PART II

MULTINATIONAL MEDIA COMPANIES

Global Media Giants

FIRST TIER

lNews Corporation (Australia)

lAOL/Time Warner (US)

lDisney (US)

lBertelsmann (Germany)

lViacom (US)

SECOND TIER

lPolyGram (Philips - Dutch)

lNBC/GE - US

lVivendi (Universal/ Seagram - French)

lSony (Japan)

lTCI (US)

International Music Industry

lVivendi UMG – France

lSony/BMG/CBS – Japan/Germany

lEMI – UK

lWarner – US

lViacom MTV - US

News Corporation

l132 newspapers – England, US, Australia

l20th Century Fox studios

lFox network

l22 U.S. TV stations

l25 magazines (TV Guide)

lbook publishing interests – Harper Collins

lglobal cable networks

lU.K. Sky Radio

lFox News

lAsian Star TV

lDirecTV

lBritish Sky Broadcasting

llarge stake in several digital satellite systems

lIndia’s Zee TV

lEl Canal Fox (Latin America)

AOL/Time Warner

l24 magazines (Time, People, Sports Illustrated)

lbook publishing (Time Life Books)

lWarner Music Group

lWarner Brothers film studio

lNew Line Cinema

lWB network

lmotion picture theaters

lDC comics

lcable networks (HBO, Cinemax, CNN, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network)

ltheme parks

lretail stores

lcable systems

lbroadcasting ventures in Germany, New Zealand, Asia

lAtlanta Hawks and Atlanta Braves

lAmerica On-Line

Disney

lmajor film, video, and TV production studios

ltheme parks

lretail stores and consumer products

lthree music labels

lbook publishing

lABC TV and radio networks

l10 TV stations in U.S.

lCable channels (Disney, ESPN, part of A&E, History, E!)

lnewspaper and magazine publishing

lpart ownership in 5 European commercial TV companies

lAnaheim hockey team

lComcast purchase?

lPixar merging?

lCitadel radio stations

Viacom

l13 U.S. TV stations

lcable TV networks (MTV, Nickelodeon, Showtime)

lproduction studios including Paramount Pictures and Spelling Entertainment

l*Blockbuster Video and Music

l5 theme parks

lInfinity Broadcasting

lmajor book publishing (Simon & Schuster, MacMillan)

lUPN TV network

l1/2 ownership USA cable network

lCBS Corp.

lCBS network, 16 TV stations, King World, 5 cable networks, 163 radio stations, radio network

Bertelsmann

lMajor recording studios (BMG, Arista & RCA)

lGerman TV channels

lDutch, French, British, Swedish, Czech TV channels

l18 European radio stations

lPay cable networks

lMultimedia Internet services

l40 book publishing houses in German, French, and English (Random House, Bantam & Doubleday)

lbook and record clubs (Barnes and Noble)

lover 100 magazines

lNewspapers

lSampdoria (Italian soccer club

Other Major Players

Vivendi (French)

Vivendi Universal Music Group (UMG)

            Seagram – Canada

USA nets (USA, Sci-Fi, HSN)

            Expedia

Ticketmaster

            Canal Plus

            Pay cable across Europe

lSony (Japan) – Columbia Pictures, CBS Records, BMG Records, MGM?

lPolyGram (Philips)

lGeneral Electric (US) – NBC, PAX TV, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Europe, Universal Studios

lTCI (US)

cable TV, cable TV, cable TV

20% Primestar

equity in many cable channels (Discovery, QVC, Court TV, Home Shopping Net, BET

North American Second Tier Firms

lThomson - Canada

lHollinger - Canada

lRogers - Canada

lDreamWorks

lWestinghouse

lDow Jones

lGannett

lKnight-Ridder

lNew York Times

lTimes-Mirror

lWashington Post Co.

lTribune Co.

lReaders Digest

lHearst

lMcGraw-Hill

lAdvance Publications

lComcast

lCablevision Systems

lCox Enterprises

Western European Second Tier Firms

lKirch Group - Germany

lAxel Springer - Germany

lVerlagsgruppe - Germany

lMediaset - Italy

lRCS Editori Spa - Italy

lCanal Plus –France

lMatra Hachette - France

lHavas -France

lTelevision Francais 1 (TF1) - France

lLagardere/Hachette - France

lReed Elsevier - Dutch

lWolters Kluwer - Dutch

lVNU - Dutch

lKinnevik - Sweden

lPrisa Group - Spain

lAntena 3 - Spain

lCarlton Comm. - Britain

lGranada Group - Britain

lPearson - Britain

lBBC - Britain

lReuters - Britain

lUnited News and Media - Britain

lEMI - Britain

lCLT - European

The Rest of the Second Tier

lU.S. Metromedia - Central Europe

lCentral European Media Enterprises

lClarin - Argentina

lCisneros - Venezuela

lGlobo - Brazil

lTelevisa – Mexico - Univision

Emerging Telecomm./Computer Firms

lSBC/AT&T

lBell Atlantic

lMicrosoft

lU.S. West

lQVC

lSprint

lregional Bells

lBritish Telecomm

lNT&T (Japan)

lDeutsche Telekom

lFrance Telecom

lStet (Italy)

lTelefonica (Spain)

lMatsushita (Japan)

lNintendo (Japan)

lSega (Japan)

Conglomerate Advantages

lcost savings from fuller utilization of existing resources

lcross-selling and cross-promotion

lstrategic alliances with other marketing and retail powerhouses

ljoint ventures

loverlapping direct ownership

Conglomerate Disadvantages

*Too much control of media

lMonopoly over information and content

lControl over advertising

lAbility to keep new companies from entering market