WHO OWNS WHAT

(or, so you really think you like what you like?!)

VIACOM:

National Amusements:

  • Viacom + CBS Productions
  • Sumner Redstone = owner

FILM STUDIOS:

  • Paramount Pictures:
  • Paramount, Paramount Animation
  • Insurge Pictures, Epix
  • Paramount Pictures International
  • Paramount Digital Entertainment (mobile games & apps)
  • Paramount Vantage
  • Paramount Licensing (creates movie branded extensions through toys, apparel, publishing, collector merchandise, video games, mobile & interactive content of classic & new releases)
  • Film Distribution: (Paramount Home Media Distribution)
  • Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation,
  • Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics,
  • Marvel Studios, MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies
  • DreamWorks Studios
  • MTV Films
  • Nickelodeon Movies
  • United International Pictures (UIP) = joint venture w/ NBCUniversal's Universal Studios
  • Republic Pictures (became Melange Pictures in 2012)

MEDIA NETWORKS:

  • BET Networks –
  • BET and Centric;
  • BET, BET J, BET Gospel, BET Hip Hop, BET Event Productions, BET Pictures,
  • BET On Blast, BET Mobile, BET International
  • the Entertainment Group –
  • CBS Corporation
  • CBS, Showtime, The Movie Channel, The CW, UPN
  • CBS Sports (Radio), CBS Radio Network
  • TV Guide Nerwork
  • Simon & Schuster (Pocket Books, Scribner)
  • Westwood One Radio Network
  • partners w/Liongate Studios
  • CBS Television Distribution
  • formerly KingWorld
  • Desilu Productions, Paramount Television, Viacom Productions and Enterprises, Republic Pictures Television, Big Ticket Entertainment, Spelling Television, Worldvision Enterprises
  • syndicated shows
  • Comedy Central, Spike, TV Land
  • GameTrailers, GT Marketplace, Harmonix, IFILM, GoCityKids
  • Game One, Flux, VIVA, QOOB, Y2M , College Publisher
  • Logo, LogoWorld,
  • ParentsConnect, The N, The Click, URGE
  • TMNT, Bellator MMA
  • the Music Group --
  • CMT
  • CMT, CMT Pure Country, CMT Loaded, CMT Mobile,
  • CMT Radio, CMT On Demand,
  • TMF (The Music Factory)
  • MTV
  • MTV, MTV Jams, MTV Hits, MTV Books, MHD Tempo, MTV Tr3s,
  • MTV2, MTVN International, MTV OVERDRIVE, MTV Boombox, MTV Revolution, mtvU, mtvU Uber
  • and VH1
  • VH1, VH1 Classic, VH1 Soul, VHUno, VSpot
  • the Nickelodeon Group –
  • Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., Noggin, Nick GAS,
  • Nicktoons Network, Nickelodeon Consumer Products, Nick Arcade
  • TV Land
  • VIACOM International: all these overseas

INTERNET:

  • Atom Entertainment –
  • AtomFilms, AddictingGames, Atom Uploads, Shockwave.com
  • AfterElton.com, 365gay.com
  • BET.com, GameTrailers, GoCityKids, Monkey Quest
  • MTV.com, Nick.com
  • Neopets, Quizilla, Smartplanet.com, Xfire
  • RateMyProfessors.com
  • Lazona.com
  • Virtual Worlds, Virtual Hills, Virtual Laguna Beach, Virtual Pimp My Ride
  • CBS Interactive, CBSSports.com
  • CNET, Last.fm
  • TVGuide.com

RECORD LABELS:

  • Record Labels:
  • Comedy Central Records
  • Nick Records
  • Print Publishing:
  • Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Pocket Books
  • Simon & Schuster

GENERAL ELECTRIC

  • NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, NBCSports
  • Telemundo, USA, Oxygen, Biography, Bravo
  • Hallmark, Chiller, Sundance, Universal, GE
  • History Channel, A&E, Sci Fi Channel
  • The Weather Channel
  • Hulu

TIME WARNER

  • TELEVISION:
  • CNN, HBO, Cinemax
  • Cartoon Network, Adult Swim
  • TNT, TBS, Boomerang
  • The CW
  • TCM, TruTV
  • Warner Bros Entertainment –
  • WB Pictures, Television, Home Entertainment groups
  • WB Pictures Group =
  • New Line Cinema, New Line Home Entertainment, New Line Television, Turner Entertainment,
  • Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Music, Domestic Distribution
  • Castle Rock Entertainment
  • Warner Independent Pictures, Warner Bros. Studios
  • WB Consumer Products, Theatre Ventures, Pictures International, International Cinemas
  • DC Entertainment
  • DC Comics
  • Mad Magazine
  • Vertigo
  • Looney Tunes & Hanna Barbera
  • STUDIOS:
  • Warner Bros. Pictures, Telepictures
  • (Batman, Superman, Bugs Bunny, Harry Potter)
  • INTERNET:
  • Bleacher Report
  • NCAA.com, March Madness Live
  • PGA.com, NASCAR.com
  • NBA Digital, NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA LEAGUE PASS, NBA Mobile
  • NBA Game Time App, NBADLEAGUE.com, WNBA.com
  • The Smoking Gun, Crime Library
  • OTHERS:
  • America Online
  • MapQuest
  • Moviefone
  • Castle Rock
  • Sports Illustrated
  • Fortune
  • Marie Claire
  • People Magazine

21st Century FOX

  • Rupert Murdoch
  • TELEVISION:
  • Fox, Fox News, Fox Sports
  • FX, YES Network, Fox Movie Channel
  • FSN, FCS
  • Speed TV, Fuel, National Geographic
  • STUDIOS:
  • 20thC Fox, Blue Sky Productions, Fox Searchlight
  • OTHERS –
  • Dow Jones & Company, Inc., The New York Post, Times of London
  • DIRECTTV, HarperCollins Publishers

WALT DISNEY CO.

  • TV –
  • ESPN (all)
  • ABC, ABC News, ABC Family
  • Disney Channels
  • Lifetime, Soap networks
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Theatrical Productions, Records
  • MUSIC –
  • Disney Records, Hollywood Records
  • BV Records
  • MOVIES –
  • Walt Disney Pictures
  • Miramax Films
  • Touchstone Pictures
  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Buena Vista Games
  • Hyperion Books

COMCAST Corp.

  • Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Xfinity)
  • Comcast Cable Holdings LLC (formerly AT&T Broadband Corporation)
  • Comcast MO Group LLC (formerly Media One or Bell West)
  • Comcast Entertainment Holdings Subsidiaries
  • NBCUniversal
  • NBC Enterprises, NBCUniversal Television Group
  • Universal Studios, Inc. (or Universal Pictures)
  • Universal Animation Studios
  • Focus Features
  • Illumination Entertainment
  • Universal Parks & Resorts
  • Comcast
  • Comcast Sports networks
  • E!, Golf Channel, NBCSN
  • part NHL, MLB networks & HULU
  • Fandango movie tickets, New Era tickets
  • Ph. Flyers, Wells Fargo Center

CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS

  • Bain Capital LLC, w/ Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP
  • radio (1500+ radio stations)
  • Live Nation, iHeart Radio
  • outdoor advertising
  • 850 Web sites

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