Disney Entertainment

Disney Entertainment is one of the three major divisions of the Walt Disney Company created on February 8, 2023. It consists of the company's entertainment media and content businesses, including its motion picture film studios, television divisions and streaming services.

Disney Entertainment

Company type	Division
Predecessor	Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution
Founded	February 8, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-02-08)
Headquarters	Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California , U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Dana Walden (co-chair) Alan Bergman (co-chair)
Parent	The Walt Disney Company
Divisions	Disney–ABC Domestic Television Disney Entertainment Television Disney Platform Distribution Disney Streaming The Walt Disney Company Latin America Walt Disney Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Background and history

On November 20, 2022, the Walt Disney Company announced the dismissal of then-CEO Bob Chapek and the return of his formerly-retired predecessor Bob Iger.^[1] The following day, Iger announced that Kareem Daniel would step down as chairman of Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, which was later reorganized into a new unit with Alan Bergman, Dana Walden, James Pitaro and Christine McCarthy being involved in its creation. Iger reasoned that the move was intended to return "more decision-making back in the hands of our creative teams and rationalizes costs".^[2]

On February 8, 2023, Disney announced a corporate restructuring that included the establishment of Disney Entertainment, with Bergman and Walden serving as chairman and co-chairman respectively. Operations of Disney Streaming, Disney Platform Distribution and all divisions of the Walt Disney Studios and Disney General Entertainment Content, as well as overseas operations were consolidated into the new segment.^[3]

On February 9, Rebecca Campbell, chairman of international content and operations, announced that she would step down from her position.^[4] Later that month, Walden reorganized the units of Disney General Entertainment Content, placing National Geographic and Onyx Collective under the oversight of FX Networks chairman John Landgraf and combines Freeform and ABC Entertainment.^[5]

Leadership

• Alan Bergman, Co-Chairman
• Dana Walden, Co-Chairman
  • Asad Ayaz, President, Disney Entertainment Marketing
    • Shannon Ryan, President, DTC and Disney Entertainment Television Marketing
  • Tony Chambers, President, EMEA
  • Joe Earley, President, Direct-to-Consumer
    • Alisa Bowen, President, Disney+
    • Lauren Tempest, General Manager, Hulu
  • Rita Ferro, President, Global Advertising
  • Luke Kang, President, Asia Pacific
  • Diego Lerner, President, The Walt Disney Company Latin America
  • Adam Smith, Chief Product & Technology Officer

Units

Walt Disney Studios

Main article: Walt Disney Studios (division)

Divisions	Sub-divisions	Assets
Walt Disney Pictures	Disneynature
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Pixar Animation Studios
Marvel Studios	Marvel Music
	Marvel Film Productions LLC
	Marvel Studios Animation
	MVL Development LLC (Delaware)
	MVL Productions LLC
Lucasfilm	Lucasfilm Animation
	Lucasfilm Games
	Lucas Licensing	LucasBooks (licensed book publishing imprint)
	Lucas Online
	Lucasfilm Story Group
	Skywalker Sound
	Industrial Light & Magic	ILM Art
		ILM Immersive
		ILM StageCraft
		ILM Technoprops
		ILM TV
20th Century Studios	20th Century Family
	20th Century Animation
	20th Century Games
	20th Century Comics
	Regency Enterprises (20%)[6]	New Regency Television International
Searchlight Pictures	Searchlight Television
	Searchlight Shorts

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Divisions	Assets	Note
Buena Vista International	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International	Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures Releasing joint venture in 15 countries (as of December 2006), including Mexico, Brazil, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines,[7] and Russia before 2022.
	Star Distribution	Formerly Buena Vista International Latin America and Buena Vista International Brazil.
	Walt Disney Japan	Merging between Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Japan and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Japan on March 1, 2010. (Known as Walt Disney Studios Japan from March 1, 2010, to November 22, 2016.)[8]
Buena Vista Theatres, Inc.[9] (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
Walt Disney Studios Marketing
Worldwide Special Events

Disney Theatrical Group

Divisions	Assets
Disney Theatrical Productions
Disney Live Family Entertainment	Disney on Ice (licensed)
	Disney Live (licensed)
	Marvel Universe Live! (licensed)
	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
Buena Vista Theatrical Ventures, Inc.[11]
Buena Vista Theatrical Merchandise, LLC

Disney Music Group

Divisions	Assets	Note
Walt Disney Records
Hollywood Records	DMG Nashville
Buena Vista Records		Revived as a joint country label with Universal Music Group Nashville.[12]
S-Curve Records
RMI Recordings		A joint "digital-first" talent label with the founders of DigiTour Media
Disney Concerts[13]
Disney Music Publishing	Agarita Music[14]
	Buena Vista Music Co.[14]
	Falferious Music[14]
	Five Hundred South Songs[14]
	Fuzzy Muppet Songs
	Holpic Music, Inc.[14]
	Hollywood Pictures Music[14]
	Pixar Music
	Pixar Talking Pictures
	Seven Peaks Music
	Seven Summits Music[14]
	Touchstone Pictures Music & Songs, Inc.[14]
	Utapau Music
	Mad Muppet Melodies
	Marvel Comics Music
	Walt Disney Music Company[14]
	Wampa-Tauntaun Music
	Wonderland Music Company[14]

Disney Studio Services

Divisions	Assets	Note
Disney Digital Studio Services – Studio Post Production[15][16]
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.[17]
	Disney Studios Australia

Disney Entertainment Television

Main article: Disney Entertainment Television

Divisions	Sub-divisions
Disney Television Studios	20th Television 20th Television Animation Walt Disney Television Alternative
Disney Television Group[5]	ABC Entertainment ABC ABC Family Worldwide Freeform BVS Entertainment
	Hulu Originals
	Disney Branded Television Disney Channel Disney Jr. Disney XD Disney+ Originals Production units Disney Television Animation It's a Laugh Productions Disney Original Documentary Disney Unscripted and Alternative Entertainment
FX, National Geographic and Onyx Collective[5]	FX Networks FX FXX FX Movie Channel FX Entertainment FX Productions
	National Geographic Partners National Geographic Global Networks National Geographic Nat Geo Wild Nat Geo Mundo National Geographic Studios National Geographic Documentary Films National Geographic Magazine[5]
	Onyx Collective
News Group and Networks	ABC News ABC Audio ABC News Radio ABC News Studios ABC Owned Television Stations

A+E Global Media

50% equity holding; joint venture with Hearst Communications

Divisions	Subdivisions	Note
A+E Networks International	Blaze
A+E Networks Consumer Enterprises		Conventions, consumer products, and live events
A+E Studios	A&E Originals
	A&E IndieFilms
	A+E Films
	45th & Dean
A+E Networks Digital	Lively Place OTT channel
	Lifetime Movie Club
	History Vault
A+E Ventures[18]	Propagate Content	Equity partner[19]
	Reel One Entertainment (35% stake)[20]	Owned with Newen
	Vice Media Group, LLC (36% stake)	Viceland
		Vice TV
	Philo (stake)	Owned with AMC Networks, Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery
A&E TV networks	A&E
	Crime & Investigation
	FYI
	History
	History en Español
	Military History
	History TV18 (50% stake)
	History Films
	Defy	Broadcast network; owned with Free TV Networks
	Six West Media
Lifetime Entertainment Services	Lifetime
	LMN
	Lifetime Real Women
	Lifetime Movie Club
	Lifetime Radio for Women
	Lifetime Press
	Lifetime Digital	Lifetime Games

Disney Streaming

Main article: Disney Streaming

Asset	Subdivision	Notes
Disney+	Streamboat Willie Productions LLC
	Disney+ Hotstar[21]
Hulu	Hulu Documentary Films	[22]
	Hulu + Live TV
	Onyx Collective
ESPN+ (80%)		Joint venture with Hearst Communications
FuboTV (70%)		[23]
NHL.tv

Disney Platform Distribution

Main article: Disney Platform Distribution

Divisions	Subdivisions	Notes
Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment	20th Century Home Entertainment and ESPN Home Entertainment	Japanese unit were merged with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Japan on March 1, 2010.[8]
Movies Anywhere

International businesses

Divisions	Notes
ABC Spark	Licensed only; owned by Corus Entertainment
BabyTV
Cinecanal	Offered in Latin America
Disney Channel
Disney Jr.
Disney XD
Dlife	Offered in Japan; formerly Fox
La Chaîne Disney	Licensed only; owned by Corus Entertainment
National Geographic Global Networks	73% with National Geographic Society
FX
24Kitchen
Star Channels
Star Sports (China)	Offered in China Mainland
Now	Offered in Turkey; formerly Fox