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Warner Communications served as the parent company for Warner Bros. Pictures, the Warner Music Group (WMG), Warner Books and Warner Cable during the 1970s and 1980s. It also owned DC Comics and Mad magazine.
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Warner Communications was an American media company. It was...
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On June 25, 1984, Warner Communications made the decision to...
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Warner Communications was an American media company. It was formed in New York City in 1972.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros., or abbreviated as WB, or WBEI) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
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Pre-launch: Warner Communications joint venture
Warner Cable Communications was formed on December 1, 1977, by Warner Cable, itself a division of Warner Communications, to launch QUBE, an interactive cable television network. Seeing the potential in the creation of new cable networks, Warner Cable divested QUBE's biggest brands, Star Channel, Pinwheel and Sight on Sound, into nationwide outlets. Star Channel began by satellite in January 1979 and was renamed The Movie Channel by the end of the year. The original Channel C-3, by then known...
Launch as MTV Networks, Viacom gets full ownership
On June 25, 1984, Warner Communications made the decision to divest Nickelodeon, MTV, and VH-1 (launched in 1985 over the channel space of Turner's Cable Music Channel) into a new public corporation called MTV Networks.A year later, Warner would acquire the 50% stake from American Express. On August 27, 1985, Warner sold 31% of MTV Networks to Viacom, with Warner also selling 19% of its Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc. joint to Viacom as well. In November 1985, Viacom announced that it had pl...
Expansion
In the fall of 2012, media analysts began to report that ratings among some of Viacom's leading brands in the U.S. were experiencing declines in viewership.MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon were of most concern to investors as the three account for roughly 50% of Viacom's operating profit, estimated David Bank of RBC Capital Markets. In 2017, Viacom announced a five-point restructuring plan, in which the company would pour most of its resources behind six "flagship brands". These were MTV,...
Former channels and blocks
1. BET Networks (moved under CBS Entertainment Group) 2. Bravo (sold to Rainbow Media in 1984; later purchased by General Electric's NBC Entertainment division in 2003, and NBCUniversala year after) 3. C-3 (officially launched as Nickelodeon, in 1988, the "Pinwheel" block replaced with the "Nick Jr." block) 4. Sight on Sound (officially launched as MTVin 1981) 5. Nick GAS ((1999–2007), 2009 (on Dish Network)); replaced by the 24-hour The N on cable, DirecTV and more with Turner's Cartoon Netw...
Notes
1Channel was originally launched under Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment and tested as Sight on Sound until 1981, when it officially launched as MTV. 2Channel started as Ha!, merged with HBO's The Comedy Channelthe following year, became entirely owned by Viacom in 2003. 3Originally TNN from 1983 to 2003 (as The Nashville Networkuntil 1997; as The National Network until 2003) and as Spike until January 2018. 4Channel was originally known as VH1 MegaHitsbefore being discontinued in July 2005...
Internet
Through its Networks division, Paramount also owns internet properties, such as MTV News and AwesomenessTV. The company ran a virtual worldsystem, Virtual MTV, in the late 2000s. The company has owned various other internet properties including virtual pets website Neopets; Flash game websites AddictingGames.com and Shockwave.com; online content production company Atom Entertainment; along with RateMyProfessors.com, GameTrailers, and iFilm, all of which have been shut down or sold off during...
Gaming
In 2006, Viacom acquired Harmonix, a video game studio oriented towards music video games and the original developer of the Guitar Hero franchise, for $175 million. The two subsequently collaborated on the creation of Rock Band. That year, Viacom also acquired the gaming–oriented communications platform Xfire. In 2010, Harmonix was divested to an investment firm to become an independent studio,and Xfire was sold. In 2011, Viacom established a short–lived, in–house development studio known as...
MTV Entertainment Group
MTV Entertainment Group is a division that serves as the holdings company for the more general entertainment brands such as its flagships MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount Network. 1. MTV 1.1. MTV2 1.2. MTV Classic 1.3. MTV Live 1.4. MTVU 1.5. MTV Tres 2. Comedy Central 2.1. Comedy Central Now 2.2. Comedy Central Records 2.3. South Park Digital Studios (joint venture with Trey Parker & Matt Stone's South Park Studios) 3. CMT 3.1. CMT Canada(10%) 3.2. CMT Music 4. Logo TV 4.1. SnowGlobe Music...
Showtime Networks
Showtime Networks is a subsidiary of Paramount Media Networks that oversees the company's premium cable television channels, including its flagship service Showtime. 1. Showtime 2. The Movie Channel 3. Flix
Nickelodeon Group
Nickelodeon Group (also known as "Nickelodeon Networks Inc." and as its family distribution name called "Paramount Kids and Family Group") is an American entertainment company that oversees Paramount's kids' cable television channels, including its flagship service Nickelodeon. 1. Nickelodeon 1.1. Nick at Nite 2. Nick Jr. Channel 3. Nicktoons 4. TeenNick 5. NickMusic
WarnerMedia (formerly known as Time Warner and others) is a multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation. It made and distributes movies, music, books and other forms of entertainment.
May 25, 2024 · WarnerMedia, one of the largest media and entertainment conglomerates in the world. It was founded as Time Warner following the merger of Warner Communications and Time Inc. in 1990, and after becoming a subsidiary of AT&T in 2018, it was renamed WarnerMedia.
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Apr 8, 2022 · April 8 (Reuters) - AT&T Inc's (T.N) WarnerMedia unit and Discovery Inc (DISCA.O) have completed their merger, the companies said on Friday. The combined company, Warner Bros Discovery Inc,...
