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For other meanings, see Buena Vista.

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Buena Vista International printed logotype featuring Sleeping Beauty Castle.

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Buena Vista production logo, 1950s.

Walt Disney Pictures Distribution, Inc. (formerly known as Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.) is a motion picture and television feature distribution company owned by The Walt Disney Company. Buena Vista International was the international distribution arm, and Buena Vista Home Entertainment was the firm's video and DVD distribution arm.

In April 2007, Disney decided to retire the Buena Vista brand.^[1]

History

Prior to 1953, Walt Disney's productions were distributed by Columbia Pictures, United Artists and RKO Radio Pictures. However, a dispute over the value of Disney's True-Life Adventures series of live-action documentary featurettes led to Walt and his older brother Roy Oliver Disney founding the Buena Vista Film Distribution Company, Inc. to handle the distribution of their own product. Buena Vista's first release was the Academy Award winning live-action feature The Living Desert. Buena Vista

Main articles: Disney-ABC Domestic Television and Disney-ABC International Television

Disney-ABC Domestic Television (formerly Buena Vista Television) syndicates shows such as Live with Regis and Kelly, The Golden Girls, Home Improvement, Boy Meets World, Desperate Housewives and Lost. International distribution is handled through sister company Disney-ABC International Television (formerly Buena Vista International Television).

Corporate Identity

The current company logo is a silhouette of the iconic Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, the company's flagship theme park which opened a year after the company was founded.

References

1. ^ Fixmer, Andy. "Disney to Drop Buena Vista Brand Name, People Say", 25 April 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-08. 

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