Research Work

Viacom:

Film production and distribution- Viacom International, Paramount Pictures, Dream works, Republic Pictures, MTV films, Nickelodeon films and Go fish pictures.

Television networks- Comedy Central, Logo, BET, Spike, TV land, Nickelodeon, MTV and VH1.

Television production and distribution- Dream works Television.

Video Gaming- X fire, Harmonix, Game trailers and Neopets.

Time Warner:

AOL LL- AOL, AOL international, AOL radio, AOL music, AOL sports, AOL voicemail, AOL local, AOL call alert, AOL for broadband.

Time Warner Cable- Time Warner cable, Metro news, New York, Capital news 9, R news.

Home Box Office- HBO, Cinemax, HBO independent productions, HBO multiplexes, Cinemax, HBO HD, Cinemax HD, Picture House.

New Line Productions- New Line Cinema, New Line distribution, New Line Home Entertainment, New Line Music, New Line television.

Warner Bros Entertainment- Warner Bros Pictures, Warner Bros Television, Warner Home Video, Warner Bros studios, Warner Independent pictures.

News corp:

Corporation- 20th Century Fox Entertainment.

Newspapers- Wall street journal, New york times, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The News of the World.

Television- Sky, Star TV, Fox, BSkyB, ITV plc.

Other- Myspace, Photobucket, IGN entertainment, Myspace records.

Sony:

Playsation- Psp, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation games, Media and downloads.

Online games- PC games, Console and handheld consoles, game shows.

Music and Movies- Sony games, Sony movies, TV, Crackle videos.

Time Warner

Time Warner inc is a leading media and entertainment company, whose business include interactive services, cable systmes, filmed entertainment, television newtworks and publishing.

Who owns it?
The founder of Time warner was because two businesses mergered togther to form one. The two businesses were Time inc. and Warner communications, hence the name Time warner which was then produced. The most influentional peopl in Time Warner are Richard D Parsons (chairman), Jeffrey L Bewkes ( president and CEO) and finally Wayne Pace (CFO).

Other organisations which are involved with Time Warner:
AOL- A leading global web services company.

Time Warner Cable- A pioneer in the cable industry.
Home Box Office (HBO)- A premium television network.
Turner Broadcasting system- Operating leading brands in television entertainment and news.
Time inc- One of the largest content companies in the world, with a portfolio of approximately 125 titles.
Warner Bros entertainment- At the forefront of every aspect of the entertainment industry.

History of the institution:

1970's
Warner Communications was established in 1972.
In 1976, Nolan Bushnell sold his Atari company to Warner Communications for an estimated $28–32 million.
In 1975, Warner expanded and joined with American Express which held cable channels like MTV, Nickelodeon and the Movie channel.
1980's
In February 1983, Warner expanded their interests to baseball and brought 48 percent of the Pittsburgh Pirates for $10 dollars.
In 1985 Warner sold Atari games to Namco.
In 1987 Warner announced their merge with Time inc.
1990's
In the early 90's the two combined companies were named Time Warner.
In 1994 Time Warner repurchased Atari games.
2000's
In 2000 AOL brought Time Warner for $164 billion and a new company was created called AOL Time Warner.
AOL owned 55% of the new company.
In 2002 AOL reported a loss of $99 billion and then the company dropped AOL from the name.

Over the years Time Warner has devloped increasingly from buying and selling and even repurchasing big organisations in order for their to expand as well. This is a clever strategy as it gives Time Warner a better and bigger reputation for people all around the world.

The texts Time Warner produce: