This is a list of assets currently or formerly owned by The Walt Disney Company, unless otherwise indicated. [1]
As of October 2024, Disney is organized into three main segments: Disney Entertainment which includes the company's film and TV assets as well as streaming; ESPN (including ESPN+); and Disney Experiences. [2]
Asset | Purpose / Description | Note |
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Disney Enterprises, Inc. [3] [4] [5] | Copyright holder and trademark owner of Disney-branded intellectual property (IP). [6] Appears in litigation, court documents, and other venues worldwide to defend the rights of its IP against unauthorized use. |
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TWDC Enterprises 18 Corporation [10] | Holding company founded to facilitate the acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC Inc. |
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Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. | Shared corporate services. | |
Disney Financial Services, LLC [13] | PTP Customer Service Inquiry | |
The Disney Children's Center, Inc. | Child care center | |
D23 | Official fan club | Run by corporate marketing. |
Earth Star, Inc. | Corporate airline [14] | |
Grand Central Creative Campus (GC3) | Secondary office location | |
Disney DTC, LLC [15] | Former Direct-to-Consumer division. |
Asset | Subsidiary / Divisions | Subdivisions |
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Production | ||
Walt Disney Pictures | Disneynature | |
Walt Disney Animation Studios | ||
Pixar | ||
Marvel Studios | Marvel Music | |
Marvel Film Productions LLC | ||
Marvel Studios Animation | ||
MVL Development LLC | ||
MVL Productions LLC | ||
Lucasfilm | Lucasfilm Animation | |
Industrial Light & Magic
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Lucas Licensing | LucasBooks (licensed book publishing imprint) | |
Lucas Online | ||
Lucasfilm Story Group | ||
Skywalker Sound | ||
20th Century Studios | 20th Century Family | |
20th Century Animation | ||
20th Century Games | ||
20th Century Comics | ||
Regency Enterprises (20%) [18] | New Regency Productions (80%) | |
Searchlight Pictures | Searchlight Television Searchlight Shorts | |
Distribution (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) | ||
Buena Vista International, Inc. | Also known as Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International for Disney-branded films. | |
Buena Vista Theatres, Inc. [19] (basically) El Capitan Entertainment Centre | Disney Studio Store | Disney's Soda Fountain and Studio Store, collocated with a Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop in the El Capitan Building is next to the theater. |
El Capitan Theatre | ||
Hollywood Masonic Temple | ||
Star Distribution, Inc. | Patagonik Film Group | Formerly Buena Vista International Latin America and Buena Vista International Brazil. |
Subsidiary | Asset |
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Disney Theatrical Productions | |
Disney Live Family Entertainment | Disney on Ice (licensed) |
Disney Live (licensed) | |
Marvel Universe Live! (licensed) | |
Walt Disney Special Events Group [20] | |
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 | |
Buena Vista Theatrical Ventures, Inc. [14] | |
Buena Vista Theatrical Merchandise, LLC |
Asset | Subsidiary | Note |
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Disney Music Publishing | Agarita Music [21] | |
Buena Vista Music Co. [21] | ||
Falferious Music [21] | ||
Five Hundred South Songs [21] | ||
Fuzzy Muppet Songs | ||
Holpic Music, Inc. [21] | ||
Hollywood Pictures Music [21] | ||
Pixar Music | ||
Pixar Talking Pictures | ||
Seven Peaks Music | ||
Seven Summits Music [21] | ||
Touchstone Pictures Music & Songs, Inc. [21] | ||
Utapau Music | ||
Mad Muppet Melodies | ||
Marvel Comics Music | ||
Walt Disney Music Company [21] | ||
Wampa-Tauntaun Music | ||
Wonderland Music Company [21] | ||
Buena Vista Records | Revived as a joint country label with Universal Music Group Nashville. [22] | |
Walt Disney Records | Disney Music Emporium | |
Hollywood Records | ||
RMI Recordings | A joint "digital-first" talent label with the founders of DigiTour Media | |
Disney Concerts [23] |
Asset | Subsidiary | Note |
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Disney Digital Studio Services - Studio Post Production [24] [25] | ||
Studio Production Services | Walt Disney Studios (Burbank) | |
Golden Oak Ranch | ||
Prospect Studios | ||
KABC7 Studio B | ||
Pinewood Studios | Most of the studio is under a 10-year lease from Pinewood Group. [26] | |
Disney Studios Australia |
Asset | Subdivisions | Notes |
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Disney–ABC Domestic Television | ||
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment | 20th Century Home Entertainment | Physical media distribution handled by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in Canada and United States |
Movies Anywhere |
Divisions | Subdivisions |
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Disney Television Studios | 20th Television |
20th Television Animation | |
Disney Television Group | ABC Entertainment |
Hulu Originals | |
Walt Disney Television Alternative | |
Disney Branded Television
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Freeform | |
FX, National Geographic, and Onyx Collective | FX Networks |
National Geographic Global Networks
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Onyx Collective | |
News Group and Networks [28] | ABC News
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Production units
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ABC Owned Television Stations | |
A&E Networks (50% equity holding; joint venture with Hearst Corporation) |
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A&E | |
Crime & Investigation | |
FYI | |
History
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Defy | |
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Asset | Subdivision | Notes |
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Disney+ | Star Streamboat Willie Productions LLC | |
Hulu | Hulu Documentary Films | [32] |
ESPN+ (80%) | Joint venture with Hearst Communications | |
NHL.tv |
Asset | Notes |
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24Kitchen | |
ABC Spark | Licensed only; owned by Corus Entertainment |
BabyTV | |
Cinecanal | Offered in Latin America |
Disney Channel | |
Disney Junior | |
Disney XD | |
Dlife | Offered in Japan; formerly Fox |
FX | |
La Chaîne Disney | Licensed only; owned by Corus Entertainment |
National Geographic Global Networks | 73% with National Geographic Society |
Now | Offered in Turkey; formerly Fox |
Star Channels | |
HTV | Offered in Egypt; formerly Fox |
Disney Co. Ltd. | |
Company type | Division |
Founded | 1954 |
Headquarters | 3 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9PE , United Kingdom |
Area served |
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Key people |
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Parent | The Walt Disney Company |
Website | thewaltdisneycompany |
The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East & Africa (doing business as The WaltDisney Company Limited) is the largest international division of the Walt Disney Company, serving the EMEA. Its headquarters are located at 3 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, West London, [33] and have most of its locations, mostly in Europe.
The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East and Africa | Asset | Subsidiary | Note |
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The Walt Disney Company CIS | |||
The Walt Disney Company France | |||
The Walt Disney Company (Germany; GmbH) | |||
Disney Television (Germany), Inc. [14] | |||
The Walt Disney Company Italy | |||
The Walt Disney Company Limited (UK) | Official Website | ||
The Walt Disney Company Nordic | |||
The Walt Disney Company Hungary Kft. | |||
The Walt Disney Company Spain | |||
Disney Televizyon Yayıncılık A.Ş | |||
The Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L.
| The Walt Disney Company Portugal | ||
Disney Channel (Spain) HD | Joint venture with Vocento SA, Intereconomía Corporation SA [34] | ||
Disney Channel (Spain) | |||
Disney Channel Spanish +1 |
Asset | Subsidiary | Subdivisions | Note |
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Radio Disney Latin America | Radio Disney Latin America Stations | Radio Disney Bolivia is a joint venture with Empresa de Comunicaciones del Oriente | |
Joint ventures | Patagonik Film Group [35] | Argentina | |
Rede Telecine | Telecine Networks * Megapix * Telecine Action * Telecine Cult * Telecine Fun * Telecine Pipoca * Telecine Premium * Telecine Touch | Brazil — co-owned with Globosat, Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Universal Studios |
Asset | Subsidiary | Subdivisions / Channels |
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The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. | ||
The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd. | ||
The Walt Disney Company India | Disney Star | Star Studios |
Star channels
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Disney channels | ||
Other English networks | ||
Star Sports Network
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Star Media Networks South
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Disney Consumer Products, Inc. encompasses Disney Store, Disney Games, Disney Publishing, and Disney Licensing (including Disney Baby).
Asset | Subsidiary | Note |
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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 [37] | |
Disney Direct Response Publishing, Inc. | ||
Integrated Retail | Consolidates all other North American retail channels | |
Disney Gift Card Services, Inc. | The issuer of the Disney Gift Card |
Asset | Subsidiary | Note |
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Disney Mobile | Starwave Mobile [38] | |
Disney Canada Inc. | Developer of Club Penguin and Club Penguin Island | |
Disney Electronic Content, Inc. | Software and digital media publisher of The Walt Disney Company | |
Gamestar | ||
Rocket Pack [39] | ||
Go.com | ||
Marvel Games | ||
Lucasfilm Games | ||
Marvel New Media |
Asset | Subsidiary | Note |
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DCPI content and media | Advanced Media | |
Social media [40] and Micro Content | ||
Disney Co/Op, custom content [40] | ||
DCPI Labs team [41] |
Asset | Subsidiary | Note |
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Core Publishing [42] | Disney Magazine Publishing, Inc. | |
Disney Libri | ||
Disney Libros | Spain | |
Disney Book Group
| Disney Book Publishing, Inc. [44] | |
Digital Publishing - Disney Book Apps | ||
Disney Learning | Disney Educational Productions | |
Disney English | ||
Disney Imagicademy | ||
NG Media | National Geographic Magazines | |
National Geographic Books | National Geographic Kids Books * Under the Stars fiction imprint | |
National Geographic Maps |
Asset | Subsidiary | Note |
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Disney parks merchandising | World of Disney | Retail stores |
Magic of Disney | Orlando airport store [45] | |
EarPort | ||
Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc. | Disney Live Entertainment | |
Disney Research China [46] | ||
The Muppets Studio [47] | ||
Disney Destinations, LLC [48] | disneytravelagents.com [49] | |
Disney Sports Enterprises | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex | |
runDisney | ||
Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons | ||
Disney's Yellow Shoes Creative Group [50] | Internal advertising agency for Disney Experiences. [51] | |
Partners Federal Credit Union | Federally chartered credit union. The not-for-profit financial cooperative offers membership to employees and cast members of The Walt Disney Company and their family members. |
Disneyland Resort (Disneyland, Inc.) | Asset type | Asset | Note |
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Theme parks | Disneyland | 1955 | |
Disney California Adventure | 2001 | ||
Shopping complex | Downtown Disney | ||
Resorts | Disneyland Hotel (WCO Hotels, Inc.) | ||
Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa | |||
Pixar Place Hotel | 2024 retheme |
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States [14]
Disneyland International, oversees Disney's interest in Tokyo Disney Resort. [52] The WDC has taken full ownership of Euro Disneyland, opened on April 12, 1992, as the Euro Disney Resort, located in Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris, France. Disney owns 48% of Hong Kong International Theme Parks, while the Government of Hong Kong owns 52% of the shares.
Euro Disney Investments, Inc. | Asset | Subsidiary | Subdivision | Note |
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Euro Disney S.A.S. | Euro Disney S.C.A. | 100% Disney owned | ||
Euro Disney Associés | ||||
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 | Convention Centre leased to EDL Hôtels S.C.A. | ||
EDL Holding Co. (99.9% owned by Disney) | Euro Disney S.C.A. | Euro Disney Commandité SAS. * Euro Disney Associés SCA ** EDL Hôtels SCA * EDL Services SAS ** Disneyland Hotel ** Disney Hotel New York — The Art of Marvel ** Disney Newport Bay Club ** Disney Sequoia Lodge ** Disney Hotel Cheyenne ** Disney Hotel Santa Fe ** Disney Davy Crockett Ranch ** Disney Village ** Golf Disneyland | Euro Disney S.C.A.: used to have 2% owned by public shareholders, directly owns 82% of Euro Disney Associés before 13 June 2017, since then it is a wholly owned subsidiary 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 Euro Disney Commandité S.A.S.: a general partner of Euro Disney Associés EDL Services SAS: manages Phase IB Financing Companies, owners of the various hotels and Disney Village | |
Euro Disneyland Participations S.A.S. | Euro Disneyland Park S.N.C. (17%) | Disneyland Park (Paris) | Opened as Euro Disneyland, 1992 | |
Walt Disney Studios Park | 2002 |
Asset | Subsidiary | Note |
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Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong) | Hong Kong Disneyland | 2005 |
Inspiration Lake | Government owned but managed by the HKITP | |
Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel | ||
Disney's Hollywood Hotel | ||
Disney Explorers Lodge | 2017 | |
Hong Kong Disneyland Management Limited | Owned 100% by Disney and manages the park |
Asset | Subsidiary | Notes |
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Shanghai International Theme Park Company Limited | Shanghai Disneyland | Shanghai International: 43% by Disney, 57% by Shanghai Shendi Group, who own the theme parks within the resort. |
Shanghai International Theme Park Associated Facilities Company Limited | 43% by Disney, 57% by Shanghai Shendi Group, who own the associated facilities within the resort | |
Shanghai International Theme Park and Resort Management Company Limited | 70% by Disney, 30% by Shanghai Shendi Group, who manages the resort as a whole as well as the project to develop it. |
Asset | Subsidiary | Notes |
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Adventures by Disney | ||
National Geographic Expeditions | ||
Disney Cruise Line | Disney Magic | Ships |
Disney Wonder | ||
Disney Dream | ||
Disney Fantasy | ||
Disney Wish | ||
Disney Treasure | ||
Disney Adventure | ||
Disney Destiny | ||
Castaway Cay (1998) | Ports | |
Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point (2024) | ||
Port Canaveral, Florida | ||
Port Everglades, Florida | ||
Disney Vacation Club Management Corp. | Disney's Vero Beach Resort | Resort located in Vero Beach, Florida |
Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort | Resort located in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina | |
Aulani | Resort located in Kapolei, Hawaii | |
Hotels at the major resorts are involved and are listed under their respective resorts, see Disney Vacation Club article | ||
Golden Oak Realty | Golden Oak at Walt Disney World Resort | |
Storyliving by Disney | Disney Living Development, Inc. (previously Disney Vacation Development, Inc. [53] ) | Cotino, in Rancho Mirage, California, is the first planned Storyliving by Disney development. |
80% equity holding; 20% owned by Hearst Corporation [54] [55]
These are services shared between Disney Entertainment and ESPN segments [59]
Steamboat Ventures: ownership positions not revealed
The following companies or units are subsidiaries of Disney that are either no longer active or have been absorbed into another part of the company.
The Walt Disney Studios is a major division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of The Walt Disney Company best known for housing its multifaceted film studio divisions. Founded on October 16, 1923, and based mainly at the namesake studio lot in Burbank, California, it is the seventh-oldest global film studio and the fifth-oldest in the United States, a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and one of the "Big Five" major film studios.
Disney Television Animation (DTVA) is an American animation production company that serves as the television animation production arm of Disney Branded Television, a division of Disney General Entertainment Content, which is a division of Disney Entertainment, which is one of the three main divisions of The Walt Disney Company. The studio was originally established in 1984, by Gary Krisel during the reorganization and subsequent re-incorporation of Disney following the arrival of then CEO Michael Eisner that year.
Disney Branded Television is an American television production company and a unit of Disney General Entertainment Content which oversees development, production and acquisition of content geared towards children, teenagers and families for Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney Jr. and Disney XD. The unit also oversees Disney-branded unscripted series, documentaries and specials for Disney+ and the Disney channels.
ABC Family Worldwide is a subsidiary of the Disney ABC Networks division of The Walt Disney Company that operates American basic cable channel ABC Family and manages the programming libraries of Disney's subsidiaries BVS Entertainment and Fox Kids/Jetix.
Disney General Entertainment Content (DGEC), formerly ABC Group, Disney–ABC Television Group and the second incarnation of Walt Disney Television, is a division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company that oversees its owned-and-operated television content, assets and sub-divisions.
Marvel Entertainment, LLC was an American entertainment company founded in June 1998 and based in New York City, formed by the merger of Marvel Entertainment Group and Toy Biz. The company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company from 2009 until its dissolution in 2023, and was mainly known for consumer products, licensing, and comic books by Marvel Comics, as well as its early forays into films and television series, including those within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Disney Platform Distribution, Inc. is a business unit within Disney Entertainment that manages all third-party media sales efforts for distribution, affiliate marketing and affiliate-related business operations for all of the company's direct-to-consumer services and linear media networks; content sales agreements for Disney Entertainment and ESPN.
BVS Entertainment, Inc., previously known as Saban Productions, Saban Entertainment and Saban International, is a dormant subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company. Founded on April 24, 1980, as a music production company by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, it slowly transitioned to or gravitated towards television production and distribution, where it is most known for producing and distributing children's programs for Fox Family/ABC Family and defunct channels Fox Kids and Jetix.
Jetix Europe N.V. was a European television broadcasting company that owned children's television channels and programming blocks across the Europe and Middle East, such as Jetix and Jetix Play.
Disney Channel was a Russian free-to-air television channel, serving as a local version of the American Disney Channel. It launched its cable service on August 10, 2010, and its terrestrial broadcast on 31 December 2011. The channel ceased broadcasting on 14 December 2022, due to content licensing issues.
The Walt Disney Company France, formerly Walt Disney Mickey Mouse, S.A. and Walt Disney Productions France, is one of The Walt Disney Company's international divisions and also European divisions. It is headquartered in Paris, Île-de-France.
Twenty First Century Fox, Inc., which did business as 21st Century Fox (21CF), was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was one of the two companies formed on June 28, 2013, following a spin-off of the publishing assets of the old News Corporation as News Corp.
SIP Animation was a French animation studio, and a defunct subsidiary of BVS Entertainment. By 2009, the company had produced over 390 hours of animated content.
The Walt Disney Company Latin America is one of The Walt Disney Company's international divisions. It is responsible for the Disney brand and its businesses throughout the region. It has offices in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Miami.
Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Entertainment units of The Walt Disney Company. The channel is aimed primarily at older children ages six to eleven years old.
The acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company was announced on December 14, 2017, and was completed on March 20, 2019. Among other key assets, the acquisition included the 20th Century Fox film and television studios, U.S. cable channels such as FX, Fox Networks Group, a 73% stake in National Geographic Partners, Indian television broadcaster Star India, and a 30% stake in Hulu. Most remaining assets were not part of the deal and they were spun off into a new company called Fox Corporation on March 19, 2019. Other 21st Century Fox assets such as the Fox Sports Networks and Sky were divested and sold off to Sinclair and Comcast, respectively.
The Fox Entertainment Group (FEG) was an American entertainment company specialized in filmed entertainment owned by 21st Century Fox. Following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, the group's assets were dispersed to various Disney units. The film studios 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox 2000 Pictures were transferred to Walt Disney Studios, while Fox Star Studios transferred to Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International.
Disney Media Networks was a business segment of the Walt Disney Company that oversaw the company's television networks, cable channels, television production and distribution studios, and owned-and-operated television stations. The segment's primary divisions were Walt Disney Television and A&E Networks.
Disneyland, EPCOT, Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphonies , Snow White, Pinocchio , Bambi , and Fantasia are trademarks and service marks of Disney Enterprises, Inc. ... The Walt Disney Family Museum is not affiliated with Disney Enterprises, Inc.
The Walt Disney Company ("New Disney 1996") was formerly known as DC Holdco, Inc. New Disney is the parent corporation of Disney Enterprises, Inc. ("Old Disney 1996")(Commission File No.1-4083; I.R.S. Employer Identification No.95-0684440), which was known as "The Walt Disney Company" until February 9, 1996, when it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Disney as a consequence of the acquisition by New Disney of the outstanding capital stock of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., as more fully described herein. References herein to the "Company" refer to Old Disney before February 9, 1996, and New Disney thereafter.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)Disney Channels Worldwide includes over 100 channels available in 34 languages and 166 countries/territories. Branded channels include Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Disney Cinemagic, Hungama and DLife.