Disney Entertainment is one of the three major divisions of the
The Walt Disney Company. It was created on February 8, 2023, and consists of the company's entertainment media and content businesses, including its motion picture film studios, television divisions, and streaming services.
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 (DMED), which would be later reorganized into a new unit with
Dana Walden, Alan Bergman,
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 Walden and Bergman serving as co-chairmen. 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]
Walt Disney Studios and
Sony Pictures Releasing joint venture in 15 countries (as of December 2006), including Mexico, Brazil, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and Russia.[8]
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.)[9]
Buena Vista Theatres, Inc.[10] (basically) El Capitan Entertainment Centre
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ab"ディズニー、映画配給とホームビデオ配給部門を統合 - 新組織ウォルト・ディズニー・スタジオ・ジャパン設立" [Disney Integrates Film Distribution and Home Video Distribution Divisions – New Organization Walt Disney Studios Japan Established]. PhileWeb (in Japanese). March 3, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2023.