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The Walt Disney Company CIS

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Type
  
Public

Key people
  
Marina Zhigalova-Ozkan

Founded
  
2006

Industry
  
Media conglomerate

Headquarters
  
Moscow

Parent organization
  
The Walt Disney Company

Area served
  
CIS (Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Latvia)

Website
  
The Walt Disney Company CIS

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The Walt Disney Company CIS, LLC is one of The Walt Disney Company's international divisions. The Walt Disney Company CIS was founded in April 2006. It is headquartered in Moscow, the capital of Russia.

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In 2007, Walt Disney Company CIS and Sony Pictures Russia created the joint venture of Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing CIS.

The company owns and operates Russian versions of Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney. Disney Channel was originally planned to launch in 2009, but a Disney Americas deal with Media-One Holdings was denied by Russian authorities.

The Walt Disney Company CIS produced the film The Book of Masters.

Marina Zhigalova-Ozkan is head of The Walt Disney Company CIS.

The Walt Disney Company CIS planned to make two new films in the summer of 2011.

Divisions

  • Disney Channel (Russia)
  • Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel (rebranded as Disney Junior as of September 2013)
  • Closed divisions

  • Jetix (CIS)
  • Jetix Play
  • Film distribution

  • Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR) (foundation in 2007 with partnership Sony Pictures Entertainment)
  • Productions

  • The Book of Masters
  • References

    The Walt Disney Company CIS Wikipedia