Company Town: Disney’s Mega-Merger : The Holdings

Walt Disney’s planned $19-billion acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC Inc., the first such pairing of a studio and a television network, will create an entertainment powerhouse. A look at what each company brings to the merger:

Walt Disney Co.

Film-Music

* Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and Miramax Films, producing and distributing a wide array of movies, including “Pocahontas” and “Operation Dumbo Drop”

* Buena Vista Distribution, Buena Vista International, Disney Theatrical Productions

* Hollywood Records, Walt Disney Records

Television-Telecommunications

* The Disney Channel

* KCAL-TV in Los Angeles

* Walt Disney Television

* Buena Vista Home Video

* Touchstone Television

* Disney Interactive

* Partnerships with three regional phone companies

Theme Parks and Resorts

* Disneyland and Disneyland Hotel

* Walt Disney World

* Interests in Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris

Other Holdings

* Extensive licensing operations for cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse and Goofy * The Disney Store

* The Disney Gallery

* Walt Disney Publishing

* “Disney on Ice” shows

Capital Cities/ABC Inc.

Broadcasting, ABC Television Network

* Programming interests, including the hit series “Home Improvement” and “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings”

* 10 television stations that reach 25 percent of U.S. homes

* 21 radio stations

* Radio networks serving more than 3,400 stations

* Controlling interest in ESPN and ESPN2 sports cable TV networks

* Partial ownership of A&E; Television Networks and Lifetime Television

Publishing

* Fairchild Publications, parent of Women’s Wear Daily

* Newspapers, including Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Kansas City Star and many weeklies

* Magazines, including Los Angeles Magazine and Institutional Investor

International Interests

* Half-interest in Tele-Munchen, German TV production and distribution company

* One-third interest in Hamster Productions, a French independent television company

* One-third interest in Eurosport, a London-based Pan-European sports programming service

* Partial interests in cable programming in Japan, Germany and Scandinavia

Source: Associated Press