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INTRODUCTIONTime Warner Inc. is an American multinational media corporation headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. As of mid-2010, it was the world’s second largest media and entertainment conglomerate in terms of revenue (behind The Walt Disney Company), as well as the world’s largest media conglomerate.Warner Bros. is an American producer of film, television, and music entertainment. One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York. Warner Bros. has several subsidiary companies, including Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, TheWB.com, and DC Entertainment. Warner owns half of The CW Television Network. Warner Bros. businesses range from feature film and TV to home entertainment production and worldwide distribution to home video, digital distribution, animation, comic books, licensing and international cinemas and broadcasting.

HISTORY◦ Warner brothers was founded on April 4th 1923 by the brothers Albert, Sam, Harry

and Jack. ◦ The company became famous for it’s release of the world’s first synchronised

feature film referred to as a ‘talkie.’ ◦ Since that moment it has amassed an impressive legacy based on world class

quality entertainment and technological foresight. This created diversity for the company.

◦ The company was one of the first to produce a number of socially significant films about topical issues.

◦Most successful theatre company in history.

COMPANY STRUCTURE• A fully integrated, broad based entertainment company and a global leader in the creation. • It is one of the most prestigious and valuable companies in the world. • Consists of more than 61,000 hours of programming. • 6500 feature films • 3000 television programmes and tens of thousands of individual episodes. • Employee population is around 20,000 • Operating offices in more than 30 countries.

WARNER BROTHER SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES:WARNER BRO PICTURES

has been at the forefront of the motion picture industry since its inception and continues to be a leading creative force in the industry. Warner Bros. Pictures produces and distributes a wide-ranging slate of some 18-22 films each year, employing a business paradigm that mitigates risk while maximizing productivity and capital. Warner Bros. Pictures either fully finances or co-finances the films it produces and maintains worldwide distribution rights. It also monetizes its distribution and marketing operations by distributing films that are totally financed and produced by others. Current multi-faceted co-financing joint ventures include those with Village Roadshow Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment and Legendary Pictures. Warner Bros. Pictures also has a distribution, co-financing deal with Alcon Entertainment. New Line Cinema is a part of warner bros pictures group, Building on more than four decades of innovation and creativity, New Line Cinema continues its long and successful history of producing critically acclaimed hit films that resonate with both mainstream and niche audiences around the world. The Pictures group also include the Warner Brothers Pictures International;

WARNER BROS. PICTURES INTERNATIONAL is a global leader in the marketing and distribution of feature films, operating offices in more than 30 countries and releasing films in over 120 international territories, either directly to theatres or in conjunction with partner companies and co-ventures. WBPI meets worldwide tastes and demands with a diverse mix of filmed entertainment produced primarily by Warner Bros. Pictures but also generated or co-financed by such entities as Castle Rock Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, Alcon Entertainment and Legendary Pictures, among others. It has has pioneered a number of initiatives and strategies that anticipate tremendous growth and change within the global entertainment marketplace.In 2012, the Warner Bros. Pictures Group grossed $4.3 billion at the worldwide box office ($1.66 billion domestic, $2.67 international) with both its domestic and international divisions crossing the billion-dollar mark for a 12th consecutive year, a feat unmatched by any other studio. The Pictures Group has exceeded $4 billion globally for four consecutive years, also a milestone no other studio has ever achieved.

Warner bros home entertainmentWarner Bros. Entertainment created WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT (WBHE) to bring together all of its businesses involved in the delivery of home entertainment content to consumers. Warner Bros. Home Video is the industry leader with a 21% market share in total DVD and Blu-ray sales. Warner Bros Home Entertainment also remains the category leader, working across platforms and outlets in the digital realm with video-on-demand, branded channels, original content, anti-piracy technology and broadband & wireless destinations. Each year Warner Bros Pictures produces between 18 and 22 films. Warner Bros has produced more than 50 television series in the 2012-2013 television seasons alone. The Home Entertainment group consists of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Television group.

Warner Brothers as a distribution company Part of the Warner Bros. WBDD also distributes content through third party digital retailers and licensees. A worldwide industry leader since its inception, WBDD manages the Studio’s e-commerce sites that include WBShop.com and WarnerArchive.com. WBDD is further charged with managing the Studio’s retail and consumer transition of product produced by Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment from a purely packaged distribution scheme to one that supports both packaged and digital distribution, as well as both standard and high definition formats.Warner Bros. Animation is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, with an innovative and talent-rich roster boasting some of the most accomplished writers, producers and artists working today. WBA is home to the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries. Warner Bros has also seamlessly incorporated DC Comics content into Warner Bros. Entertainment via the creation of the DC Entertainment division, which was founded in 2009. DC Entertainment, which is wholly owned by the Company, is responsible for bringing the stories and characters from the DC Comics, Vertigo and MAD Magazine publishing portfolios into other Warner Bros. content and distribution businesses, including feature films, television programming, video games, direct-to-consumer platforms and consumer products. The DC Comics imprint, home to such iconic characters as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern, has launched digital versions of its top comic book and graphic novel titles, making them available for download on digital platforms.

Famous movies by Warner Brothers.

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