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Here is a list of assets owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, unless otherwise indicated. [1]

The Walt Disney Company American mass media corporation

The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Walt Disney or simply Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

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Corporate

The Walt Disney Studios

DreamWorks Pictures is an American film production label of Amblin Partners. It was founded in 1994 as a film studio by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, of which they owned 72%. The studio was formerly distributing its own and third-party films by itself. It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses of more than $100 million each.

Production

Walt Disney Pictures American film studio and a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios

Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio and a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company. The subsidiary is the main producer of live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios unit, and is based at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. It took on its current name in 1983. Today, in conjunction with the other units of Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Pictures is regarded as one of Hollywood's "Big Five" film studios. Films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios are also released under this brand.

Disneynature is an independent film unit of Walt Disney Studios that produces nature documentary films. The production company was founded on April 21, 2008, and is headquartered in Paris, France, and Burbank, California, United States.

Animation

Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Company animation studio

Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), also referred to as Disney Animation, headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, is an American animation studio that creates animated feature films, short films and television specials for The Walt Disney Company. Founded on October 16, 1923, it is a division of Walt Disney Studios. The studio has produced 57 feature films, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) to Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).

Pixar computer-animation studio

Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California, that is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Pixar began in 1979 as the Graphics Group, part of the Lucasfilm computer division, before its spin-out as a corporation in 1986, with funding by Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, who became the majority shareholder. Disney purchased Pixar in 2006 at a valuation of $7.4 billion by converting each share of Pixar stock to 2.3 shares of Disney stock, a transaction that resulted in Jobs becoming Disney's largest single shareholder at the time. Pixar is best known for CGI-animated feature films created with RenderMan, Pixar's own implementation of the industry-standard RenderMan image-rendering application programming interface, used to generate high-quality images.

Lucasfilm Ltd.

Industrial Light & Magic American visual effects studio

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American motion picture visual effects company that was founded in May 1975 by George Lucas. It is a division of the film production company, Lucasfilm, which Lucas founded, and was created when Lucas began production of the film Star Wars. It is also the original founder company of the animation studio Pixar Animation Studios.

Lucasfilm Animation American animation company

Lucasfilm Animation Ltd. LLC is the animation division of Lucasfilm, established in 2003. Its first major production was the feature film Star Wars: The Clone Wars and its spin off television series. In September 2016, Dave Filoni, known for his contributions to Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, accepted a promotion to oversee the development of all future Lucasfilm Animation projects.Twice Upon a Time

LucasArts American video game producer

LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC is an American video game publisher and licensor. Until 2013, it was also a video game developer. LucasArts is best known for its graphic adventure games, as well as games based on the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, California.

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

Disney Music Group

Disney Theatrical Group

Disney Studio Services

Sources [11] [12]

Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products

Disney Retail

Disney Games and Interactive Experiences

DCPI Content

Disney Publishing Worldwide

Parks and resort

Disneyland Resort

Disneyland, Inc.

Walt Disney World Resort

Disneyland Paris

The WDC has taken full ownership of Euro Disneyland, minority holdings within subsidiary may not be accurate

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.

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

Hong Kong International Theme Parks

Disney 48%, Hong Kong Government 52%

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 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

Disney Media Networks

Disney–ABC Television Group

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

A&E Networks

ABC Entertainment Group

ABC Family Worldwide

ABC Owned Television Stations

Disney Channels US

ESPN Inc.

Joint venture with Hearst Corporation; 80% equity holding [27]

Marvel Entertainment

Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International

Disney International

Germany

Walt Disney Co., Ltd. Japan

The Walt Disney Company (India) Private Limited

The Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L.

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

Other

Property holding companies

Financial

Venture capital

Steamboat Ventures: ownership positions not revealed

Chinese holdings

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

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Former assets

Sold

Content libraries

Venture capital holdings sold

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.

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Disney or The Walt Disney Company is an American diversified media conglomerate.

Walt Disney Television (production company)

Walt Disney Television was the name of the television production division of The Walt Disney Company.

The Walt Disney Studios is an American film studio, one of the four major businesses of The Walt Disney Company and the main component of its Studio Entertainment segment. The studio, best known for its multi-faceted film division, which is one of Hollywood's major film studios, is based at the eponymous Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Founded in 1923, it is the fourth-oldest among the major studios.

Disney Music Group (DMG) is the music recording arm of Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company. The division's subsidiaries consist of two owned record labels—Walt Disney Records, Hollywood Records—and Disney Music Publishing, the publishing entity that administers the company's music, as well as Disney Concerts. The president of the group is Ken Bunt, who reports to Alan F. Horn, the chairman of Walt Disney Studios. It is currently headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank.

Disney Parks, Experiences and Products part of The Walt Disney Company

Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Inc., formerly Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and informally known as Disney Parks, is one of The Walt Disney Company's four major business segments and a subsidiary. It was founded in 1971, following the opening of Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida just outside of Orlando Florida.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is an American film distributor owned by The Walt Disney Company. It handles theatrical distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced and released by the Walt Disney Studios, including Walt Disney Pictures, Disneynature, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Blue Sky Studios. The company was originally established in 1953 as Buena Vista Film Distribution Company, Inc. It took on its current name in April 2007,

Walt Disney Studios may refer to:

Marvel Productions

Marvel Productions Ltd., later known as New World Animation Ltd., was the television and film studio subsidiary of the Marvel Entertainment Group, based in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It later became a subsidiary of New World Entertainment and eventually of News Corporation.

Disney–ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution in-home sales and content distribution firm of the Disney–ABC Television Group

Buena Vista Television LLC operating under the name, Disney–ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution, also operating as ABC Syndication, is the in-home sales and content distribution firm of the Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International, a division of The Walt Disney Company. Content distribution responsibilities include domestic television syndication, domestic pay TV, Internet and cable video-on-demand (VOD), and pay-per-view outlets.

Walt Disney Television is a division of Disney Media Networks that oversees television assets owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. It was formerly called Disney–ABC Television Group, until Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets on March 20, 2019. Assets in the group include the ABC network; cable networks: Freeform, Disney Channels, FX and National Geographic channels; Disney Television Studios: ABC Studios, 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 21 Television Studios; ABC News; and ABC Owned Television Stations. The division also manages Disney's 50% equity stake in A&E Networks. Along with ESPN, Walt Disney Television are the two primary divisions of Disney Media Networks. The Walt Disney Television chairman and president is Peter Rice, who also serves as co-chairman of Disney Media Networks.

Buena Vista (brand) brand name historically used for divisions of the Walt Disney Company

Buena Vista was the brand name which was historically often used for divisions and subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company, whose primary studios, the Walt Disney Studios, are located on Buena Vista Street in Burbank, California. The studio lot is also home to the Company's corporate headquarters, the Team Disney Burbank building. The logos for the various Buena Vista brands featured the "Buena Vista" wordmark superimposed over the Disney Castle image to signal the affiliation between Buena Vista and Disney. The name literally means "good view" in Spanish.

UTV Software Communications

UTV Software Communications Ltd. is an Indian mass media conglomerate owned by The Walt Disney Company India. UTV was incorporated as United Television Software Communications Pvt. Ltd. on 22 June 1990 by Ronnie Screwvala and Zarina Screwvala. The company later became public, on 27 November 1995, and was renamed to UTV Software Communications Ltd. effective 19 March 1998. UTV was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the Indian National Stock Exchange, and its motion picture division, UTV Motion Pictures Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

The Walt Disney Company (India) Private Limited is the Indian subsidiary of Asia Pacific region of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Endemol Shine Group is a Dutch-based production and distribution company of scripted and non-scripted content, responsible for programmes such as Big Brother, MasterChef, Your Face Sounds Familiar, Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror, Humans, Grantchester and Tin Star.

The Walt Disney Company France, formerly Buena Vista International France, is one of The Walt Disney Company's international divisions and also European divisions. The Walt Disney Company France is headquartered in Paris, the capital of France. The company owns and operates French versions of Disney Channel, Disney XD, Playhouse Disney, and Disney Cinemagic. Hélène Etzi is head of the company. The Walt Disney Company France also produces content as well with other media companies.

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