due to Dis ...
: 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
SBS Broadcasting Group (SBS), formerly Scandinavian Broadcasting Systems, was a European multinational media group, operating commercial television, premium pay channels, radio stations and related print businesses in Northern, Western and Cen ...
B.V. to services the Dutch channel
* Jetix Animation Concepts
This is a list of television programs that aired on Jetix around the world.
Jetix Animation Concepts
Jetix Animation Concepts was a joint-venture between Walt Disney Television Animation and Jetix Europe N.V. for producing shows that would air ...
: Folded into Walt Disney Television Animation
Disney Television Animation (DTVA), formerly known as Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group and Walt Disney Television Animation, is the television animation production arm of Disney Branded Television, a sub-division of the Disney Ge ...
in 2009.
* Junction Point Studios
Junction Point Studios (JPS) was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas founded by ''Deus Ex'' creator, Warren Spector, in 2004. Disney Interactive Studios acquired Junction Point Studios in July 2007 to develop a property based o ...
* Kingdom Comics: The Kingdom Comics unit's creatives/executives moved its deal to an independent Monsterfoot Production.
* Lake Buena Vista Communities, Inc.
* LAPTV
LAPTV (Latin American Pay Television Service) was a Latin American pay television company founded by many cable providers of the region (MVS Comunicaciones, Grupo Cisneros) and many cinema producers/distributors (such as United International P ...
* Lyric Street Records
Lyric Street Records was an American country music record label. It was owned by the Disney Music Group and founded in 1997 by Randy Goodman. The label had its first successes in 1998 with singles by Lari White and Aaron Tippin, both formerly ...
: Record label specializing in country music
* Malibu Comics
Malibu Comics Entertainment, Inc. (also known as Malibu Graphics) was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. Notable titles published by Malibu included '' ...
* Mammoth Records
Mammoth Records was an independent record label founded in 1989 by Jay Faires in the Carrboro area of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The majority of the acts on Mammoth were executive-produced by Faires and the label's general manager, Steve Balcom ...
: Independent record label acquired by Disney in 1997
* Marvel Animation
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(AKA Marvel Family Entertainment)
** Marvel Animation Studios: Part of Marvel Animation
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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
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: Opened in 2010, Closed in 2013.
* Playdom
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* Propaganda Games
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: 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
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* Ranch and Grove Holding Corp.: Merged
* Revelmode: Sub-network of Maker Studios (Now Disney Digital Network). Shut down after PewDiePie
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was dropped because of anti-semitic
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Antis ...
jokes made on his channel.
* The Secret Lab
The Walt Disney Company has owned and operated several animation studios since the company's founding on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; the current Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, Cal ...
: 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: #Disney-ABC Television Group, DATG cable channel that closed on December 31, 2013
* Sony ESPN (50%, joint-venture with Sony) - Closed in 2020
* Star Life (Latin American TV channel), 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 India, 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 Partners, 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 (French TV channel), Voyage - closed in 2020
* Walt Disney Television (production company), 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 film), ''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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Asset lists, Disney
Disney-related lists, Assets
The Walt Disney Company subsidiaries
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