American Broadcasting Companies

Not to be confused with the American Broadcasting Company.

United Paramount Theatres[]

1949–1953[]

American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres[]

1953–1960[]

1960–1965[]

American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres

American Broadcasting Companies[]

1965–1986[]

American Broadcasting Companies

Capital Cities/ABC Inc.

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Paramount Pictures

Part of Paramount Skydance

Television production
Paramount Television Studios (Other | On-Screen Logos) | Paramount Television International Studios (Other | On-Screen Variations)

Home entertainment
CBS Home Entertainment (CBS Blu-ray | CBS DVD) | Paramount Home Entertainment (Other | On-Screen Logos) | Paramount Presents

Video games:
Paramount Game Studios | Skydance Interactive | Skydance New Media

Others:
Paramount Music | Paramount Production Support Inc. | Premium Large Format

Notes
¹Joint-venture with BeIN Media Group.
²Joint-venture with Marvel Comics.
³Joint-venture with Universal Pictures.
⁴Joint venture with 20th Century Fox.

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Paramount Skydance

Predecessors:

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Paramount Pictures

Part of Paramount Skydance

Television production
Paramount Television Studios (Other | On-Screen Logos) | Paramount Television International Studios (Other | On-Screen Variations)

Home entertainment
CBS Home Entertainment (CBS Blu-ray | CBS DVD) | Paramount Home Entertainment (Other | On-Screen Logos) | Paramount Presents

Video games:
Paramount Game Studios | Skydance Interactive | Skydance New Media

Others:
Paramount Music | Paramount Production Support Inc. | Premium Large Format

Notes
¹Joint-venture with BeIN Media Group.
²Joint-venture with Marvel Comics.
³Joint-venture with Universal Pictures.
⁴Joint venture with 20th Century Fox.

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Paramount International Networks

Part of Paramount Skydance

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Paramount Networks Americas

Part of Paramount Skydance

Television channels:
Latin America and the Caribbean:
Comedy Central | MTV | Nickelodeon (Jr.)

Streaming assets:
Paramount+ | Pluto TV | Mi Telefe¹ | Mi Chilevisión²

Notes

¹	Acquired from Telefónica.
²	Acquired from WarnerMedia Latin America.
³	Sold to Grupo Televisión Litoral.
⁴	Sold to Vytal Group.

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Paramount Networks UK & Australia

Part of Paramount Skydance

Pay television channels:
UK & Ireland:
Comedy Central (Extra)² | MTV | Nickelodeon (Nicktoons | Nick Jr. | Nick Jr. Too)

Other channels:
UK & Ireland: True Crime (Xtra)³ | Legend (Xtra)³ | Colors (Rishtey | Cineplex | Gujarati)⁶

Production companies:
Australia: Network 10 Productions | 10 Comedy Productions | 10 Drama Productions

Digital assets:
Paramount+⁴
United Kingdom: 5 | Win on 5 | Watch Free UK | True Crime UK
Australia: 10 (Pluto TV) | 10 Speaks

Other assets:
United Kingdom: Milkshake! (preschool block on 5) | 5 News (news program)
Australia: 10 News (news program) | 10 Sport (sport television) | 10 Intensify (advertising)

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10 News

Part of Network 10

Television News Stations
Sydney | Queensland | Melbourne | Adelaide | Perth

Bulletins
Lunchtime | Afternoon | News+ | Late

Notes

¹	Under license from Direct Group, later moved to Seven Network.
²	Joint venture with Sky Group.
³	Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁴	Managed by Paramount Streaming.
⁵	Joint venture with Travlr.
⁶	Managed by JioStar.

Cinema chains
Showcase Cinemas (United Kingdom | Argentina) (Cinema de Lux) · Multiplex | UCI (Brazil) (UCI Kinoplex³⁹ | UCI Orient⁴⁰)

Notes

¹	Joint venture with BeIN Media Group.
²	Co-owned with TV18.
³	Co-owned with NBCUniversal (Comcast).
⁴	Owned by A+E Global Media, a joint venture of Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company.
⁵	Co-owned with 20th Century Fox.
⁶	Co-owned with Nexstar Media Group (75%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (12.5%).
⁷	Joint-venture with Weigel Broadcasting.
⁸	Co-owned with Seoul Broadcasting System.
⁹	Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
¹⁰	Co-owned with 1+1 Media.
¹¹	Co-owned with RTL Group (Bertelsmann).
¹²	Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
¹³	Joint venture with BBC.
¹⁴	Joint venture with Marvel Comics (Disney Publishing Worldwide).
¹⁵	Co-owned with Grupo Abril from 1990 to 2009.
¹⁶	Co-owned with Viva Entertainment.
¹⁷	Joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting.
¹⁸	Co-owned with Solar Entertainment.
¹⁹	51% owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting.
²⁰	Co-owned with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon).
²¹	Joint venture with RTL Group from 2013 to 2018.
²²	Co-owned with ABC.
²³	Joint venture with Comcast.
²⁴	Co-owned with Viaplay Group.
²⁵	Co-owned with CH Media.
²⁶	Co-owned with Vodafone & UPC.
²⁷	Owned by ARY Digital Network, but licensed by Paramount.
²⁸	Owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
²⁹	Owned by Amblin Partners.
³⁰	Joint venture with Grupa Polsat Plus.
³¹	Joint venture with Sky Group (25%).
³²	Co-owned with Blue Ant Media.
³³	Operated by E-Plus, but under license from Viacom International Media Networks.
³⁴	Operated by TIM, but under license from Viacom International Media Networks.
³⁵	Operated by T-Mobile/KPN, but under license from VIMN.
³⁶	Operated by T-Mobile, but under license from Viacom International Media Networks.
³⁷	Operated by Telekom Romania Mobile Communications, but under license from Viacom International Media Networks.
³⁸	Operated by Sunrise, but under license from Viacom International Media Networks.
³⁹	Joint-venture with Kinoplex.
⁴⁰	Joint-venture with Orient Cinemas.
⁴¹	Co-owned with Sony Music Entertainment.
⁴²	Owned by Viacom18, but licensed by Paramount Skydance.
⁴³	Sold to Grupo Televisión Litoral.
⁴⁴	Sold to Vytal Group.
⁴⁵	Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery.
⁴⁶	Owned by CME Group, but licensed by Viacom International Media Networks.
⁴⁷	Joint venture with FTV Prima.
⁴⁸	Sold to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
⁴⁹	Sold to AMC Networks.
⁵⁰	Now owned by Sega Sammy Holdings.

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American Broadcasting Company

Part of The Walt Disney Company

Predecessor companies
American Broadcasting Companies | Capital Cities/ABC

United States broadcast television
ABC | ABC News | ESPN on ABC | Localish

Radio networks
ABC Audio | ABC News Now | ABC News Radio

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ABC Audio

Note: All stations listed by market size -- largest to smallest -- with call letters at the time they were sold.

Notes

¹	WFDF was originally in the Flint radio market before moving to Farmington Hills in the Detroit radio market in 2006. As a result of the station's move to Detroit, WFRO in the Toledo market as well as another station in Northern Michigan (also on 900) were taken off the air to allow WFDF to increase its broadcast power.
²	Disney/ABC never owned the station, but operated it under a Local Marketing Agreement. Birach Broadcasting has since taken complete, outright control of the station.
³	These stations are either silent or completely off the air at this time.
⁴	WGVX also simulcasts on 105.3 and 105.7.

Television production
ABC News Studios | 20th Television

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ABC News

Part of ABC (The Walt Disney Company)

Special programming
ABC News Special Report

Television production
ABC News Studios

Affiliate news-sharing video service
ABC News One

Live-streaming networks
ABC News Live

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ESPN on ABC

Part of ABC and ESPN (The Walt Disney Company/Hearst Communications)

Current programming:
Australian Open on ESPN | Bundesliga on ESPN | College Basketball on ABC | College Football on ABC (Saturday Night Football/SEC on ABC) | College World Series on ESPN | ESPY Awards | La Liga on ESPN | Little League World Series on ESPN | Monday Night Football (ESPN Monday Night Countdown/NFL Draft/ NFL Pro Bowl on ESPN) | NBA on ESPN (NBA Countdown/Inside the NBA) | NHL on ABC | NWSL on ESPN | Professional Pickleball Association on ESPN | Soccer on ABC | Supercopa de España on ESPN | Tennis on ESPN | Tournament of Roses Parade | UFC on ABC | UFL on ESPN | US Open | Wimbledon on ESPN | WNBA on ESPN | Women's College World Series on ESPN | X Games

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The Walt Disney Company

Predecessors:

Laugh-O-Gram Studios | 21st Century Fox | Capital Cities/ABC Inc. | News Corporation

Broadcasting assets:
Radio stations
Radio Disney stations: Rádio Disney Brasil⁸ | Radio Disney Peru

Disney XD
Poland

Other assets:
A+E Global Media⁴ (assets) | Disney Advertising Sales | Disney Educational Productions

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The Walt Disney Company India

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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JioStar

Joint venture of Reliance Industries Limited and Disney India

Predecessors: Disney Star (UTV Software Communications) | Viacom18

Content and studios:
Hotstar Specials | Star Studio18 | Tipping Point Viacom18 | Viacom18 Motion Pictures | Viacom18 Studios

Streaming platform:
JioHotstar

Regional networks:
Bengali: Colors Bangla (Cinema) · Star Jalsha (Movies) | Gujarati: Colors Gujarati (Cinema) | Kannada: Colors Kannada (Cinema) · Colors Super · Star Suvarna (Plus) | Malayalam: Asianet (Plus · Movies) | Marathi: Colors Marathi · Star Pravah (Picture) | Odia: Star Kiran | Tamil: Colors Tamil · Star Vijay (Super · Takkar) | Telugu: Star Maa (Gold · Movies · Music)

Other assets:
Viacom18 Consumer Products | Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions

Notes

¹	Under license from Paramount Skydance, former shareholder of its predecessor Viacom18.
²	Formerly direct unit of The Walt Disney Company India before the merger with Star India.
³	Formerly part of the larger Star TV Network before the split.

Other assets:
Disney+ Hotstar

Defunct assets:
UTV Indiagames | UTV Ignition Games | UTV Software Communications | UTV Motion Pictures

Signature Experiences: Disney Cruise Line | Disney Vacation Club | Adventures by Disney | Storyliving by Disney | National Geographic Expeditions

Other assets: Walt Disney Imagineering | Disney Live Entertainment | The Muppets Studio

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ESPN

Owners: The Walt Disney Company (80%) | Hearst Communications (20%)

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ESPN on ABC

Part of ABC and ESPN (The Walt Disney Company/Hearst Communications)

U.S. radio stations
ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra | ESPNU Radio | ESPN All Access

International:
Australia (2) | Brazil (2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6) | Caribbean | Latin America (2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · Extra (Argentina · Ecuador) · Premium (Argentina · Chile)) | Africa (2) | Netherlands (2 · 3 · 4 · Ultra HD)
Canada⁶: The Sports Network (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 4K) | Réseau des sports (2 · Info)
Japan: J Sports (1 · 2 · 3 · 4)

Notes

¹	Operated by BT under license.
²	Also airs on MLB Network.
³	Partnership with TV5 Network Inc. Now known as One Sports.
⁴	Partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India.
⁵	Joint-venture with University of Texas at Austin and Learfield.
⁶	Joint-venture with Bell Media.

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Marvel

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Created by Marvel Studios

Part of The Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)

Animated series:
Phase Four: What If...? Season 1 | I Am Groot Season 1
Phase Five: I Am Groot Season 2 | What If...? Season 2 | What If...? Season 3
Phase Six: Eyes of Wakanda | Marvel Zombies

Special presentations:
Phase Four: Werewolf by Night | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Upcoming: Untitled Punisher special

Original Marvel Television series⁶:
ABC: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Agent Carter | Inhumans
Netflix⁷: Daredevil | Jessica Jones | Luke Cage | Iron Fist | The Defenders | The Punisher
Hulu/Star: Runaways | Helstrom
Freeform: Cloak & Dagger

Marvel One-Shots⁷:
The Consultant | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer | Item 47 | Agent Carter | All Hail the King

Entities
Stark Industries | Time Variance Authority

Notes

¹	Distributed by Paramount Pictures.
²	Distributed by Universal Pictures.
³	Distributed by Sony Pictures.
⁴	Released on Hulu for a limited time along with release on Disney+.
⁵	Released under the Marvel Spotlight label.
⁶	Produced by the original Marvel Television company, which went defunct in 2019.
⁷	Content migrated to Disney+ in 2022.

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Sony's Spider-Man Universe

Created by Sony Pictures Entertainment (Sony)
in association with Marvel

Computer-animated films:²
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Upcoming productions:
Films: Spider-Man: Brand New Day¹ | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse² | Untitled Miles Morales live-action film
Television series: Silk: Spider Society | Spider-Noir

Notes

¹	Produced by Marvel Studios, as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
²	Produced by Sony Pictures Animation.

Other
Marvel Stadium⁶

Notes

¹	Distributed by 20th Century Fox.
²	Distributed by Sony Pictures.
³	Distributed by Universal Pictures.
⁴	Distributed by Netflix.
⁵	Produced by Toei.
⁶	Sponsorship with Australian Football League.

Notes

¹	Disney manages film catalog created for ABC; remainder of library controlled by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
²	Disney manages certain film and television rights, rest of the Saban catalog is currently owned by Hasbro with several titles licensed in Japan to Toei Company.
³	Joint venture with Paramount Pictures.
⁴	Joint venture with Hearst Communications, which owns 20% of ESPN and 50% of A+E Global Media.
⁵	Co-owned with Westinghouse Broadcasting (aka Group W)
⁶	Joint venture with Rádio Holding Participações Ltda.
⁷	Joint venture with Electronic Arts.
⁸	Joint venture with Sky Limited.
⁹	Joint venture with Telefónica.
¹⁰	Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
¹¹	Joint venture with Sky Network Television.
¹²	Joint venture with Global Group.
¹³	Joint venture with Apollo Global Management.
¹⁴	Joint venture with GMA Network Inc.
¹⁵	Joint venture with CJ ENM.
¹⁶	Owned by Televisión Nacional de Chile, but distributed by Disney in Latin America.
¹⁷	Co-owned with NBCUniversal
¹⁸	Co-owned with Paramount Global.
¹⁹	Co-owned with Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (RTL Group)
²⁰	Joint venture with TV Globo.
²¹	Sold to Paramount International Networks.
²²	Co-owned with TDC Group.
²³	Acquired by its subsidiary Disney Interactive.
²⁴	Sold to Nordic Entertainment Group.
²⁵	Owned by the Oriental Land Company under license from Disney.
²⁶	Co-owned with Arnon Milchan.
²⁷	Owned by WildBrain.
²⁸	Co-owned with Moby Group.
²⁹	Owned by Banijay Entertainment.
³⁰	Owned by Lantern Entertainment.
³¹	Owned by Miral under license from Disney.
³²	Joint venture with TelevisaUnivision