Television Industry

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Television Industry

• ENCO 221

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Defining the industry

• O Os TV stations owned and operated by
  networks.
  
• Affiliates stations carry TV network programming
  but are not owned by networks
  
• Syndicates services that sell programming to
  broadcast stations and cable

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Disney

• Robert A. Iger, President and CEO

ABC ESPN SOAP NET ABC Family ABC Kids
Disney channel Touchstone Television Buena Vista
Television Walt Disney Television TOON Disney C
hannel
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Disney has equity interest in

• Lifetime entertainment
• A E
• E! Network

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General Electric
Jeffrey R. Immelt, Pres. and CEO of G. E.

• NBC (really NBC Universal)
• MSNBC
• Bravo
• CNBC
• SCI FI
• Sleuth
• USA

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General Electric has equity interest in

• A E
• The History Channel
• The Biography Channel
• National Geographic International
• Sundance Channel
• Tivo

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CBS

• Leslie Moonves, Pres. and CEO

CBS CW King World Showtime
Viacom spun off in 2005
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Viacom

• Phillippe P. Dauman, Pres CEO

BET Networks MTV VH1 Comedy Central CMT
Nickelodeon Nick at night SPIKE Noggin TV Land
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News Corporation

• Rupert Murdoch, Pres. and CEO

Fox FOX News FX Fox Movies
SPEED FUEL TV FSN National Geographic Channel
Also owns Myspace.com
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Time Warner

• Richard D. Parsons, Pres CEO

CNN Headline TBS Turner Classics Joint venture
for Court TV
CNN HBO Cinemax TNT Cartoon Network