Dormant or shuttered The following companies or units are subsidiaries of Disney that are either no longer active or have been absorbed into another part of the company. •
20th Digital Studio - dissolved on April 26, 2023. •
ABC (App) - FAST app for content from ABC. Discontinued on September 23, 2024, and merged with
Disney+ and
Hulu. •
ABC Kids: Replaced by
Litton's Weekend Adventure. •
ABC Signature - Dissolved; operations folded into
20th Television. •
ABC Spark - (licensed only; owned by
Corus Entertainment) - Closed on September 1, 2025. •
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. •
Asianet Star Communications •
Babble •
Bindass - Closed on March 15, 2025. •
Bindass Play - Closed in 2017. •
Black Rock Studio - formerly known as Climax Racing; acquired by Disney Interactive Studios (formerly Buena Vista Games) on September 28, 2006; closed on June 30, 2011. •
Blip Networks, Inc.: Acquired by Maker Studios (Now Disney Digital Network) in August 2013. Shut down in August 2015. •
Blue Sky Studios - closed on April 10, 2021. • Bonnie View Productions, Ltd.: •
Libra Pictures / Libra Home Entertainment: Saban's adult-oriented television/direct-to-video film production unit. The trademark rights were taken over by Disney and its operations were terminated in 2001. •
Jetix Europe, N.V. (formerly Fox Kids Europe): 73% acquired with Fox Family Worldwide, Inc., full ownership obtained in 2009; ran 13 Jetix channels. •
GXT: Italian channel for older teens sold in the management buyout of Jetix Italy, closed in late 2014. •
K-2: Syndicated Italian block also sold in the management buyout of Jetix Italy. • Jetix Consumer Products: Formerly Saban Consumer Products and Active Licensing Europe. • Jetix España S.L.: Joint venture with Sogecable S.A. to operate Jetix Spain. •
Jetix Play: A pay TV channel broadcasting in Eastern Europe, rebranded as Playhouse Disney in 2010 and Disney Junior in 2011. • Jetix Poland Limited: Minority owner; a subsidiary of United Pan-Europe Communications N.V. • TV10 B.V.: Joint venture with
SBS Broadcasting B.V. operating the Dutch Jetix channel • 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 tried to revive CrossGen as an imprint. • Canasa Trading Corp and became JioHotstar in India in February 14, 2025. •
Disney Auctions •
Disney Cinemagic •
Disney Comics •
Disney Deluxe, streaming service which offered Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars branded content in Japan. •
Disney Development Company: Construct arm. •
Disney Digital Network • Revelmode: Sub-network of Maker Studios/Disney Digital Network. Shut down after
PewDiePie was dropped because of
anti-semitic jokes made on his channel. •
Disney Interactive Studios - Closed in 2016 • DisneyLife, streaming service which offered some Disney branded content to subscriber's outside the US before Disney+. • Disney Movie Club, a physical media distributor closed in Canada on October 15, 2023 and in the United States on May 20, 2024 • Disney Movie Insiders - Closed on September 1, 2023 in Canada and on December 6, 2024 in the United States •
Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific - Closed in 2023 •
DisneyNow - FAST app for content from
Disney Channel,
Disney Junior, and
Disney XD. Discontinued on September 23, 2024. •
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's River Country - Closed in 2001 • Disney TeleVentures, Inc.:
Americast telco venture programming and technical support •
Disneytoon Studios •
Dream Quest Images: Merged with Disney Features Animation computer group to form The Secret Lab. •
ESPN3 - closed on December 2, 2025 •
ESPN Classic - closed in 2023 •
ESPN The Magazine - dissolved in September 2019 • ESPN Player - shut down on August 18, 2023, in all international markets. • Faded Denim Productions Ltd.: Defunct production company •
Fall Line Studios • Fidelity Television, Inc.: owned
KCAL-TV • KHJ-TV, Inc. • Fox App - discontinued on December 31, 2020 •
Fox (international) - assets either closed or dissolved into
Star Channel or
FX; closed in 2024 •
Fox 2000 Pictures - dissolved on May 14, 2021 •
Fox 21 Television Studios - dissolved into
Touchstone Television, later
Walt Disney Television • Fox Consumer Products - folded into
Disney Consumer Products in 2020 •
Fox Life - Closed in 2024 •
Fox Comedy - Closed in 2024 •
Fox Crime - Closed in 2024 •
Fox Movies - Closed in 2024 •
Fox Family Movies - Closed in 2021 in Southeast Asia and in 2022 in the Middle East •
Fox Action Movies - Closed in 2021 in Southeast Asia and in 2024 in the Middle East and replaced by
Star Action •
Fox Networks Group - Closed in 2024 •
Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment (A Nordic joint venture with
Paramount Home Entertainment) - Closed in 2019 • Fox Pathé Europa (French joint venture with
Pathé and
EuropaCorp) •
Fox Research Library •
Fox Sports International - assets either closed or dissolved into
ESPN; closed in 2024 •
Fox VFX Lab - Closed in 2019 •
Fox Music - Merged with
Hollywood Records in 2020 •
FoxNext - Closed in 2020 •
Fox+ - Closed in 2022 •
Freeform (App) - FAST app for content from Freeform. Discontinued on September 23, 2024 and merged with
Hulu. •
FXNOW - FAST app for content from
FX Networks and
20th Century Studios. Discontinued on September 23, 2024. •
FX+ - Closed on August 21, 2019 •
Harvest Groves, Inc.: Merged • Hollywood Basic: 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. •
Hollywood Pictures: Film label of The Walt Disney Studios created in 1989 and shuttered in 2007. • Hollywood Pictures Music: Label of
Disney Music Publishing that distributed songs from
Hollywood Pictures' titles. •
Hotstar - Streaming service rebranded to
Disney+ Hotstar in 2020. •
Hulu - OTT streaming platform; merged with
Disney+ and discontinued in 2026 within the United States •
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 Animation Concepts: Folded into
Walt Disney Television Animation in 2009. •
Junction Point Studios • Kingdom Comics: The Kingdom Comics unit's creatives/executives moved its deal to an independent Monsterfoot Production. •
La Chaîne Disney (licensed only; owned by
Corus Entertainment) - Closed on September 1, 2025 •
Lake Buena Vista Communities, Inc. •
LAPTV • Lifetime Radio for Women •
Longhorn Network - Closed on June 30, 2024 and folded into
SEC Network •
Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and VFX Studio - Closed in 2023 •
Lyric Street Records: Record label specializing in country music •
Malibu Comics •
Mammoth Records: Independent record label acquired by Disney in 1997 •
Marvel Entertainment - Closed on March 29, 2023 •
Marvel Animation (AKA Marvel Family Entertainment) • Marvel Animation Studios: Part of
Marvel Animation from 2012 until 2020 •
MLG Productions 1 – MLG Productions 8: (Marvel's joint venture with Lionsgate) operationally defunct as the agreed-upon number of DTV movies were finished. • Nat Geo App - FAST app for content from the
National Geographic Channels. Discontinued on December 31, 2019 •
Nat Geo Kids Abu Dhabi - Closed on January 1, 2020 •
Nat Geo Kids - Closed on April 1, 2022 •
Nat Geo Music - Closed in 2017 •
Nat Geo TV - FAST app for content from the
National Geographic Channels. Discontinued on September 23, 2024, and merged with
Disney+ and
Hulu. • NBA Experience - Closed in 2021 •
Pixar Canada: Opened in 2010, Closed in 2013. •
Playdom •
Propaganda Games: Shuttered in January 2011 after the development of
Tron: Evolution was completed. • Radio Disney Networks •
Radio Disney • Radio Disney Country • Radio Disney Junior •
Radio Disney Music Awards •
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.: Production company formed between Walt Disney Feature Animation and filmmakers
Tim Burton and
Henry Selick •
Soapnet:
DATG cable channel that closed on December 31, 2013 •
Sony ESPN (50%, joint-venture with
Sony) - Closed in 2020 •
Star (Disney+ brand) - Discontinued in international markets on October 8, 2025, and replaced by the
Hulu hub, except in Japan •
Star+ - Merged with
Disney+ in Latin America on June 26, 2024, discontinued on July 24, 2024 •
Star Chinese Channel - Closed on December 31, 2023 •
Star Chinese Movies - Closed on December 31, 2023 •
Star Chinese Movies Legend - Closed on September 30, 2021 • Star Entertainment Channel - Closed on December 31, 2023 •
Star Life - Closed on March 31, 2022 • Star Movies HD - Closed on December 31, 2023 • Star Movies Gold - Closed on December 31, 2023 •
Star Premium - Closed on February 1, 2022 in Latin America and on March 31, 2022 in Brazil •
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser - Closed on September 30, 2023 •
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. •
Star World India - Closed on March 15, 2023 •
Star World Premiere - Closed on March 15, 2023 •
Star World Taiwan - Closed on December 31, 2023 •
Tapulous •
Togetherville: Acquired in February 2011. Discontinued in March 2012. •
Toontown Online: Servers were closed on September 19, 2013. •
Touchstone Pictures: it was inactive in 2016. The label still used in-home media distribution of catalog titles. •
Touchstone Television: Folded into 20th Television in 2020. •
Touchwood Pacific Partner 1, Inc. (not the limited partnership itself) • Take180 •
UTV Software Communications - Merged with
Disney Star in 2020. • UTV Communications (USA) LLC •
UTV Motion Pictures - Closed in 2017. • UTV Action - Closed on March 15, 2023 • UTV Movies - Closed on March 15, 2023. • UTV HD - Closed on March 15, 2023. • IG Interactive Entertainment Ltd. - Closed in 2012. • UTV Global Broadcasting Ltd. • UTV Games Ltd. - Closed in 2015. •
UTV Indiagames - Closed in 2015. •
UTV Ignition Games - Closed in 2012. • UTV Toons •
Viajar - Closed in 2021. •
Voyage - closed in 2020. • Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Physical Media Distribution (Australia) - Closed in 2023. •
Walt Disney Television: transferred to ABC Television Network, and later folded into Touchstone Television (then ABC Studios and later ABC Signature). •
WatchESPN: Shut down on July 1, 2019. •
Wideload Games • Wizzer Productions, Inc.: Production company for the
101 Dalmatians live-action movie. and sold to U.S. Office Products Co. in 1997 • Childcraft, Inc.: catalog company •
Boom! Studios (minority stake) - Acquired as part of 21st Century purchase in March 2019, sold to
Random House in 2024. •
Archaia Entertainment •
Debmar Studios - Company held minority stake upon foundation in 1993, folded into
Buena Vista Television in 1994, reestablished by company founder Mort Marcus in 2002 •
DIC Entertainment - Acquired as part of CC/ABC purchase in November 1996, sold back to original owner in November 2000. •
DreamWorks Pictures • DreamWorks II Distribution Co. LLC, film rights acquired from
DreamWorks and
Reliance.'''' • DreamWorks Home Entertainment • DreamWorks Television (1994-2002): Joint venture of CC/ABC with
DreamWorks which was dissolved at the end of the seven-year agreement • Go Fish Pictures – indie film label, shut down in 2007. • DreamWorks Distribution, LLC – theatrical distribution arm of DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation • DW Funding LLC – library holder of live-action DreamWorks films •
DraftKings (minority investment) •
E!: part owner, 39.5% share sold back to
Comcast in 2006, in 2025, spun off to a new publicly traded company called
Versant to be completed in 2026. •
Style Network •
Endemol Shine Group (50%) - acquired by
Banijay •
ESPN BET - closed November 2025, agreement with
Penn Entertainment •
FoxNext Games - closed, assets sold to
Scopely • FoxNext Games LA studio • Aftershock Studios • Cold Iron Studios •
Fox Sports Networks - sold to
Sinclair Broadcast Group and
Entertainment Studios given that Disney could not own any of
Fox's regional sports networks •
Arizona •
Detroit •
Florida/
Sun •
Midwest (subfeeds:
Indiana,
Kansas City) •
North •
Ohio/
SportsTime Ohio •
South /
Fox Sports Southeast (subfeeds:
Carolinas,
Tennessee) •
Southwest (subfeeds:
Oklahoma,
New Orleans) •
West/Prime Ticket (subfeed:
San Diego) •
Wisconsin •
YES Network (80% equity) - sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group,
Amazon and
Yankee Global Enterprises • Fusion Media Network, LLC,
Fusion cable channel joint venture with
Univision Communications, sold off the remaining 50% to Univision. •
GMTV: part owner; Sold to
ITV plc and renamed
ITV Breakfast Limited in 2009. •
Hyperion Books: sold to Hachette •
KCAL-TV: Sold to
Young Broadcasting, now owned by
CBS News and Stations. •
KRDC •
Miramax Films: Acquired by The Walt Disney Studios in 1993. Sold to
Filmyard Holdings in 2010 and then
beIN Media Group since 2016, co-owned with
Paramount Global since 2020. •
Dimension Films: Retained by
Bob and
Harvey Weinstein and absorbed into
The Weinstein Company when they left Miramax Films. Overseas rights, including the
UK, to
The Brothers Grimm were transferred from Miramax to
Walt Disney Pictures outside the United States since 2015. •
MovieBeam •
Oxygen Media: minority stake spun off, became independent, later sold to
NBCUniversal in 2007 and became a division until spun off to
Versant in 2026. •
Power Rangers and related properties - Sold back to
Haim Saban in 2010, Saban held the rights until selling them to
Hasbro in 2018. Disney still owns the old Saban back-catalog though. •
Radio Disney Group, sold off individual stations • RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co KG (50/50 joint-venture with
RTL Group) - Stake purchased out in March 2021 • Kividoo
subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service • Scoyo •
Super RTL • Toggolino Club • Toggo Plus timeshift service • Toggo Radio •
Studio Ghibli: Partnership ended in 2013 and Disney sold the distribution rights to their library to
GKIDS that year, currently owned by the
Nippon Television Network Corporation. •
Tata Play (30% stake): Stake sold to
Tata Group in 2024. •
TrueX: Sold to Gimbal, Inc. in 2020. •
Venu Sports (canceled 33.33% joint venture with
Fox and
Warner Bros. Discovery) • Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing de México: Stake sold to
Sony Pictures Releasing. •
Wondery (minority stake): Sold to
Amazon Music in 2020. •
WJRT-TV, sold to Lily Broadcasting with WTVG •
WTVG •
TeleColombia: sold to
Paramount Networks Americas in 2021. •
X Games:
ESPN sold the majority stake to MSP Sports Capital in 2022 to focus back on its major games.
Venture capital holdings sold •
56.com: sold to Renren in September 2011 • Iridigm Display Corporation: acquired by Qualcomm, Inc., September 2004 • Kyte: acquired by KIT Digital, January 2011 • Move Networks: December 2010 acquisition of EchoStar • PopularMedia: acquired by StrongMail, June 2009 • Pure Digital Technologies: acquired by
Cisco 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 • Youxigu: Steamboat sold its stake to Tencent Holdings Ltd. in March 2010 == See also ==