List of assets owned by Disney

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

Contents

Corporate [edit]

  • Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., shared services
  • The Disney Children's Center, Inc., child care center
  • Earth Star, Inc., corporate airline[2]
  • Synergy Group [3]

Disney Enterprises [edit]

Hold all pre-Capital Cities/ABC merger assets,[4] also copyright/trademark holder of Disney-branded IPs

Walt Disney Studios [edit]

Motion pictures [edit]

Lucasfilm [edit]
Animation [edit]

Disney Music Group [edit]

Disney Theatrical Group [edit]

Disney Studio Services[6][7] [edit]

Studio Production Services [edit]
Studio Post Production [edit]
  • Disney Digital Studio Services

Disney Consumer Products [edit]

  • Disney Licensing - directly a part of DCP
    • Disney Baby
  • Disney Store
  • Disney Shopping, Inc., formerly Disney Direct Marketing Services, Inc., catalog and direct marketing channels[8]
  • Disney Educational Productions
  • Disney Direct Response Publishing, Inc.
  • The Baby Einstein Company

Disney Publishing Worldwide [edit]

  • Disney Magazine Publishing, Inc.
  • Disney Book Group (Disney Book Publishing, Inc.[3])
    • Disney·Hyperion
    • Disney·Jump at the Sun
    • Disney Press
    • Disney Editions
    • Disney Libri
    • Disney Libros (Spain)
    • Marvel Press
    • Disney Book Apps
  • Disney Learning
  • CrossGen - restarted as an imprint by Marvel Comics
  • Disney Comics, Inc.
  • Disney English

Parks & Resorts [edit]

Destination Disney, Inc. DBA Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division owns and operates two resorts in the United States and another three internationally through various joint ventures and licensing agreements.

Disneyland Resort [edit]

Disneyland, Inc. Anaheim, California, United States

Walt Disney World Resort [edit]

Walt Disney World Company,[3] Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States

Disneyland Paris [edit]

Opened on 12 April 1992 as the Euro Disney Resort. Located in Marne-la-Vallée, France (Disney 51%, public shareholders 49%) 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 39% 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. - 60.2% 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

Hong Kong International Theme Parks [edit]

Disney 48%, Hong Kong Government 52%

Disney Cruise Line [edit]

Disney Vacation Club [edit]

Disney Vacation Development, Inc.
Disney Vacation Club Management Corp.

Palm Financial Services, Inc.,[3] financing arm

Disney Media Networks [edit]

Disney–ABC Television Group [edit]

ABC, Inc. DBA Disney–ABC Television Group[11]

ABC Entertainment Group [edit]

ABC Family Worldwide Inc. [edit]

ABC Owned Television Stations Group [edit]

Disney Channels Worldwide [edit]

Hyperion Books [edit]

  • ABC Daytime Press
  • ESPN Books
  • Hyperion eBooks
  • Hyperion Audiobooks
  • VOICE

ESPN, Inc. [edit]

(Disney 80%) [13]

Disney Interactive Media Group [edit]

Disney Online [edit]

Disney Interactive Studios [edit]

Disney Mobile [edit]

Disney Online Studios [edit]

Marvel Entertainment [edit]

  • Cover Concepts, Inc.
  • Marvel Characters, Inc.
  • Marvel Studios
    • Marvel Music
    • Marvel Television division
      • Marvel Animation
        • Marvel Animation Studios (2012–present)
        • SH DTV Partners (2012–present)
    • Marvel Film Productions 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 ten 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 Productions LLC (Delaware): subsidiary holding debt to finance the Incredible Hulk film
    • MVL Iron Works Productions Canada, Inc. (Province of Ontario)
    • MVL Incredible Productions Canada, Inc. (Province of Ontario)
    • Asgard Productions LLC (Delaware)
    • Green Guy Toons LLC (Delaware)
    • Squad Productions LLC (Delaware)
  • MVL Development LLC (Delaware)
  • Marvel Entertainment International Limited (United Kingdom)
  • Marvel Internet Productions LLC (Delaware)
  • Marvel Property, Inc. (Delaware)
  • MRV, Inc. (Delaware)
  • MVL International C.V. (The Netherlands)
  • Marvel Worldwide, Inc.
  • Marvel Toys division
    • Marvel Toys Limited (Hong Kong)

Other Assets [edit]

Property holding companies [edit]

  • 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.[3]
  • 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.
  • New Amsterdam Theatre
    • New Amsterdam Development Corp.
    • New Amsterdam Theatrical Productions, Inc.[3]

International Business Ventures [edit]

  • Miravista Films[18]
  • Super RTL, Germany (joint venture between Disney [50%] and RTL Group [50%])
  • RTL II, Germany (15.75% stake)
  • UTV Software Communications (100% stake since 2/2012)
  • NET TV, Spain (20% stake)
  • TWDC (India), Inc.
  • Disney Television (Germany), Inc.[3]
  • Animation Collectors, Inc.
  • Berl Holding Co.
  • Billy B. Productions, Inc.
  • Bird-In-Hand Woodworks, Inc.
  • Devonson Corp.
  • Disney Art Editions, Inc.
  • Disney, Inc.
  • Disney International Employment Services, Inc.
  • Entertainment Development, Inc.
  • Film Brothers Property Corp.
  • From Time to Time, Inc.
  • Hardware Distribution, Inc.
  • Hodi Investments, Inc.
  • Hughes Flying Boat Corp.
  • Kelly Management, Inc.
  • One For All Productions, Inc.
  • Stakeout Two Productions, Inc.
  • 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.
  • 2139 Empire Avenue Corp.
  • Alameda Payroll, Inc.
  • Andes Productions, Inc.
  • Blue Note Management Corp.
  • Buena Vista Catalog Co.
  • BVHV Services
  • C.A. Productions, Inc.
  • DCSR, Inc.
  • Disney Computer Magazine Group, Inc.
  • ERS Investment Ltd.
  • Heavy Weight, Inc.
  • Indian Warrior Productions, Inc.
  • LBV Services, Inc.
  • Montrose Corp.
  • Palm Hospitality Co.
  • PNLH Payroll Inc.
  • Supercomm International, Inc.
  • Swing Kids Productions, Inc.
  • Walt Disney Theatrical Worldwide, Inc.
  • Wanderlust Productions, Inc.
  • WDT Services, Inc.
  • WDW Services, Inc.
  • Buena Vista Theatrical Ventures, Inc.
  • Before & After Productions, Inc.
  • Buena Vista Laboratories, Inc.
  • Buena Vista Trading Co.
  • Disney Interfinance Corp.
  • Disney Media Ventures, Inc.
  • Disney Special Programs, Inc.
  • IJR, Inc.(inactive)
  • J.B. Productions, Inc.
  • Merriweather Productions, Inc. (inactive)
  • Plymouth Productions
  • RCE Services, Inc.
  • The Inn Corp.
  • The Quiz Show Co.[3]

Financial [edit]

  • 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[19]

Venture capital [edit]

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[20]

Chinese holdings [edit]

  • 51Fanli
  • Bokecc
  • Cocoa China
  • Gridsum Technology
  • Netmovie
  • Shangpin
  • Troodon
  • UUSee
  • Yoyi Media
  • YY[21]

Former Assets [edit]

Sold [edit]

Venture capital holdings sold [edit]

  • Iridigm Display Corporation - acquired by Qualcomm, Inc., September, 2004
  • Kyte - acquired by KIT Digital, January 2011
  • Move Networks - December 2010 acquision of EchoStar
  • PopularMedia - acquired by StrongMail, June 2009
  • Pure Digital Technologies - Cisco acquision 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[20]
  • 56.com - sold to Renren in September, 2011
  • Youxigu - Steamboat sold its stake to Tencent Holdings Ltd. in March 2010 [21]

Dormant or Shuttered Disney businesses [edit]

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 — A 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 Studios through Spelling Entertainment Group.
  • ABC Pictures Corp. / ABC Motion Pictures — A 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 for home entertainment distribution.
  • ABC Circle Films / ABC Productions — A 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.
  • Bonnie View Productions, Ltd.[3] - 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.[3]
  • Caravan Pictures[3]
  • Disney Circle 7 Animation
  • Club Disney - A creation of Disney Regional Entertainment, Club Disney had 5 locations built in the U.S. All 5 locations were closed in November 1999.
  • Discovery Island - Part of the Walt Disney World Resort, Discovery Island offered a look at wildlife from its opening in 1974 until its close in 1999.
  • Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida, Inc.[3]
  • Disney Auctions
  • Disney Development Company, construct arm[25]
  • Disney Magazine - A magazine publication that gave die-hard Disney fans an inside look at the company. This title was in publication from December 1965 until April 2005. A similar online magazine called the Disney Insider was said to take its place.
  • 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[3]
  • Disney Television and Telecommunications, division group (not to be confused with Walt Disney Television production division) eliminated after Disney-CC/ABC merger[26]
  • Dream Quest Images - merged with Disney Features Animation computer group to form The Secret Lab
  • Faded Denim Productions Ltd., defunct production company
  • Fidelity Television, Inc. - owned KCAL-TV
    • KHJ-TV, Inc.[3]
  • Harvest Groves, Inc., merged
  • Hollywood Basic — A 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.
  • 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
    • Jetix Play, 3 channels for younger kids
    • GXT - Italy channel for older tens 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[27] - The Kingdom Comics unit's creatives/executives moved its deal to an independent Monsterfoot Production.[28]
  • Lake Buena Vista Communities, Inc.
  • MLG Productions 1 - MLG Productions 8 (Marvel's joint venture with Lionsgate) operationally defunct as the agreed apond number of DTV movies were finished
  • Marvel Anime Partners (July 2010 – 2012)
  • Miramax Zoe — A division of Miramax Films (when Disney used to own Miramax before they sold it to Filmyard Holdings, LLC) and Buena Vista International that was created to acquire and release French films in the U.S. The label has not been used since Amélie (2001).
  • 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.
  • 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 - A failed magazine publication venture between Miramax Films and Tina Brown launched in 1999 and shuttered in 2001.
  • Touchwood Pacific Partner 1, Inc. (not the limited partnership itself) [3]
  • Toysmart.com - controlling interest[30]
  • Valleycrest Productions Ltd., former production company of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
  • Wizzer Productions, Inc., production company for the 101 Dalmatians 1996 live action movie.[3]

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