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1923 A certain famous mouse may live in the Magic Kingdom, but he works in Hollywood. Walt Disney Studio Entertainment, the motion picture arm of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's largest film production businesses. Its live-action and animated titles are produced and distributed through Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone, and Buena Vista International. Its Miramax Film Corp. acquires, produces, and distributes movies under the Miramax and Dimension banners. Walt Disney Studios also produces TV programming through Walt Disney Television Animation; Broadway shows through Buena Vista Theatrical Group; and CDs through Hollywood Records and Lyric Street Records. |
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1924: Columbia founded; 1982: Bought by Coca-Cola; 1982: TriStar founded; 1987: Merge of both Co. ; 1989: Bought by Sony |
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1919: United Artists founded; 1924: MGM founded; 1967: U.A. is bought by Transamerica Corp.; 1970: MGM is bought by Kirk Kerkorian, from Las Vegas; 1978: Orion Pictures founded; 1981: MGM bought UA; 1986: Ted Turner bought MGM/UA; 1990: MGM/UA sold to Pathe Communications; 1992: MGM/UA bought by the French bank Credit Lyonnais; 1996: K. Kerkorian bought back MGM/UA; Late 1990's MGM/UA bought Orion Pictures. Cable TV: AMC. |
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1923: WB founded; 1967: New Line Cinema founded; 1967: WB is bought by Seven Arts Productions; 1969: WB is bought by Kinney National Service; 1986: Ted Turner bought MGM/UA and sold it later to Pathe Comm., but kept the library of 3,300 movies; 1989: Time Inc. bought WB; 1993: Ted Turner bought New Line Cinema and Castle Rock; Late 1990's: Ted Turner joined Time-Warner; 2000's: AOL bought Time-Warner-Turner. Cable TV: HBO, Cinemax, TCM, TNT, TBS, CNN, and others. Also related to Liberty Media Corp., the owner of the Starz-Encore system. |
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1912: Founded; 1962: Bought by MCA; 1990: Bought by Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co.; Late 1990's: Bought by Seagrams Co. June 2000: Vivendi (a powerful French media Co.) and Seagrams merged. Dec. 2000: The new Co adopted the name of Vivendi Universal: it owns Universal Pictures, Universal Studios theme parks, USA Network, Sci-Fi Channel and Studios USA. |
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1927: Founded; 1966: Bought by Gulf and Western; 1989: Gulf and Western changed its name to Paramount Communications; 1994: Bought by Viacom. Viacom also owns the following: Broadcasting: CBS and UPN; Cable TV: MTV, TNN, Nickelodeon, and Showtime. |
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Created in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen, DreamWorks has established itself in the entertainment industry after a rocky start. The three founders collectively own 66% of DreamWorks; Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, owns about 26%. |
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1999 CANADA-USA The company is a leading producer and distributor of moderately budgeted independent films. It also produces TV movies, miniseries, and TV series. The company splits its operations between LA and Vancouver. |
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Mandalay Entertainment is the filmed entertainment production company founded by former Columbia Pictures head Peter Guber and former entertainment lawyer Paul Schaeffer. Founded in 1995 the company has produced such films as Sleepy Hollow and Enemy at the Gates. It also produces movies and series for television (Cupid, Sole Survivor) and produces non-fiction movies (Galapagos - IMAX 3D). |
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Artisan was formed in 1997 when a group led by Bain Capital acquired home video distributor LIVE Entertainment. The company is 30% owned by Boston-based investment firm Audex. Big screen or small screen? Makes no difference to Artisan Entertainment. The company distributes films and home movies through its two operating divisions, Artisan Pictures and Artisan Home Entertainment. Artisan releases about 10 art films a year |
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IFC Films and Next Wave Films are new film production and distribution companies under The Independent Film Channel Entertainment Division, a division of Bravo Networks. Based in New York, this company initially will release 10-12 films per year. |
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Founded in May 2000 by former 20th Century Fox and Disney chairman Joe Roth. Its sole goal is to produce commercial viable films |
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Founded by Armyan Bernstein in 1990, Beacon Communications soon became one of the most respected independent motion picture companies in the industry. In 2002, Armyan Bernstein and Charlie Lyons co-founded Holding Pictures. Holding Pictures has recently acquired the Beacon name, and has formed Beacon Pictures as a new division of Holding Pictures
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Spyglass produces its films through its partnership with J.P. Morgan Chase bank, and it was distributing movies via an exclusive deal with Walt Disney Studio Entertainment, which owns a 10% stake in Spyglass. However, in late 2002 Spyglass announced it was leaving Disney to enter into a similar agreement with DreamWorks. The company is also involved in TV production through Spyglass Entertainment Television. Spyglass was founded in 1998 by veteran Hollywood producers Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum. |
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James G. Robinson, Chairman and CEO of Morgan Creek Productions, founded the company in early 1988 and, in its first fourteen years of operation, has seen eleven of its 30 films debut in the #1 box-office spot. |
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