As Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International (2018–2020) Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) were formed as part of
The Walt Disney Company’s March 14, 2018, strategic reorganization
in anticipation of integrating 21st Century Fox's
assets, with units coming from all of the other segments.
Kevin Mayer was named as the new segment's chairman.
ESPN+ would officially launch on April 12, 2018.
BAMTech was renamed to Disney Streaming Services by October 10, 2018. At that time, ESPN's chief technology officer
Aaron LaBerge was named to the new position as executive vice president and chief technology officer of DTCI Technology, leading a group that combined technologists and teams from across multiple parts of The Walt Disney Company. On October 31, 2018,
ESPN International's executive vice president and managing director Russell Wolff was named executive vice president and general manager of ESPN+, reporting to Disney Streaming Services (formerly BAMTech Media). ESPN International's regional general managers started reporting to DTCI's regional leadership. The post-merger organization of the company was announced on December 13, 2018, with Lerner and Campbell remaining over the Latin American and EMEA regions. The EMEA region added Russia and
Commonwealth of Independent States countries, while a new Asia Pacific region would replace South Asia and North Asia. Disney named
Uday Shankar, who previously served as president of Fox Asia and chairman of the Star India, as head of the new region and chair of Disney India. The three regional heads and Janice Marinelli, president of global content sales and distribution, would report to Mayer. Mahesh Samat, South Asia's head, moved to Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products as executive vice president of Disney Consumer Products for Asia Pacific in late November 2018. The
Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney was completed on March 20, 2019, with Disney International took ownership of Fox's networks outside the United States. Shankar announced the Asia-Pacific unit's management team on April 1, 2019. The team included former several Fox executives, including Star Regional Media Networks' K Madhavan as head of Star India's regional language channels and Kurt Rieder as studio chief of Asian Pacific, with India's film operations reporting separately. Certain other Fox executives left the company in the reorganization, including head of international distribution Andrew Cripps, and Zubin Gandevia, head of Fox Networks Group in Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Disney's Malaysia and Singapore head Amit Malhotra would lead emerging markets and South Asia Pacific content sales, reporting to Shankar. Chafic Najia, a Disney senior vice president, was promoted to the Middle East'x media cluster manager. Disney's Australia and New Zealand manager Kylie Watson-Wheeler added media networks and direct-to-consumer to her responsibilities. In July 2019, Marinelli announced her resignation, ending a 34-year long tenure with the company. Disney announced it would combine all the company's media sales and channel distribution into one organization. ESPN's executive vice president Justin Connolly was promoted to the newly created role of president of media distribution, reporting to Mayer. On January 31, 2020, it was announced that Hulu CEO
Randy Freer would be stepping down, as the position of CEO was removed, with all Hulu executives now reporting directly to corresponding DTCI business heads. Hulu's original programming team would continue reporting to chairman of Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment and FX on Hulu to the FX chairman. On March 12, 2020, Vanessa Morrison, who previously served as President of
Fox Family and
Fox Animation, was appointed President of Streaming for
Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production and will oversee development and production of Disney+ film content from The
Walt Disney Studios for both
Disney Live Action and
20th Century Studios. Morrison answers directly to head of
Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production Sean Bailey. This was soon followed by the transfer of the sales division (ad and distribution) to Disney Media Networks. On August 4, 2020, Disney announced that it would launch a
Star-branded streaming service in 2021. This will be a general entertainment service, featuring content from
ABC Signature,
20th Television,
FX,
Freeform,
20th Century Studios and
Searchlight Pictures. The streaming service will be integrated with Disney+ in most countries.
As Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution (2020–2023) On October 12, 2020, it was announced that Disney would effectively restructuring its media and entertainment businesses, which resulted in the dissolution of
Disney Media Networks and Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, thus two business segments being created in their place: Disney International Content and Operations, responsible for managing the international operations of The Walt Disney Company; and Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, responsible for handling the company's streaming services, advertising operations, and its linear and syndicated television networks. Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution was formed as part of The Walt Disney Company's media and entertainment structural reorganization, which took place October 12, 2020, and made primarily due to the success of Disney's streaming services, mainly
Disney+. DMED was dismantled in February 2023, as part of Iger's reorganization of the company into three new segments. == Units ==