Disney Buys Fox

On December 14, 2017, The Walt Disney Company announced its intent to acquire 21st Century Fox. Under the terms of the agreement, Disney will acquire the Twentieth Century-Fox film and TV studios and related assets; cable networks including FX Networks, Fox Sports Regional Networks; Fox International Channels; Indian satellite TV group Star India; and stakes in National Geographic Partners, Hulu and other assets, in exchange for $52.4 billion in stock. Prior to the completion of the deal, Fox will spin-off its news, broadcast and some film businesses, including Fox News, Fox Business, UK company Sky plc, FS1, FS2, Fox Deportes, the Big Ten Network, the broadcast business and 21st Century Pictures, which Disney will not be acquiring.

on March 20, 2019, the Disney-Fox merger is closed. on December 9, 2019, Disney has split the pre-February 28, 2019 Fox film library, forcing these to be sold to Lantern Capital (pre-2019 Live-action films only), Sunking (Adult Fox Animated TV Shows), Entertainment One (MTM), the newly formed Century Studios (old FSP library) and Styhon (some Regency films) while Disney kept the Fox-distributed Marvel and Lucasfilm's Star Wars libraries, The Simpsons, all Fox Kids Animated films, and the post-2020 FSP library.

Catalogs and libraries

 * 20th Century Fox post-February 28, 2019 Live-action film and television library
 * Animated films
 * Third-party animated films for 20th Century Fox
 * 20th Century Fox Animation library
 * Blue Sky Studios
 * the new Fox Searchlight Pictures
 * 20th Century Fox Television's post-July 31, 2019 live-action library
 * 20th Television's post-July 2019 live-action library
 * Fox 21 Television Studios library
 * Fox Television Animation library
 * The Simpsons
 * Animation Domination High-Def
 * FX Networks library
 * National Geographic library

Catalogs and libraries Not Owned by Disney

 * 2013–2017 DreamWorks Animation library distribution rights (sold to Comcast)
 * 20th Century Fox's pre-February 28, 2019 Live-action film and television library (with the exception of Family films including The Greatest Showman, Star Wars original and prequel trilogies and the Fox-distributed Marvel library) (sold to Lantern Capital)
 * MTM Enterprises library (sold to eOne)
 * some of Regency Enterprises' films (sold to Styhon)
 * the original Fox Searchlight Pictures film library (spun-off into Century)
 * Three McFarland's shows, Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show (sold to Sunking)
 * Sky plc library (sold to Comcast)