List of assets owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
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Warner Bros. Discovery is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate based in New York City. The company works in the following areas: film, television, cable networks and publishing operations.
The following is a list of major assets that are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. As of 2023, the company's assets are reported under three segements: Studios (which consists of the Warner Bros. film and television studios, alongside the company's consumer products, interactive entertainment, licensing and publishing divisions), Networks (which consists of the company's television portfolio including its entertainment, lifestyle, news and sports networks) and DTC (which consists of HBO and the company's streaming services, including Max and Discovery+).[1]
Warner Bros.
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- Warner Bros. Studio Facilities
- Warner Bros. Museum
- Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank
- Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden
- Warner Bros. International Dubbing & Subtitling
- Warner Bros. Digital Networks[2]
- OneFifty
- Uninterrupted (joint venture with LeBron James)
- Ellen Digital Ventures (joint venture with Ellen DeGeneres)
- Sports & Entertainment Digital Network
- WBDGE Digital & Online
- WBDGE Podcast Network
- Private Networks
- Food.com
- Discovery Digital Studios
- Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
- Studio Distribution Services (joint venture with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
- Warner Bros. Anti-Piracy Operations[3][4]
- Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures
- DC Studios
- WaterTower Music
- Fandango Media (25%; with NBCUniversal)
- Turner Entertainment Co.
- Wolper Organization
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group
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- Warner Bros. Pictures
- New Line Cinema
- Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
- Castle Rock Entertainment (brand and back library)
- Flagship Entertainment Group (China) (49%) (joint venture with China Media Capital (41%) and TVB (10%))
- Spyglass Media Group (minority stake, with Lantern Entertainment, Lionsgate, Cineworld and Eagle Pictures)
- Warner Bros. Pictures Domestic Distribution (North American exhibition)
- Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution International (international distribution and production; most active in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico)
Warner Bros. Television Group
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- Warner Bros. Television Studios
- WBTVS Scripted Production
- WBTVS Unscripted Production
- Telepictures
- Telepictures Music
- DC All Access
- True Crime Daily
- Warner Horizon Unscripted Television
- Shed Media
- Telepictures
- Warner Bros. Television Workshop - the premiere writing program for new writers looking to start and further their career in the world of television. Every year, the Workshop selects up to eight participants out of more than 2,500 submissions and exposes them to Warner Bros. Television's top writers and executives, all with the ultimate goal of earning them a staff position on a Warner Bros.-produced television show. The Warner Bros. Television Writers’ Workshop consists of three components, all geared towards preparing the writer for a successful career in television writing.
- Warner Bros. Animation (and its predecessor Warner Bros. Cartoons)
- Blue Ribbon Content
- Cartoon Network Studios
- Williams Street
- Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
- The CW (broadcast network; 12.5%, joint venture with Paramount Global, 12.5%, and Nexstar Media Group, 75%)[5][6]
- The CW Plus (secondary national broadcast syndication service feed)
- CW Seed (FAST streaming service)
- Discovery Studios
- Warner Bros. International Television Production
- WBITVP Australia
- WBITVP Belgium
- Eyeworks Belgium Scripted
- BlazHoffski Belgium
- WBITVP Latin America[7]
- WBITVP Nederland
- BlazHoffski Netherlands
- Kaap Holland Film
- WBITVP New Zealand (formerly Eyeworks New Zealand)
- WBITVP Nordics
- WBITVP France
- WBITVP Spain
- WBITVP Portugal
- Warner Bros. Television Studios UK
- Warner Bros. International Television Distribution
Warner Bros. Discovery Networks
[edit]Broadcasting and FAST channel group
[edit]- Free TV Networks (broadcast networks and FAST streaming channels; joint venture with Lionsgate and Gray Television)[8]
- The365 (broadcast network and upcoming FAST streaming channel)
- Outlaw (broadcast network and upcoming FAST streaming channel)
- Defy (broadcast network; joint venture with A&E Networks)
- VCR Action (upcoming FAST streaming channel)
- VCR Haha (upcoming FAST streaming channel)
- WBTV (FAST streaming channels)[9]
- WBTV All-Out Alaska
- WBTV At the Movies
- WBTV Bachelor Nation
- WBTV Beach Day
- WBTV Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
- WBTV Cartoon Rewind
- WBTV Chasing Criminals
- WBTV Classic Cinema
- WBTV Crime Scenes
- WBTV Curb Appeal
- WBTV Extreme Expeditions
- WBTV Extreme Living
- WBTV Family Faves
- WBTV Family Rulez!
- WBTV Funny Favorites
- WBTV Generation Drama
- WBTV Ghosts Are Real
- WBTV HBO Boxing
- WBTV History Untold
- WBTV Home Crashers
- WBTV How To
- WBTV I (Almost) Got Away With It
- WBTV I Was Haunted
- WBTV In the Garage
- WBTV Living with Evil
- WBTV Love & Desire
- WBTV Love & Marriage
- WBTV Love Kills
- WBTV Medical Incredible
- WBTV Monsters Are Real
- WBTV My First Place
- WBTV Mysterious Worlds
- WBTV Nikita
- WBTV On the Telly
- WBTV Paws & Claws
- WBTV Reality Gone Wild
- WBTV Rustic Retreats
- WBTV Say Yes to the Dress
- WBTV Science is Amazing
- WBTV Space & Beyond
- WBTV Survive or Die
- WBTV Sweet Escapes
- WBTV The Dead Files
- WBTV The FBI
- WBTV The Repair Shop
- WBTV Travel + Adventure
- WBTV Ultimate Builds
- WBTV Unique Lives
- WBTV Watchlist
- WBTV Welcome Home
The Cartoon Network, Inc.
[edit]- Cartoon Network
- Adult Swim
- Cartoonito
- Boomerang
- Discovery Family (60% with Hasbro)
- Discovery Familia
Entertainment Group
[edit]- TBS
- TNT
- TruTV
- Turner Classic Movies
- Discovery Channel
- Animal Planet
- Oprah Winfrey Network (95% with Harpo Productions)
- Travel Channel
Factual & Lifestyle Group
[edit]- American Heroes Channel
- Destination America
- Discovery Life
- HGTV (International)
- Investigation Discovery (International)
- Television Food Network, G.P. (69% with Nexstar Media Group)
- TLC (International)
- Science Channel (International)
Home Box Office, Inc.
[edit]- HBO
- HBO2
- HBO Signature
- HBO Family
- HBO Comedy
- HBO Zone
- HBO Latino
- Cinemax
- MoreMax
- ActionMax
- ThrillerMax
- 5StarMax
- MovieMax
- Cinemáx (Spanish-language simulcast of primary channel)
- OuterMax
- Cinemax on Demand
- Magnolia Network (with Chip and Joanna Gaines)
- HBO Bulk
- HBO Films
- HBO Documentary Films
CNN Worldwide
[edit]- CNN
- HLN
- CNN en Español
- CNN Films
- CNN International
- EMEA
- CNN Türk (50% with Demirören Group)
- CNN Arabic
- CNN Asia-Pacific
- CNN International South Asia
- CNN-News18 (joint venture with Network 18)
- EMEA
- Licensed
- A2 CNN (G2 Media)
- Antena 3 CNN (Intact Media Group)
- CNN Brazil (Novus Media)
- CNN Chile (Carey Media Holdings)
- CNN Indonesia (Trans Media)
- CNN Portugal (Media Capital)
- CNN Prima News (FTV Prima)
- N1 (United Group)
TNT Sports
[edit]- TNT Sports Interactive
- NCAA.com (joint venture with the NCAA)
- NBA.com (joint venture with the NBA)
- PGA.com (joint venture with PGA of America)
- Bleacher Report (website)
- House of Highlights (social media network)
- MLB Network (cable channel; 16.67% with Major League Baseball, NBC Sports Group, Charter Communications and Cox Communications)
- NBA TV (cable channel; operations)
- Motor Trend Group
- Motor Trend (cable channel)
- Hot Rod (magazine)
- Four Wheeler (magazine)
- Motor Trend (magazine)
- Motor Trend FAST TV (FAST streaming channel)
- Motor Trend VELOZ TV (Spanish-language FAST streaming channel)
- Golf Digest (magazine)
Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment
[edit]Global Streaming
[edit]- Max[10][11]
- HBO Go (still exists in certain Asian countries; to be folded into Max in late-2024)[12]
- HBO Max (still exists in Benelux countries)
- Discovery+[13]
- Philo (joint venture with A&E Networks, AMC Networks and Paramount Global)
- Otter Media
Warner Bros. Games
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- Avalanche Software
- Monolith Productions
- NetherRealm Studios
- Player First Games
- Portkey Games
- Rocksteady Studios
- TT Games
- Cartoon Network Games
- WB Games Boston
- WB Games Montréal
- WB Games New York
- WB Games San Diego
- WB Games San Francisco
Warner Bros. Discovery Global Brands and Experiences
[edit]- Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment
- Warner Bros. Theme Parks
- Warner Bros. Studio Tours
- Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood
- Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter
- Discovery Destinations
- Discovery Adventure Parks
- Discovery Destination Hotels
- Discovery at Sea
- Discovery Live Shows & Exhibits
- Discovery Living Words
- Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products
Warner Bros. Discovery International
[edit]- The Cartoon Network, Inc. (international channels)
- Cartoon Network
- Cartoonito
- Boomerang
- Entertainment Group (international channels)
- HGTV
- TNT Sports
Asia-Pacific
[edit]- 9Rush (joint venture with Nine Entertainment Co.)
- Asian Food Network
- Discovery Japan (joint venture with JCom )
- Movieplus
- LaLa TV
- MONDO TV
- TABI Channel
- Discovery Science
- DMAX
- EVE
- JTBC (2.64%)
- Turner Japan
- World Heritage Channel
India
[edit]New Zealand
[edit]- Bravo (New Zealand) (joint venture with NBCUniversal International Networks)
- Eden
- Three
- Living
- Rush
Europe, Middle East and Africa
[edit]- Adult Swim UK & Ireland
- Boing
- Boing (Africa)
- Boing (Italy) (49% with Mediaset)
- Boing (Spain) (50% with Mediaset España Comunicación)
- Discovery Turbo
- DMAX
- Fatafeat
- Quest
- Really
- TNT Sports (United Kingdom) (50% with BT Group)[16]
- TNT Sports 1
- TNT Sports 2
- TNT Sports 3
- TNT Sports 4
- Eurosport
- Warner TV Next (France)
- Warner Bros. Discovery Germany[17]
- Global Cycling Network[18]
- Warner Bros. Discovery Italy[19]
- Warner Bros. Discovery Nordics[20]
Poland
[edit]Latin America
[edit]- Adult Swim Latin America
- Discovery Home & Health
- Discovery Kids Latin America
- Discovery Theater
- Discovery World (Latin America)
- Golf Channel Latin America[26]
- HTV
- Raze[27]
- Space
- TNT Novelas
- TNT Series
- TNT Sports (Argentina)
- TNT Sports (Brazil)
- Estádio TNT Sports[28]
- TNT Sports (Chile)
- TNT Sports (México)
- Tooncast
Former assets
[edit]Divested
[edit]- AOL - spun-off in 2009 and acquired by Verizon Communications in 2015, thus operating under the latter's media division from 2017 to 2021. AOL is now owned by Apollo Global Management. (through 90% of Yahoo! Inc.)
- Atari, Inc. - sold to Jack Tramiel on July 1, 1984, for 50 dollars cash and 240 million in stock and notes.
- ACC Select
- All3Media - 50% stake with Liberty Global; sold to RedBird IMI in 2024 for £1.15 billion ($1.45 billion)
- Atlanta Braves - Transferred to Liberty Media in exchange for 60 million shares of Time Warner stock (valued at $1.27 billion) held by Liberty Media.
- Atlanta Hawks
- Atlanta Thrashers
- Bad Wolf - minority stake; sold to Sony Pictures Television in 2021.
- BET Holdings, Inc. - 15% with Robert L. Johnson, BET executives and shareholders, Taft Television & Radio Company and Liberty Media/Tele-Communications, Inc., sold its stake in 1996; currently owned by Paramount Global through its CBS Entertainment Group division.
- BET Action Pay-Per-View - purchased by TVN Entertainment Corp. in 2001
- BET on Jazz
- Central European Media Enterprises - 75% equity holding; sold to PPF in August 2020.
- Chilevisión - sold to Paramount Networks Americas in 2021.
- Comedy Central (50% with Viacom) - sold its stake in 2003; currently owned by Paramount Global.
- CourtTV - brand name and pre-2008 original programming library acquired by Katz Broadcasting/E. W. Scripps Company in December 2018.
- Crunchyroll - sold to Sony's joint venture anime division Funimation, run by Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex, in 2021; the merged company was branded entirely as Crunchyroll, LLC in 2022, with the Funimation name continuing to be used for its streaming service until the merger is completed.
- VRV - included in the sale and also folded into Crunchyroll
- Discovery Digital Networks - sold to Group Nine Media in 2016
- Discovery Education - majority stake sold to Francisco Partners in 2018 and Clearlake Capital in 2022
- E! - Time Warner's stake acquired by Comcast and The Walt Disney Company in 1997.
- Game Show Network, LLC — 42% stake acquired by co-owner Sony Pictures Television in 2019.
- GameTap - sold to Metaboli in 2008, later closed in 2010.
- Great American Country - sold to GAC Media in 2021 and rebranded as GAC Family
- Gunpowder & Sky - spun-off [citation needed]
- Hello Sunshine (joint venture with Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rodsky and Emerson Creative) - sold
- HowStuffWorks - sold to Blucora in 2014
- Hulu (10% stake) - sold to Hulu, LLC, but was allocated between The Walt Disney Company (7%) and Comcast (3%); Disney acquired majority interest (67%) of Hulu with Comcast as minority partner (33%) in 2019 until early 2024, when Disney acquired the remaining interest in Hulu.
- LazyTown Entertainment - sold to Magnús Scheving in 2024.
- Lumiere Pictures and Television – minority stake from 1995 to 1996; sold to UGC and Groupe Canal+ in 1996
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - between 1967 and 1969 was owned by Time Inc. as a shareholder; briefly owned by Turner Broadcasting System in 1986; sold back to Kirk Kerkorian later that year and currently owned by Amazon (through Amazon MGM Studios), while the pre-May 1986 library was retained by Turner Entertainment Co.
- National Kinney Corporation - spun-off in 1978 and renamed as Andal Corporation
- New York Cosmos
- New Form Digital - Sold by Whistle in 2019
- Particular Crowd[33] - spun-off in 2023.
- Panavision
- Pittsburgh Pirates (48% with John W. Galbreath)
- Playdemic - sold to Electronic Arts in 2021
- PlayON! Sports Network
- Sea World (Gold Coast) - 50% stake bought out by Village Roadshow Theme Parks in 2006 along with Wet 'N' Wild Gold Coast and Warner Bros Movie World.
- Six Flags - acquired by Premier Parks in 1998.
- SourceFed Studios - Sold to Group Nine Media, closed in 2017
- Seeker - Sold to Group Nine Media.
- The Burbank Studios - re-acquired by Worthe Real Estate Group, QuadReal Property Group and Stockbridge Capital Group in 2024[34]
- The Smoking Gun
- SportSouth - acquired by Fox Cable Networks in 1996 and relaunched as Fox Sports South.
- TestTube - Sold by NowThis News renamed NowThis Originals
- Time Inc. - spun-off in 2014, then acquired by Meredith Corporation in 2018, and later acquired by IAC's Dotdash in 2021.
- IPC Media
- Time4 Media - formerly Times Mirror magazines group purchased from Tribune Company, sold to Bonnier Group & World Publications
- Transworld Magazine Corporation
- Popular Science
- Marine Group
- Time4Outdoors
- Mountain Sports Media
- The Parenting Group Inc. - Time, Inc. magazine group; sold to Bonnier and World Publications
- Family Life - sold to Time Warner in 1999; closed down in 2001
- Time Life
- Time-Life Films - sold to Columbia Pictures Television in 1981; library currently owned by HBO.
- Talent Associates
- Time–Life Records
- Time-Life Films - sold to Columbia Pictures Television in 1981; library currently owned by HBO.
- Time Warner Book Group - sold to Hachette Livre in 2006
- Time Warner Cable - spun-off in 2009 and has been acquired by Charter Communications in 2016.
- TMZ - sold to Fox Corporation in 2021.
- TT Centroid - moved to Pinewood Studios and spun off in 2008
- TriStar Pictures - joint venture with CBS and Columbia Pictures. In December 1986, HBO sold TriStar to Columbia Pictures.
- truTV UK and Ireland
- Turner South - acquired by Fox Cable Networks in 2006 and relaunched as SportSouth.
- TW Telecom - spun off in 1998, acquired by Level 3 Communications Inc. in 2014
- Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment - joint venture with American Express; became MTV Networks and sold to Viacom in 1986
- Cable Music Channel - sold by Turner to Warner-Amex, then closed down and replaced with VH1
- Warner Bros. Movie World Gold Coast - 50% stake in the park bought out by Village Roadshow Theme Parks in 2006 along with Wet 'n' Wild Gold Coast and Sea World.
- Warner Bros. Movie World Germany
- Warner Bros. Ranch - sold to Stockbridge Capital Group[35][36][37]
- Warner Music Group - spun-off in 2004, then acquired by Access Industries in 2011, and later spun-off again into an IPO in 2020
- Warner Advanced Media Operations - acquired by Cinram International in 2003
- WEA Manufacturing - acquired by Cinram International in 2003
- Wet'n'Wild Water World - 50% in the park bought out by Village Roadshow Theme Parks in 2006 along with Warner Bros. Movie World and Sea World.
- WPCH-TV - sold to Meredith Corporation in 2017 and later acquired by Gray Television in 2021.
Dormant or shuttered
[edit]These are Warner Bros. Discovery divisions which have been closed or folded into another part of the company.
- 3net - 3D television channel jointly owned with Sony and IMAX Corporation; operated from 2011 to 2014
- 7food network
- AT&T SportsNet - shut down on October 21, 2023[38][39]
- AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh - sold to Fenway Sports Group
- AT&T SportsNet Southwest - sold to a joint venture between the Houston Rockets and Houston Astros (50% stake)
- AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain - ceased operations at the end of 2023
- Root Sports Northwest (29% stake with Baseball Club of Seattle, LP) - had sold its stake to the Mariners in January 2024[40]
- Adult Swim Games
- Big Pixel Studios
- AIMS Multimedia - acquired by Discovery Education in 2004
- Altschul Group Corporation - acquired by Discovery Education in 2003
- FilmFair Communications
- Animal Planet Italy
- Associated Artists Productions - bought 1933–1957 Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye cartoons and pre-1950 WB library in 1956; the latter library would find its way back to Warner ownership in 1996 as part of the Turner merger (which also incorporated the Popeye cartoons)
- Animalist
- Achievement Hunter - closed in 2023
- Bamzu.com
- Beme Inc. - merged into CNN Digital Studios in 2018
- Boomerang Germany - closed in 2018 and replaced by Boomerang CEE with German advertisements.
- Boomerang (Latin America) - closed in 2021 and replaced by Cartoonito (Latin America)
- Brut Productions - acquired by Turner Broadcasting System from Faberge Inc. in 1982; library currently owned by Turner Entertainment Co.
- Beyond The Lot
- C4
- California Video Center
- Canal 8 Sport
- Cartoonito (Spain)
- Cartoon Network (Spain) - Shut down in 2013 and replaced by the Spanish version of Boing
- Cartoon Network Too
- Cartoon On-Air
- Castle Rock Television - Folded into Warner Bros. Television
- China Entertainment Television - 36% stake held by Turner Broadcasting System; ceased broadcasting in 2016
- Clearvue & SVE - acquired by Discovery Education in 2006
- CNN Airport
- CNN Checkout Channel
- CNNfn
- CNN Philippines (Nine Media Corporation and Radio Philippines Network) (closed on February 1, 2024 and replaced by RPTV)
- CNN Pipeline
- CNN/SI
- CNN+ (in conjunction with CNN Worldwide) - second incarnation; shut down on April 28, 2022
- CNN+ (Spanish TV network) - first incarnation; joint venture with Sogecable
- CNN Money Switzerland - joint venture with MediaGo
- Cartoon Network Extreme (CNX)
- Crime Library
- DC Entertainment - folded into DC Comics in 2023[15][41]
- DC Vertigo
- DC Universe (SVOD) - shut down with catalog absorbed into HBO Max and spun off into DC Universe Infinite on January 21, 2021
- Discovery Channel Multimedia
- Discovery Channel Radio
- Discovery Channel Romania
- Discovery Civilization
- Discovery Family (France) - shut down in 2022
- Discovery Family Go - shut down on May 2, 2022
- Discovery Films
- Discovery Geschichte
- Discovery Health Channel
- Discovery Home & Health Southeast Asia
- Discovery Home & Health UK
- Discovery Kids Australia
- Discovery Kids UK
- Discovery People
- Discovery Real Time
- Discovery Real Time France
- Discovery Science CEEMEA - shut down on January 5, 2024
- Discovery Science France - shut down on February 26, 2024; replaced by TLC
- Discovery Shed
- Discovery Travel & Living
- Discovery Wings
- Discovery World Europe
- DKids
- DMAX MENA
- Dplay - replaced in available regions by Discovery+
- DTX - shut down on January 5, 2024
- DramaFever - shut down in 2018
- eleveneleven
- Esporte Interativo - TV channels shut down in 2018; brand replaced by TNT Sports in 2021
- Eurosport 360°
- Eurosport 2 Xtra (Portugal)
- Eurosport News
- Eurosport Player - replaced in available regions by Discovery+
- Eurosport Plus
- FandangoNOW
- Festival
- FilmBuff
- FilmStruck - shut down in 2018
- Fine Living Europe
- Fine Living Italy
- First National Pictures - acquired by Warner Bros. in 1928 and closed in 1936
- FitTV
- Food Network (New Zealand)
- Four
- Fullscreen, Inc. - team laid off and company absorbed into WBD Ad Sales[42]
- McBeard
- Reelio
- Funhaus - Closed in 2024
- GCN+ and GCN app - closed on December 19, 2023[43]
- Glitz - closed on February 29, 2024
- Global Digital Media Xchange
- Golf World (magazine)
- GolfTV - dissolved into Discovery+ in 2022
- Good Food
- GXT
- Hanna-Barbera - absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation
- Hanna-Barbera Home Video
- Hanna-Barbera Poland
- HBO Animation
- HBO Defined (India)
- HBO Now - replaced/dissolved by HBO Max
- HBO Downtown Productions — dissolved in 2001; pre-1992 library owned by HBO
- HBO Hits (India)
- HBO Independent Productions
- HBO Netherlands - joint venture with Ziggo
- HBO Go - replaced by HBO Max in the United States, Latin America, Nordics, Spain, Portugal, Central and Eastern Europe, still active in Asian countries, would be folded and converted into simply Max which merging HBO Max and Discovery+ in late-2024
- HBO NYC Productions (formerly called HBO Showcase) - folded into HBO Films
- HBO Home Entertainment - transferred and folded into Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in 2019
- HBO Latin America Group - transferred and folded into Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America Group
- HBO Kids - discontinued on February 29, 2024
- Headstrong Pictures
- HOOQ (streaming service joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Singtel) - shut down on 30 April 2020 due to liquidation and eventually sold to Coupang in July 2020 to form the nucleus of its streaming service named Coupang Play
- I.Sat - closed on February 29, 2024
- In2TV - joint venture between AOL and Warner Bros. Television, integrated into AOL Video in December 2006
- iStreamPlanet - shuttered in 2023[44]
- Lorimar Film Entertainment
- Monogram Pictures/Allied Artists Pictures Corporation - sold to Lorimar in 1979; post-August 17, 1946 library currently owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Interstate Television - founded in early 1950s as the TV arm of Allied Artists, became Allied Artists Television in 1960s and was folded into Lorimar with the rest of AAPC in 1979
- Monogram Pictures/Allied Artists Pictures Corporation - sold to Lorimar in 1979; post-August 17, 1946 library currently owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Lorimar Home Video - folded into Warner Home Video in 1988
- Lorimar Records
- Lorimar Television
- Rankin/Bass Productions - post-1974 library currently owned by Warner Bros.
- ZIV International - acquired by Lorimar Productions in 1982; the library contents were sold to Coral Pictures in 1986.
- Machinima, Inc. - merged into Fullscreen in 2019
- Momlogic
- Mondo Mah-jong TV - ceased broadcasting on March 31, 2022, due to the closure of the platform that carried the channel.
- MotorTrend+ (subscription streaming service) - closing at the end of March 2024, with most of its subscribers and programming migrating to Discovery+ and Max[45]
- MuchMusic - closed on February 29, 2024
- National General Pictures - sold to Warner Bros. in 1973
- Nelson Entertainment - acquired by New Line Cinema in 1991; library currently owned by Amazon MGM Studios (via Orion Pictures)
- Embassy Home Entertainment - former divisions of its sister company, Embassy Pictures
- Galactic Films, Inc.
- Spikings Corporation
- Charter Entertainment
- New Line Home Entertainment - Folded into Warner Home Video
- New Line Television - Folded into Warner Bros. Television
- New Line Television Pay-Per-View - Folded into Warner Bros. Television Distribution
- Oh!K
- Outright Distribution
- Otter Media - closed on April 8, 2022
- Pathé UK
- People's Court Raw
- Picturehouse - renamed from Fine Line Features in 2005, then closed in 2008; reopened in 2013 as an independent studio
- Prime Time Entertainment Network
- Quest Arabiya
- Quibi - Minority stake; shut down.
- Red by HBO (24/7 Asian cinema channel; joint venture with Mei Ah Entertainment) - ceased broadcasting on July 1, 2021
- Revision3
- Rev3Games
- What's the Big Deal?
- Rooster Teeth - shut down in 2024
- Rooster Teeth Animation
- Rooster Teeth Studios[46]
- Rooster Teeth Games
- Setanta Sports Asia
- Seven Arts Productions
- Shed Productions - folded into Wall to Wall
- Snowblind Studios - merged into Monolith Productions in 2012
- Stage 13 - closed in 2022.[47]
- Screwattack - Folded into Death Battle
- Studio T - combined Turner brand name for TBS Productions and TNT Productions; dissolved in 2019
- Super Deluxe
- TBS (Latin America) - closed in 2023 and replaced by TNT Novelas
- TCM Movies
- ThreeLife
- Tabi Tele - ceased broadcasting on March 31, 2022, due to the closure of the platform that carried the channel.
- Take 2
- Toonami (channels in India, Southeast Asia, and UK & Ireland)
- TNT Sweden - closed in 2019
- TruTV (Latin America) - closed in 2023 and replaced by Adult Swim (Latin America)
- Turner Broadcasting System - closed in 2019
- Turner Broadcasting System Latin America
- Turner International Argentina
- Turner Classic Movies 2
- Turner Classic Movies (Asia)
- Turner Classic Movies (Northern Europe)
- Turner Home Entertainment - folded into Warner Home Video as an in-name-only unit in December 1996
- Turner Pictures - folded into Warner Bros.
- Turner Program Services - folded into Warner Bros. Television Distribution
- Vivolta (20% stake)
- Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV, Cable & Network Features - a former division of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution that licensed Warner Bros. feature films, television series, miniseries, TV films, and specials to the pay television and basic cable markets, as well as feature films to the broadcast networks. Formed in 1994, It was re-organized in 2001 as “Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution”, before folding into Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in 2008
- Warner Bros. Family Entertainment - closed in 2009
- Warner Bros. Feature Animation
- Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics - closed in 2022
- Warner Bros. Jungle Habitat
- Warner Bros. Studio Store
- WB Channel
- Watershed Television
- Warner Horizon Scripted Television - merged into Warner Bros. Television Studios in 2020
- WarnerMax - short-lived film production company joint venture Warner Bros. and HBO Max, it closed down in October 2020
- Warner Independent Pictures - closed in 2008
- Warner Premiere - closed in 2013
- Warner Premiere Digital
- Raw Feed
- Warner Alliance - a now-defunct contemporary Christian music division owned by Warner Music Group, which operated until 1998. The company was dissolved by Warner purchasing Word Entertainment.
- Warner Leisure, Inc. - 80% stake; previously known as Leisure Development Corp. of America; closed in 1985
- Warner Resound - a now-defunct Christian division of Warner Music Group, focused on distributing Christian music and media, as well as products from other artists like Vigilantes of Love and The Call. The company largely became dormant after Word Entertainment was sold to Warner Music Group.
- Weintraub Entertainment Group - 15% stake previously held by Columbia Pictures
- The WB - 64% joint venture with Tribune Broadcasting; closed in 2006.
- World Championship Wrestling (WCW) - video library, selected wrestler contracts and other intellectual property sold to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc., now known as WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), through its subsidiary W. Acquisition Company (which was subsequently renamed WCW Inc. following the sale) in 2001.
- Yalli Productions
See also
[edit]References
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