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Major Global Media Companies: Platforms, Studios, Networks, and Franchises
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The table has been expanded to include major broadcast networks and cable brands for each company. Note that Comcast spun off most of its cable networks (including CNBC, MSNBC, USA Network, E!, and Syfy) into a newly formed independent entity called Versant Media Group. Comcast has retained the NBC broadcast network, the Bravo cable network, and Peacock. [1, 2, 3]

Major Global Media Companies: Platforms, Studios, Networks, and Franchises

Owning Company Primary Streaming Platform Core Picture Houses / Film Studios Major Television Production Studios Linear TV Networks & Cable Channels Top Major Movie Franchises
The Walt Disney Company Disney+ / Hulu / ESPN+ • Walt Disney Pictures • 20th Century Studios • Marvel Studios • Lucasfilm • Pixar & Disney Animation • Searchlight Pictures • 20th Television • Disney Television Animation • FX Productions • Marvel Television • ABC (Broadcast) • ESPN Networks • Disney Channel / Disney Junior / Disney XD • FX / FXX • National Geographic Channel • Freeform Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Star Wars, Avatar, Disney Animation / Pixar
Sony Group Corporation None (Partners with Netflix) • Columbia Pictures • TriStar Pictures • Sony Pictures Classics • Screen Gems • Sony Pictures Animation • Sony Pictures Television • Gemstone Studios • Game Show Network (GSN) • Cine Sony • Sony Movie Channel • Extensive international networks (e.g., Sony Entertainment Television) Spider-Man Universe, James Bond (distribution), Jumanji, Ghostbusters
Warner Bros. Discovery Max • Warner Bros. Pictures • New Line Cinema • DC Studios • Warner Bros. Pictures Animation • Castle Rock Entertainment • Warner Bros. Television • HBO Entertainment • Telepictures • Cartoon Network Studios • Warner Bros. Animation • HBO • CNN Worldwide • TBS / TNT / TruTV • Discovery Channel / Animal Planet / Science • HGTV / Food Network / TLC • Cartoon Network / Adult Swim DC Universe (DCU), Harry Potter / Wizarding World, The Lord of the Rings, Dune
Universal Pictures (Comcast) Peacock • Universal Pictures • Focus Features • Illumination • DreamWorks Animation • Working Title Films • Universal Television • UCP (Universal Content Productions) • Universal Television Alternative Studio • DreamWorks Animation Television • NBC (Broadcast) • Telemundo (Spanish broadcast) • Bravo • NBC Sports Network • (Note: USA, MSNBC, and CNBC were spun off into Versant) Fast & Furious, Jurassic Park / Jurassic World, Despicable Me / Minions, Shrek
Paramount Global Paramount+ • Paramount Pictures • Miramax (Joint venture) • Paramount Players • Paramount Animation • Nickelodeon Movies • CBS Studios • MTV Entertainment Studios • Nickelodeon Animation Studio • CBS (Broadcast) • Showtime • MTV / VH1 / CMT • Nickelodeon / Nick Jr. • Comedy Central / Paramount Network • BET Networks Mission: Impossible, Transformers, Top Gun, Star Trek
Amazon Amazon Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios • Orion Pictures • Amazon MGM Studios Television • Wondery • MGM+ (Premium cable network, formerly Epix) • Prime Video Live Sports (e.g., Thursday Night Football) The Lord of the Rings (TV rights), MGM Catalog (Rocky, Creed)
Netflix Netflix • Netflix Original Films • Streaming Film Division • Netflix Production • Netflix Animation None (Operates purely as a digital streaming and direct-to-consumer platform) Stranger Things, Squid Game, Knives Out / Glass Onion, Red Notice

[1] https://www.cnbc.com [2] https://www.fool.com [3] https://www.spglobal.com

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