Disney Entertainment
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| 2025 | 20th Century Studios's distribution unit fully completed its merger into Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. |
| April 2025 | Disney announced it would not renew its lease with Fox Corporation and would vacate the Fox Studio Lot in Century City by the end of 2025, with 20th Century, Searchlight, and 20th Television units set to relocate to the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. |
| 2024 | Anticipated releases of Inside Out 2 ($653.2M), Deadpool & Wolverine ($636.7M), and Moana 2 ($460.0M) |
| November 2024 | Disney Concerts announces the Worlds Collide Tour, an interactive live concert celebrating music from the Zombies and Descendants franchises. |
| October 2024 | Disney announced a strategic partnership with Kroger, offering annual Boost service subscribers free access to Disney+, Hulu, or ESPN+, as part of a broader streaming service adoption strategy. |
| April 26 2023 | 20th Digital Studio was dissolved. |
| February 2023 | Returning CEO Bob Iger reorganized the studio, returning it as a division under The Walt Disney Studios. |
| February 9 2023 | Rebecca Campbell, chairman of international content and operations, announced her resignation. Dana Walden subsequently reorganized Disney General Entertainment Content, placing National Geographic and Onyx Collective under John Landgraf's FX Networks oversight and combining Freeform and ABC Entertainment. |
| February 8 2023 | Walt Disney Company formally established Disney Entertainment as one of its three major divisions, consolidating the company's entertainment media and content businesses including film studios, television divisions, and streaming services. |
| February 8 2023 | Disney announced a corporate restructuring establishing Disney Entertainment, with Alan Bergman and Dana Walden serving as chairman and co-chairman, consolidating multiple Disney divisions under one segment. |
| 2022 | Strong performance of 20th Century and Marvel films, including Avatar: The Way of Water ($684.0M) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($453.8M) |
| 2022 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International joint venture with Sony Pictures Releasing in 15 countries discontinued operations in Russia. |
| November 29 2022 | Disney acquired MLB's remaining 15% stake in the company for $900 million, completing their full ownership of Disney Streaming Services. |
| November 21 2022 | Bob Iger announces the stepping down of Kareem Daniel as chairman of Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution (DMED), initiating a reorganization of the company's leadership structure. |
| November 20 2022 | Walt Disney Company announced the dismissal of CEO Bob Chapek and the return of Bob Iger. Bob Iger immediately began restructuring leadership, announcing Kareem Daniel would step down as chairman of Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution (DMED). |
| November 3 2022 | The Brazilian branch of Buena Vista International was also renamed Star Distribution. |
| August 10 2022 | Disney Streaming reached a milestone of 221 million combined subscriptions across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, momentarily surpassing Netflix's 220.7 million subscribers. |
| February 11 2022 | The Latin American branch of Buena Vista International was renamed Star Distribution. |
| August 2021 | Disney purchased the NHL's 10% ownership stake in Disney Streaming Services for $350 million, increasing their ownership to 85% and positioning themselves for potential full ownership. |
| August 2021 | Hulu and Star+ were transferred into Disney Streaming Services. |
| August 3 2021 | Disney announced the company's renaming to Disney Streaming on Twitter, marking a significant organizational change in their digital media strategy. |
| June 2021 | Steve Greenberg relaunched S-Curve Records through a new partnership with Disney Music Group, bringing artists like Andy Grammer and Netta under the label. |
| 2020 | 20th Century Studios's distribution unit merged into Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. |
| December 2020 | Disney announced that Bergman would become chairman effective January 1, 2021, overseeing creative, production, marketing, and operations, while Horn would remain as Chief Creative Officer focusing on Disney's creative pipeline. |
| January 2020 | A third set of episodes for the 'For Scores' podcast was planned for early release. |
| January 17 2020 | Disney announced the rebranding of 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures to 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures, respectively, dropping the 'Fox' name from their branding. |
| 2019 | Disney and Marvel dominated the box office with multiple high-grossing films: Avengers: Endgame ($858.4M), The Lion King ($543.6M), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($515.2M), Frozen II ($477.4M), Toy Story 4 ($434.0M), and Captain Marvel ($426.8M) |
| December 2019 | Walt Disney Studios became the first major studio to reach $10 billion at the global box office, eventually earning $13.2 billion worldwide. |
| October 2019 | A second set of episodes for the 'For Scores' podcast was scheduled for release. |
| August 2019 | Fox VFX Lab, acquired within the 21st Century Fox purchase, was announced for closure. |
| August 2019 | Disney became the first studio to have five films gross over $1 billion in a single year. |
| August 23 2019 | Disney Music Group debuted their first podcast, 'For Scores', a composer interview series, at D23. |
| May 1 2019 | Alan Bergman was promoted to co-chairman, with Alan Horn adding the role of chief creative officer. |
| March 21 2019 | Disney announced the shutdown of Fox 2000 label by the end of the year. |
| March 20 2019 | Disney completed the acquisition of 21st Century Fox, and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures began distributing 20th Century Studios films in the United States. |
| January 2019 | WWE did not renew its contract with BAMTech and instead signed a new streaming deal with Endeavor Streaming. |
| 2018 | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is transferred to Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International and later to Disney Platform Distribution. |
| 2018 | Multiple Marvel and Disney/Pixar blockbusters released, including Black Panther ($700.1M), Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8M), and Incredibles 2 ($605.6M) |
| December 2018 | Disney Studios surpassed $7 billion in global box office for the calendar year. |
| October 2018 | The company was internally renamed to Disney Streaming Services. |
| October 31 2018 | Russell Wolff, previously ESPN International executive vice-president and managing director, was named executive vice-president and general manager of ESPN+. |
| June 28 2018 | DisneyToon Studios was shut down. |
| April 2018 | RMI Recordings signs its first talent, Max & Harvey, a pair of UK twin performers. |
| April 29 2018 | DCappella, Disney Music Group's new a cappella singing group, made their debut during American Idol's Disney Night. |
| March 14 2018 | Disney reorganized its segment, transferring BAMTech to Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International in preparation for Fox asset integration. |
| January 2018 | BAMTech appointed Kevin Swint as senior vice-president and general manager of the upcoming Disney streaming service, with Agnes Chu joining as programming executive. |
| December 2017 | Disney announced plans to purchase 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion. |
| November 7 2017 | BAMTech acquired Cake Solutions, a Manchester-based software firm, leading to the departure of former director Ian Brookes. |
| September 2017 | Disney's intent to increase its stake to a 75% controlling stake for $1.58 billion was approved by regulators. |
| September 2017 | BAMTech formally launched its corporate website and identity. |
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