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Here is a list of assets owned by The Walt Disney Company, which is the world's second largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue, after Comcast. The following are wholly owned and operated by Disney, unless otherwise indicated.[1]

Corporate[]

  • Marketing
  • Disney Enterprises, Inc., copyright and trademark holder of Disney-branded properties
  • Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., shared service
  • The Disney Children's Center, Inc., child care center
  • Earth Star, Inc., corporate airline[2]
  • Synergy Group[2]

The Walt Disney Studios[]

Production[]

Animation[]

Lucasfilm Ltd.[]

  • Industrial Light & Magic
  • Lucasfilm Animation
    • Lucasfilm Animation Singapore
  • LucasArts: All in-house development was ceased in April 2013, but they remained open as a publisher and licensor.[6]
  • Lucas Licensing
    • Lucas Books, licensed book publishing imprint
  • Lucas Online
  • Skywalker Sound

Marvel Studios[]

  • Marvel Music
  • Marvel Film Productions LLC (Delaware)
  • MVL Development LLC (Delaware)
  • MVL Productions LLC: an indirect wholly owned film development subsidiary
  • MVL Film Finance LLC: holder of Marvel's Movie debt and theatrical film rights to the twelve characters and supporting characters as collateral.
  • MVL Rights, LLC: subsidiary holding movie rights of all Marvel Characters with some on contract with MVL Film Finance
  • Iron Works Productions LLC: subsidiary holding debt to finance the Iron Man films.
  • Incredible Production (Delaware)
  • Asgard Productions LLC (Delaware)

Distribution[]

  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, theatrical distribution unit formerly known as Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
    • Touchstone Pictures
    • Walt Disney Studios Marketing
    • Worldwide Special Events
    • Buena Vista Theatres, Inc.[7]
      • Disney Studio Store: collocated with a Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop in the El Capitan Building next to the theater
      • El Capitan Theatre
      • El Capitan Entertainment Centre

Disney Music Group[]

  • Walt Disney Records
  • Hollywood Records
    • DMG Nashville
  • Disney Music Publishing
    • Agarita Music[8]
    • Buena Vista Music Co.[8]
    • Falferious Music[8]
    • Five Hundred South Songs[8]
    • Fuzzy Muppet Songs
    • Holpic Music, Inc.[8]
    • Hollywood Pictures Music[8]
    • Mad Muppet Melodies
    • Marvel Comics Music
    • Pixar Music
    • Pixar Talking Pictures
    • Seven Peaks Music
    • Seven Summits Music[8]
    • Touchstone Pictures Music & Songs, Inc.[8]
    • Utapau Music
    • Walt Disney Music Company[8]
    • Wampa-Tauntaun Music
    • Wonderland Music Company[8]
  • Disney Concerts[9]

Disney Theatrical Group[]

  • Disney Theatrical Productions
  • Disney Live Family Entertainment
    • Walt Disney Special Events Group[10]
  • Disney Theatrical Licensing
  • New Amsterdam Development Corp.
    • New Amsterdam Theatre (long term lease)
  • New Amsterdam Theatrical Productions, Inc.
  • Walt Disney Theatrical Worldwide, Inc.
  • Buena Vista Theatrical Ventures, Inc.[2]
  • Buena Vista Theatrical Merchandise, LLC

Disney Studio Services[]

  • Disney Digital Studio Services - Studio Post Production
  • Studio Production Services
    • Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)
    • Golden Oak Ranch
    • Prospect Studios
    • KABC7 Studio B

Sources[11][12]

Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products[]

  • Disney Licensing (formerly directly a part of Disney Consumer Products)
    • Disney Baby

Disney Retail[]

  • Disney Store Worldwide, Inc.
    • Disney Store North America
    • Disney Store Europe
    • Disney Store Japan
    • Disney Shopping, Inc. (formerly Disney Direct Marketing Services, Inc.) catalog and direct marketing channels[13] Catalog
  • Disney Direct Response Publishing, Inc.
  • Integrated Retail, consolidates all other North American retail channels

Disney Games and Interactive Experiences[]

  • Disney Mobile
  • Disney Canada Inc. (developer of Club Penguin Island)
  • Gamestar
  • Rocket Pack[15]
  • DCPI Labs team[16]

DCPI Content[]

  • DCPI Content & Media
    • Advanced Media
    • Social Media[18] and Micro Content
    • Disney Co/Op, custom content[18]

Disney Publishing Worldwide[]

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  • Core Publishing[19]
    • Disney Magazine Publishing, Inc.
      • Disney Comics, Inc.
    • Disney Libri
    • Disney Libros (Spain)
    • Disney Book Group (Disney Book Publishing, Inc.[2])
      • Disney·Hyperion
      • Disney·Jump at the Sun
      • Disney Press
      • Disney Editions
      • Marvel Press
      • ESPN Books

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  • Digital Publishing - Disney Book Apps
  • Disney Learning
    • Disney Educational Productions
    • Disney English
    • Disney Imagicademy
  • CrossGen: restarted & discontinued as an imprint by Marvel Comics

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Parks and resort[]

  • Disney Parks Merchandising
    • World of Disney Stores
  • Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc.
    • Walt Disney Creative Entertainment
    • Disney Research China[20]
  • Disneyland International, oversees Disney's interest in Tokyo Disney Resort[21]
  • Disney Destinations, runs the disneytravelagents.com website[22]
  • Disney Sports Enterprises
    • ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
    • runDisney
  • Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons

Disneyland Resort[]

Disneyland, Inc.

  • Disneyland: 1955
  • Disney California Adventure: 2001
  • Downtown Disney
  • Resorts:
    • Disneyland Hotel: WCO Hotels, Inc.
    • Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa
    • Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel

Walt Disney World Resort[]

  • Walt Disney World Company,[2] Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
  • Landholding companies
    • Compass Rose Corporation
    • Walt Disney Travel Company[2]
    • Walt Disney World Hospitality and Recreation Corporation

Disneyland Paris[]

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Opened on 12 April 1992 as the Euro Disney Resort. Located in Marne-la-Vallée, France Euro Disney Investments, Inc.

  • Euro Disney S.A.S.: 100% Disney owned—manages Euro Disney S.C.A., Euro Disney Associés and EDL Hotels SCA
  • Euro Disney Investment SAS: owning 9% and general partner of Euro Disney Associés
  • Centre de Congrès Newport S.A.S
    • Newport Bay Club Convention Centre: leased to EDL Hôtels S.C.A.
  • EDL Holding Co.: 99.9% owned by Disney — holds 82% ownership of Euro Disney S.C.A.
    • EDL Participations S.A.S.: sole general partner of Euro Disney S.C.A.
      • Euro Disney S.C.A.: 2% owned by public shareholders, directly owns 82% of Euro Disney Associés
        • Euro Disney Commandité S.A.S.: a general partner of Euro Disney Associés
          • Euro Disney Associés S.C.A.: operating company of Disney Paris
            • EDL Hôtels S.C.A.: owns the Phase IB land and operates the hotels
            • EDL Services SAS: manages Phase IB Financing Companies, owners of the various hotels and Disney Village

Euro Disneyland Participations S.A.S.: 100% Disney owned and owns 17% of

  • Euro Disneyland Park S.N.C.: owns Disneyland Park (Paris)
    • Disneyland Park: 1992 (opened as Euro Disneyland)
      • Walt Disney Studios Park: 2002

Hong Kong International Theme Parks[]

Disney 48%, Hong Kong Government 52%

  • Hong Kong Disneyland Resort -Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
    • Hong Kong Disneyland: 2005
    • Inspiration Lake: 2005
  • Resorts:
    • Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel
    • Disney's Hollywood Hotel
    • Disney's Explorer Lodge
  • Hong Kong Disneyland Management Limited: owned 100% by Disney and manages the park

Shanghai Disney Resort[]

  • Shanghai International Theme Park Company Limited: 43% owned by Disney, 57% owned by Shanghai Shendi Group: owner company for theme parks within the resort
    • Shanghai Disneyland Park
  • Shanghai International Theme Park Associated Facilities Company Limited: 43% owned by Disney, 57% owned by Shanghai Shendi Group—owner company for associated facilities within the resort
  • Shanghai International Theme Park and Resort Management Company Limited: 70% owned by Disney, 30% owned by Shanghai Shendi Group—manages the resort as a whole as well as the project to develop it

Disney Signature Experiences[]

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  • Adventures by Disney
  • Aulani
  • Disney Cruise Line
  • Ports:
    • Castaway Cay (1998)
    • Port Canaveral, Florida
  • Disney Vacation Club Management Corp.
    • Disney Vacation Development, Inc.
    • Disney's Vero Beach Resort, Vero Beach, Florida
    • Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
    • also hotel at the major resorts and Aulani are involved and are listed under their respective resorts, see Disney Vacation Club article
    • Palm Financial Services, Inc.,[2] financing arm

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Disney Media Networks[]

Disney–ABC Television Group[]

ABC, Inc. d.b.a. Disney–ABC Television Group[23]

  • American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.[24] - generally seen as the copyright holder for ABC owned shows
  • Disney/ABC Television Group Digital Media
  • American Broadcasting Company (1943 – Radio) (1948 – Television)
  • ABC News (1945)
    • ABC News Radio (1968)
    • ABC News All Media
      • ABC News production unit
      • ABC News Productions(1994–)
      • Lincoln Square Productions (2003–present)

A&E Networks[]

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  • A&E network
    • A&E
    • Crime & Investigation Network
    • FYI
  • History network
    • History
    • Military History
    • History en Español
    • H2
  • A+E Networks International
    • A+E Networks Latin America (joint venture with Ole Communications)
    • A+E Networks UK (joint venture with British Sky Broadcasting)
      • Blaze
    • A+E Networks Asia (joint venture with Astro Overseas Limited)
      • A+E Networks India
      • History TV18 (joint venture with Network 18)
      • FYI TV18 (joint venture with Network 18)
    • A+E Networks Germany
    • A+E Networks Italy
  • A+E Networks Consumer Products
  • A+E Studios
  • A&E IndieFilms
  • A+E Films
  • A+E Networks Digital

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  • Lifetime Entertainment Services
    • Lifetime
    • Lifetime Movies
    • Lifetime Real Women
    • Lifetime Movie Club
    • Lifetime Radio for Women
    • Lifetime Press
    • Lifetime Digital
  • Vice Media, Inc. (10% stake[25] with an additional direct Disney investment at a 10% stake[26])
    • Viceland

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ABC Entertainment Group[]

  • ABC Digital
  • ABC Entertainment
  • ABC Studios (formerly Touchstone Television and ABC Television Studios)
    • ABC Signature
    • Greengrass Productions
    • Keep Calm and Carry On Productions
    • Victor Television Productions
    • ABC/Kane Productions
  • Times Square Studios (division)
    • ABC Daytime (1960)
    • Valleycrest Productions Ltd.
    • ABC Media Productions - formerly Buena Vista Productions

ABC Family Worldwide[]

  • Freeform (TV channel)
  • ABC Family Digital
  • ProdCo, Inc., ABC Family production company
  • BVS Entertainment, formerly Saban Entertainment
    • Saban / Fox Kids
    • DePatie-Freleng Enterprises / Marvel Productions, Ltd.

ABC Owned Television Stations[]

  • WLS-7 Chicago, Illinois
  • KFSN-30 Fresno, California
  • KTRK-13 Houston, Texas
  • KABC-7 Los Angeles, California
  • WABC-7 New York City/New Jersey
  • WPVI-6 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • WTVD-11 Raleigh/Durham
  • KGO-7 San Francisco, California
  • Live Well Network

Disney Channels Worldwide[]

  • Disney Channel
  • Disney Junior
  • Disney XD
  • Broadcast Satellite Disney Co., Ltd. (April 2009) operator of Dlife channel (Japan)[27]
  • Radio Disney
    • KRDC (AM)
  • Production company

ESPN Inc.[]

Disney (80%)[28]

  • ESPN
  • ESPN2
  • ESPN3
  • ESPN on ABC
  • ESPNews
  • ESPN Deportes
  • ESPN Films
  • ESPNU
  • ESPN Classic
  • BT Sport ESPN
  • ESPN Now
  • ESPN PPV
  • Longhorn Network (joint venture with the University of Texas at Austin and IMG College)
  • SEC Network
  • ESPN Events
  • ESPN Radio
  • ESPN The Magazine
  • ESPN Books
  • ESPN Home Entertainment
  • ESPN Outdoors
    • BASS
  • ESPN Digital Center
  • ESPN International (see for complete list of channels)
    • Sony ESPN (Joint venture with Sony Pictures Networks)
    • CTV Speciality Television Inc. is a jointly venture by ESPN International and Bell Canada's Bell Media division. Any percentages below refer to the portion of each channel owned by CTV Specialty, with the balance in each case being owned by additional partners such as Discovery Communications.
      • Discovery Channel Canada (80%, joint venture with Discovery Communications)
      • RDS Info
      • Animal Planet Canada (80%, joint venture with Discovery Communications)
      • Discovery Science Canada (80%, joint venture with Discovery Communications)
      • Discovery Velocity (80%, joint venture with Discovery Communications)
      • ESPN Classic Canada
      • Réseau des sports (RDS)
      • RDS2
      • TSN1
      • TSN2
      • TSN3
      • TSN4
      • TSN5

Marvel Entertainment[]

  • Cover Concepts, Inc.
  • Marvel Characters, Inc.
  • Marvel Television division
    • Marvel Animation
      • Marvel Animation Studios (2012–present)
        • SH DTV Partners (2012–present)
    • Squad Productions LLC (Delaware)
    • Green Guy Toons LLC (Delaware)
  • MVL Iron Works Productions Canada, Inc. (Province of Ontario)
  • MVL Incredible Productions Canada, Inc. (Province of Ontario)
  • Marvel Entertainment International Limited (United Kingdom)
  • Marvel Internet Productions LLC (Delaware)
  • Marvel Property, Inc. (Delaware)
  • Marvel Toys Limited (Hong Kong)
  • MVL Development LLC (Delaware)
  • Marvel International Character Holdings LLC (Delaware)
  • MRV, Inc. (Delaware)
  • MVL International C.V. (The Netherlands)
  • Marvel Characters B.V. (The Netherlands)
  • Marvel Worldwide, Inc.
  • Marvel Toys
    • Marvel Toys Limited (Hong Kong)

Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International[]

  • ABC National Television Sales
    • ABC Regional Sports and Entertainment Sales[30]
  • ABC Spark IP (licensed by Corus Entertainment)
  • BAMTech (75%)
    • Cake Solutions[31]
    • ESPN+
    • Disney Branded Streaming Service(Unnamed)
  • Disney Digital Network
  • Disney Channels Worldwide (less US channels)
    • Disney Channel
    • Disney Cinemagic
    • Disney Junior
    • Disney XD
    • Dlife
    • Hungama TV (2006)
  • Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution
  • Disney Media Distribution - formerly Disney-ABC International Television and before that, ABC Cable and International Broadcast Group
  • Hulu (30%; in partnership with NBCUniversal, 21st Century Fox and Time Warner)
  • Movies Anywhere

Disney International

  • The Walt Disney Company Latin America
    • Miravista Films[32]
    • The Walt Disney Company Argentina
      • Patagonik Film Group, an Argentina-based production company and joint venture[33]

Germany[]

  • Disney Television (Germany), Inc.[2]
  • RTL Disney TV Limited Partnership (RTL DISNEY Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG) a 50% joint venture of TWDC with RTL Group
    • [34] Kividoo - kids SVOD service
    • Scoyo learning platform
    • Super RTL network, Germany
    • Toggolino Club
    • Toggo Plus network (June 4, 2016)
  • Tele-Munich Television Media Participation Limited Partnership (Tele-Müchen Fernseh-GMBH & Co. Medienbeteiligung KG)[35] joint venture
    • ATV Private Limited Partnership (ATV PrivatFernseh-GMBH)
      • ATV2 channel, Austria
    • RTL 2 Limited Partnership (RTL 2 FERNSEHEN GMBH & CO. kg)
      • RTL II channel, Germany
      • RTL II HD channel, Germany
    • RTL 2 Austria
    • TM-TV GMBH
      • Tele 5 (Germany)
      • Tele 5 HD (Germany)
      • Tele 5 (Austria)

Walt Disney Co., Ltd. Japan[]

  • Studio Entertainment
    • Walt Disney Studios Japan
    • Disney Music Group
    • Disney Character Voice International
    • Disney Theatrical Group
  • Media Networks
    • Walt Disney Television International Japan
      • Disney Channel (Japan)
      • Disney Junior
      • Disney XD
      • Media Distribution
  • Disney Interactive Group Japan
    • Disney Online
    • Disney Mobile
    • Disney Interactive Studios
  • Parks and Resort
    • Disney Destination International
    • Disney Vacation Club Japan
  • Disney Consumer Products
    • Disney Publishing Worldwide Japan
    • Disney Store Japan[36]
  • Broadcast Satellite Disney Co.

Disney India Inc.[]

  • UTV Software Communications (100% stake since 2/2012)
    • UTV Communications (USA) LLC
    • IG Interactive Entertainment Ltd.
    • UTV Global Broadcasting Ltd.
    • UTV TV Content Ltd.
    • UTV Games Ltd.
    • First Future Agri & Developers Ltd.
    • UTV Motion Pictures PLC
      • UTV Toons
    • UTV New Media Ltd
    • UTV Indiagames
    • group's stepdown subsidiaries
      • UTV Ignition Entertainment Ltd.
      • True Games Interactive
      • Genx Entertainment Ltd.
      • UTV Entertainment Television Ltd.
      • UTV Tele-Talkies Ltd.
      • RB Entertainment Ltd.
      • Vikatan UTV Content Ltd.
    • Screenshot Television Ltd.[38]

The Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L.[]

Sociedad Gestora de Television NET TV SA, joint venture with Vocento SA, Intereconomía Corporation SA[39]

  • Disney Channel (Spain) HD
  • Disney Channel (Spain)
  • Intereconomía TV
  • Disney Channel Spanish +1

Other[]

  • Disney Character Voices International
  • Times Square Studios
  • Silver Creek Pictures, Inc.
  • Catalyst Investments, LLC
    • POW! Entertainment: 10% of the outstanding shares of stock[40]
  • Reedy Creek Improvement District
    • Reedy Creek Energy Services
    • Bay Lake, Florida
    • Lake Buena Vista, Florida
  • BVCC, Inc. (Buena Vista Construction Company) Disney World general contractor
  • Sphero (June 2015) TWDC purchased a stake in the robotic toys company then approached them about building BB-8[41]

Property holding companies[]

  • Carousel Holdings EAT LLC, Carousel Inn & Suites, Anaheim, California[42]
  • 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.[2]
  • 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.[2]

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[43]

Venture capital[]

Steamboat Ventures: ownership positions not revealed

  • Baynote
  • EdgeCast
  • Elemental Technologies
  • EMN8
  • Fanzter, Inc.
  • Fastclick
  • FreeWheel
  • GameSalad
  • GoPro
  • Greystripe
  • Kapow Software
  • MediaBank
  • MerchantCircle
  • Passenger
  • Photobucket
  • RazorGator
  • Vobile
  • VoodooVox
  • Zettics[44]

Chinese holdings[]

  • 51Fanli
  • Bokecc
  • Cocoa China
  • Gridsum Technology
  • Netmovie
  • Shangpin
  • Troodon
  • UUSee
  • Yoyi Media
  • YY[45]

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.
  • Bird-In-Hand Woodworks, 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 Interfinance Corp.
  • Disney International Employment Services, Inc.
  • Disney Media Ventures, Inc.
  • 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.
  • PNLH Payroll Inc.
  • Palm Hospitality Co.
  • Plymouth Productions
  • RCE Services, Inc.
  • Stakeout Two Productions, Inc.
  • Supercomm International, Inc.
  • Swing Kids Productions, Inc.
  • The Inn Corp.
  • The Quiz Show Co.[2]
  • 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.

Former assets[]

Sold[]

  • Baby Einstein: Acquired by Kids II, Inc.
  • Childcraft Education Corp., maker of children's furniture and equipment, retail stores[46] and sold to U.S. Office Products Co. in 1997[47]
    • Childcraft, Inc.: catalog company
  • KCAL-TV: Sold to Young Broadcasting, now owned by CBS Television Stations.
  • DIC Entertainment
  • Fusion Media Network, LLC, Fusion cable channel joint venture with Univision Communications, sold off the remaining 50% to Univision.
  • Hyperion Books: sold to Hachette
  • GMTV: part owner; Sold to ITV plc and renamed ITV Breakfast Limited in 2009.
  • Miramax Films: Sold to Filmyard Holdings in 2010
  • Radio Disney Group, sold off individual stations
  • Walt Disney Television
  • WJRT-TV, sold to Lily Broadcasting with WTVG
  • WTVG[48]
  • Oxygen Media: part owner[49]
  • E!: part owner
  • MovieBeam

Content libraries[]

  • DiC Entertainment library (1995-1999)
  • Baby Einstein library
  • Miramax library

Venture capital holdings sold[]

  • 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: Cisco acquisition 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[44]
  • 56.com: sold to Renren in September, 2011
  • Youxigu: Steamboat sold its stake to Tencent Holdings Ltd. in March 2010[45]

Dormant or shuttered Disney businesses[]

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

  • ABC Films: division of ABC, Inc. that distributed first-run and off-network TV programming to television stations and networks worldwide. Majority of the backlog is currently controlled by CBS Television Distribution through Spelling Entertainment Group.
  • ABC Pictures Corp. / ABC Motion Pictures: Division of ABC, Inc. that produced and distributed a number of films theatrically. The division became inactive before the acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC by Disney, but its library was brought into Disney through the acquisition. In 2003, Buena Vista Home Entertainment licensed most of the ABC theatrical titles out to MGM Home Entertainment for home entertainment distribution.
  • ABC Circle Films / ABC Productions: Division of ABC, Inc. that produced both film and television series for ABC. Upon the acquisition by Disney, ABC Circle Films and its library were absorbed into ABC Studios (at the time, Touchstone Television).
  • 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.
  • Bonnie View Productions, Ltd.:[2] Production company for "Crusaders", a syndicated news magazine show
  • Buena Vista Visual Effects
  • 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 announced that it will revive CrossGen as an imprint.
  • Canasa Trading Corp.[2]
  • Caravan Pictures[2]
  • Disney Circle 7 Animation
  • 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.[2]
  • Disney Auctions
  • Disney Development Company: Construct arm[50]
  • 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.
  • Disney TeleVentures, Inc.: Americast telco venture programming and technical support[2]
  • Disney Television and Telecommunications, division group (not to be confused with Walt Disney Television production division) eliminated after Disney-CC/ABC merger[51]
  • Dream Quest Images: Merged with Disney Features Animation computer group to form The Secret Lab
  • DreamWorks Television (1994-2002): Joint venture of CC/ABC with DreamWorks which was dissolved at the end of the seven-year agreement[52]
  • Faded Denim Productions Ltd.: Defunct production company
  • Fidelity Television, Inc.: owned KCAL-TV
    • KHJ-TV, Inc.[2]
  • 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 Entertainment International; full owner in 2009, ran 13 Jetix channels
    • GXT: Italy channel for older teens sold in management buy out of Jetix Italy, now Switchover Media
    • Jetix: Consumer Products
    • JCP: Home Entertainment
    • 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.
  • Kingdom Comics:[53] The Kingdom Comics unit's creatives/executives moved its deal to an independent Monsterfoot Production.[54]
  • Lake Buena Vista Communities, Inc.
  • Lyric Street Records: Record label specializing in country music
  • Mammoth Records: Independent record label acquired by Disney in 1997
  • MLG Productions 1 – MLG Productions 8: (Marvel's joint venture with Lionsgate) operationally defunct as the agreed upon number of DTV movies were finished
  • Propaganda Games: Shuttered in January 2011 after the development of Tron: Evolution was completed, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned was canceled.
  • Ranch and Grove Holding Corp.: Merged
  • The Secret Lab: Formed from Dream Quest Images & Walt Disney Features Animation computer group, closed in 2002
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Talk: Magazine publication venture between Miramax Films and Tina Brown launched in 1999 and shuttered in 2001.
  • Tapulous
  • Toontown Online: Servers were closed on September 19, 2013.
  • Touchwood Pacific Partner 1, Inc. (not the limited partnership itself)[2]
  • Toysmart.com: Controlling interest[55]
  • Wizzer Productions, Inc.: Production company for the 101 Dalmatians 1996 live action movie.[2]
    • Club Penguin
  • Playdom

See also[]

  • Timeline of The Walt Disney Company
  • List of Disney animated universe characters
  • List of Pixar characters
  • List of Marvel Comics characters
  • Lists of corporate assets
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