The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company (commonly known as Disney) is an mass media and entertainment company. Headquartered in , , the company was founded on October 16, 1923Disney History - D23 (retrieved April 28, 2020) by brothers and . The company began by creating short animated films, but has since diversified into feature length animated and live-action movies, television production, theme parks operation and other business areas. For its financial year ending September 28, 2019, The Walt Disney Company had total revenues of $69,570 millionThe Walt Disney Company Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings For Fiscal 2019 - The Walt Disney Company (retrieved April 28, 2020) ().
==Miramax==
Miramax, LLC (also known as Miramax Films) is an American producer and distributer of movies and television, that from June 30, 1993 to December 3, 2010Disney completes $663M sale of Miramax - Yahoo! Finance (archived from the original June 29, 2011; retrieved April 28, 2020) was a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. During this time, Miramax acquired the rights to distribute Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, Jirachi: Wish Maker, and Destiny Deoxys in the United States.
==Disney Branded Television==
 (a unit of ) operates the and its offshoots, including , and formally . Toon Disney began broadcasting in the United States on April 18, 1998Toon Disney Launch - Animation World Magazine (retrieved April 28, 2020) and during its lifetime it aired the four Pokémon movies that Miramax had acquired the rights to. Disney XD replaced Toon Disney in the United States on February 13, 2009Disney XD Unwraps On Friday The 13th - Multichannel News (archived from the original June 16, 2011; retrieved April 28, 2020) and replaced branded channels in other countries beginning in April 2009French Jetix becomes Disney XD - Broadband TV News (retrieved April 28, 2020).
Disney XD began airing new episodes of Pokémon the Series in the United States on December 5, 2016, after taking over the rights from Cartoon Network. All of the episodes in circulation at the time would be available on the Watch Disney XD app, succeeded by DisneyNOW in September 2017. Disney XD premiered all three seasons of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, completing on March 7, 2020. On April 23, 2020, it was announced that the next season would be airing exclusively on Netflix, ending its run on Disney XD,The Pokémon Company International and Netflix Team Up for U.S. Premiere of “Pokémon Journeys: The Series” - The Pokémon Company International (retrieved April 28, 2020) though repeats of Ultra Legends continued to air until mid-January 2021.
In the and , Jetix began airing the animated series from Pokémon DP: Battle Dimension and continued to do so when it rebranded as Disney XD. The show moved to rival channel on January 1, 2018.
Disney XD channels in the following countries have also aired the Pokémon animated series: Japan (Diamond and Pearl only), , , , , , , , and the . In , the series is broadcast on (a rebrand of Disney XD and Marvel HQ) and , and in it aired on the Disney Channel.
==Hulu==
Hulu is an American subscription service, majority owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company.Disney to take full control over Hulu, Comcast has option to sell its stake in 5 years - CNBC (retrieved May 8, 2020) It has included parts of Pokémon the Series and a number of Pokémon movies in its catalog.
==External links==
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==References==
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