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The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is the third largest media and entertainment corporation in the world according to Forbes. more...
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Founded on October 16, 1923 by brothers, Walt and Roy Disney as a small animation studio, it has become one of the biggest Hollywood studios, and owner of eleven theme parks and several television networks, including the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).
Disney's corporate headquarters and primary production facilities are located in California at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank).
The company is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It had revenues of $34.3 billion in 2006.
Holdings
Studio Entertainment
Until 1955, Disney's only business was motion picture production. Disney Studio Entertainment, also known as the Walt Disney Studios, includes Disney's movie and animation studios, record labels, and Broadway style stage shows.
Since 2002, it has been headed by chairman Dick Cook.
Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group (or Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, Inc.): Disney's movie studio, which includes the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, and Miramax labels;
Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios: Disney's animation studios, which operate independently of each other;
Walt Disney Pictures: distributes and markets company's motion pictures in the United States;
Walt Disney Motion Pictures International: distributes company's motion pictures internationally;
Walt Disney Home Entertainment: distributes company's motion pictures to rental and retail markets;
Walt Disney Records: releases original music and movie soundtracks under four labels;
Disney on Broadway: produces Disney Broadway-style shows;
Disney Live Family Entertainment: produces Disney on Ice;
Media Networks
Its Media Networks unit is centered around the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network, which it acquired through a merger with Capital Cities/ABC in 1996. Properties include:
Walt Disney Television;
ABC Studios (formerly Touchstone Television);
ABC Entertainment;
Disney-ABC Domestic Television (formerly Buena Vista Television);
ESPN;
Walt Disney Internet Group;
Disney also owns a group of cable networks including: Disney Channel, ABC Family, Toon Disney, the ESPN group, and SOAPnet. Disney also holds substantial interest in Lifetime (50%), A&E (37.5%), E! (40%, recently sold to Comcast), and Jetix Europe N.V. (74%). Disney also owns 25% of the GMTV company that operates the Breakfast Programmes on ITV, in the UK and 50% of Super RTL in Germany.
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