Top 5 Media Conglomerates

Time Warner Inc. is the world's second largest media company with major Internet, publishing, film, telecommunications and television divisions after News Corporation. They are worth £37 billion and own a Host of brands and company's such as,

 HBO TV(Home Box Office)

 TCM & Cartoon Network

 CNN International

 Warner Bros Entertainment

• Most of Time Warner's brands and individual companies operate in the Television and broadcasting sector. Time Warner has decided to develop their current products such as Warner Bros to make the product appeal to wider range of audiences. Time Warner has recently merged with AOL in 2009 to attempt to create a global band and maximise their profits further. Time Warner Inc forecasted no profit growth in 2009. Due to weakening advertising sales that caused its fourth-quarter results to fall below Wall Street expectations.

¢  News Corporation is the world's third-largest media company (behind The Walt Disney Company and the Time Warner Company) as of 2008, and is the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009. The company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder is Rupert Murdoch. The news corp. Is worth £42 billion and own a Host of brands and company's such as,

The Sun

 Fox Broadcasting Company

 STAR TV

 20^th Century Fox Television

  The Wall Street Journal

¢  Most of The News Corporation’s brands and individual companies operate in the Television and Film industry. However, they also own a wide range of newspaper publications. The News corp. Are currently focusing on creating and developing new programs for the 20^th century fox for a wide range of audiences. The News Corp. Constructed a merger with the social network MySpace to create a new enterprise for the young audience. In 2009, The News Corporation’s profits collapsed by 47% due to the recession which caused a crunch in the news corps. Television and Newspaper businesses.

¢  Viacom short for "Video & Audio Communications", is a United States based media company with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television. As of 2010, it is the world's fourth-largest media conglomerate, behind The Walt Disney Company, Time Warner and News Corporation. Viacom is worth £27 billion and own a Host of brands and company's such as,

MTV (Music Television)

 Nickelodeon

 Paramount Pictures

 Comedy Central

• Nearly all of Viacom’s assets are within the Television Broadcasting industry. However they also own some brands within the internet market. Viacom are currently developing their ideas to provide cablevision for handhelds and most popularly the iPad. Viacom has recently created media frenzy by merging with one of the leading media companies, Paramount Pictures. Viacom posted a 15% rise in net income in 2009, due to cost cutting boosting ticket sales for the company's summer blockbuster movies whilst in recession.

Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minato,

Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media corporation. Sony is one of the leading

manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, video game consoles, and

information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. They are

worth around £45 billion and own a host of products such as,

•         Playstation
•         Blue-Ray DVD
•         Sony Ericsson
•         Panasonic

• All of Sony’s products are based within the Digital market, which makes them one of the most popular digital companies in the world. Sony is currently developing new and innovative within the television market by producing 3D TV’s. Sony recently merged with the phone manufactures Ericsson to create a global mobile phone brand, Sony Ericsson. In 2009, Sony’s profits plummeted by 95% due to the games division, which reported a 97% drop in operating profit, due to declining sales of PS3, PS2 and PSP hardware and PS2 and PSP software.

Vivendi is a French international media corporation with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications, the Internet, and video games. They are headquartered in Paris. They are worth £26 billion own a host of brands such as,

•         Universal Studios Hollywood
•         Universal Resort Orlando
•         NBC Universal Television
•    Universal Music Group (Def Jam Records)

• Most of Vivendi’s Products and brands are based within the digital entertainment sector. Vivendi are currently in progress of creating a range of music brands and labels. In 2007, Activision and Vivendi merged in order to create a video game giant. French telecoms and media giant Vivendi reported better-than-expected profits in 2009 after strong performances with its video games and mobile phone divisions as Sales of video games Guitar Hero and Call of Duty rose sharply.