21st Century Fox
American multinational mass media corporation
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| April 1 2025 | Disney announced its plan to vacate the Fox Studio Lot in Century City by the end of 2025, ending the seven-year lease agreement that was established immediately after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox. All operations from acquired assets (20th Century Studios, 20th Television, Searchlight Pictures, and FX Networks) will be relocated to the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank. |
| June 21 2024 | The Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute announced that Fox Sports Mexico would be acquired by Fox Corporation and integrated into its Fox Sports Media Group after three years of management by Grupo Multimedia Lauman. |
| May 14 2024 | The National Company Law Tribunal approved the Disney and Reliance merger deal, with JioCinema streaming service being moved to the Digital18 unit. |
| March 2024 | Paramount Global confirmed the sale of its 13.01% stake in Viacom18 to Reliance for $517 million, pending regulatory approval and completion of the Disney-Viacom18 joint venture. |
| March 11 2024 | Fox Channel in Spain shutdown and replaced by Star Channel |
| March 1 2024 | Fox Channel in Middle East shutdown and replaced by Star Series |
| March 1 2024 | Fox Channel in Japan shutdown and replaced by Dlife |
| February 2024 | Disney and Reliance reached a $8.5 billion deal to merge their streaming and television assets, creating a joint venture that combines linear TV channels, sports channels, and streaming services like JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar. |
| February 15 2024 | Fox Sports International ceases operations after nearly three decades of international sports broadcasting and production. |
| February 15 2024 | Fox Sports 2 channel in Brazil was renamed to ESPN 5, continuing the network's rebranding transformation. |
| February 12 2024 | Fox Channel in Turkey shutdown and replaced by NOW |
| January 24 2024 | Fox Channel in Baltics and CIS shutdown and replaced by FX |
| 2023 | Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution (DMED) was dissolved, and its units were transferred to Disney Entertainment division. |
| December 2023 | Disney and Reliance signed a non-binding term sheet for a merger, with Reliance to hold 51% and Disney 49% of the merged company. |
| November 7 2023 | Fox Channel in Poland shutdown and replaced by FX |
| November 1 2023 | Fox Channel in Netherlands and Belgium shutdown and replaced by Star Channel |
| October 2023 | Disney was reported to be nearing a cash and stock deal with Reliance Industries for selling its operations in India, with assets valued around $7–8 billion. |
| October 9 2023 | Zero Day Fox was renamed to 20th Digital Studio and subsequently dissolved. |
| October 1 2023 | Fox Channel in Bulgaria shutdown and replaced by Star Channel |
| September 2023 | Disney initiated preliminary talks with potential buyers including Reliance Industries, Gautam Adani, and Kalanithi Maran about selling its streaming and linear television assets in India. |
| July 2023 | Disney began exploring strategic options for its businesses in India, including potential sale or joint venture opportunities. |
| March 15 2023 | Fox Channel in Greece shutdown and replaced by FX |
| January 6 2023 | Fox Channel in Finland shutdown and replaced by Star Channel |
| 2022 | Fox Soccer concluded its planned live coverage of FIFA tournaments, including World Cup, Women's World Cup, Confederations Cup, and youth tournaments. |
| October 10 2022 | Fox Studios Australia was rebranded into Disney Studios Australia. |
| October 1 2022 | Fox Channel in Russia and Belarus shut down |
| July 1 2022 | Fox Channel in Italy discontinued |
| May 27 2022 | Disney began rebranding Fox's international studios, starting with Fox Star Studios being renamed to 'Star Studios'. |
| May 1 2022 | Fox Sports Premium was set to rebrand to ESPN Premium. |
| April 27 2022 | Sale of Fox Sports Argentina was approved by Argentina's National Commission for Competition Defense (CNDC). |
| March 1 2022 | Gimbal | true[X] (formerly true[X]) was rebranded into Infillion, approximately one year after Gimbal's purchase of the company from Disney. |
| February 15 2022 | Disney announced the sale of Fox Sports Argentina to Mediapro. |
| January 26 2022 | Tata Sky was rebranded into Tata Play. |
| January 20 2022 | Disney sold the Argentinian Fox Sports as part of the conditions of approval for the 21st Century Fox acquisition in Argentina. |
| January 17 2022 | Fox Sports channel in Brazil was renamed to ESPN 4, marking a significant rebranding of the sports network. |
| January 1 2022 | Fox Channel in Taiwan shutdown and replaced by Star World |
| 2021 | Walt Disney Television was renamed to Disney General Entertainment Content. |
| 2021 | Fox Networks Group ceased to exist as an independent division after the Disney-Fox merger, with its units redistributed between Disney and Fox Corporation. |
| November 23 2021 | A controlling interest in TeleColombia was sold to ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global). |
| November 4 2021 | Disney announced the rebranding of remaining Fox Sports Latin America feeds to ESPN 4 on December 1, excluding the Mexican channel. |
| October 28 2021 | ViacomCBS announced its purchase of TeleColombia from Disney, with sale expected to be approved in 2022. |
| August 31 2021 | Disney announced the shutdown of Hotstar in the United States by late 2022, with content migration to Hulu and sports content moving to ESPN+. |
| July 1 2021 | Fox Channel in UK and Ireland discontinued |
| June 2021 | Disney sold Fox Sports Mexico to Grupo Multimedia Lauman, with the sale approved by regulators. |
| May 14 2021 | Fox 2000 Pictures was shut down. |
| April 27 2021 | Disney announced plans to shut down most Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific linear channels in two phases: October 2021 for Hong Kong and Southeast Asian countries, and January 2022 for Taiwan. |
| April 26 2021 | Fox Sports Go was rebranded as the Bally Sports app. |
| April 10 2021 | Blue Sky Studios was officially closed down. |
| March 2021 | Disney launched 20th Television Animation, a new division for adult animation productions from acquired studios. |
| March 31 2021 | Fox Sports Networks and Fox College Sports were rebranded as Bally Sports and Stadium College Sports. |
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