Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors

1978–1986

Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors was a UK-based film distribution company that was formed in the 1970's as a result of a partnership between Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures and EMI Films.

1981

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Columbia–Cannon-Warner Distributors

After Cannon Films acquired EMI Films, it took over the partnership from 1986 to 1988 when all three parties dissolved the unit with Columbia and Warner now starting to distribute films in the UK and Ireland on their own.

1986–1988

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◄	EMI Film Distributors

Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors

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Vivendi

Current assets

Telecommunications: GVT | Maroc Telecom | Tele2 (France) | Era

Notes

¹	Joint venture with Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Sony Pictures Entertainment

Part of Sony

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Sony Pictures Kids Zone | Kartoon Studios (7%)

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions:
Destination Films | Affirm Films | Stage 6 Films

Sony Channel: Latin America

Sony Movies: Latin America | United States (Sony Cine)

Other US Networks: Great Entertainment Television

Video-on-demand: Crunchyroll | Sony Networks | Sony One | Sony Pictures Core

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Sony Pictures Networks India

Part of Sony Pictures Entertainment

Indian TV channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Sony TV ^HD, Sony Sab ^HD and Sony Pal | Movies: Sony Max ^HD (Other), Sony Max 1, Sony Max 2 and Sony Wah | Kids: Sony Yay
English: Movies: Sony Pix ^HD | Knowledge: Sony BBC Earth ^{HD, 1}
Regional languages: Bengali: Sony Aath | Marathi: Sony Marathi

Sony Sports Network: Sony Sports Ten 1 ^HD, Sony Sports Ten 2 ^HD, Sony Sports Ten 3 ^HD (Hindi), Sony Sports Ten 4 ^HD (Tamil and Telugu), Sony Sports Ten 5 ^HD

International channels: SET (Asia) | Sony KAL

Video-on-demand: SonyLIV

Defunct channels:
English entertainment: AXN ^HD | Hindi music: Sony Rox HD and Sony Mix | English movies: Sony Le Plex HD | Kids: Animax (India) | Sports: Sony Six, Sony Kix, Sony Ten Golf HD and Sony ESPN ^{HD, 2}

Content production arm: Studio NEXT
Film production: Sony Pictures Networks Productions

Notes:
¹Joint venture with BBC Studios.
²Was a joint venture with ESPN.

Other channels: Crunchyroll Channel | Game Show Network³ (Game Show Central) | Lifetime (Latin America)⁴ | FMN (Indonesia)⁵

Sony Pictures Experiences:
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema | Columbia Pictures Aquaverse | Wonderverse

Video-on-demand: Southeast Asia and India: HOOQ¹³ | United States: VRV | Funimation

Video-on-demand: Crackle

Other: Sony Pictures DVD Center

Notes

¹	Co-owned with Aniplex.
²	Formerly co-owned with Skybound.
³	Formerly co-owned with AT&T; Sony acquired AT&T’s stake of GSN in 2019.
⁴	Joint venture with A+E Networks.
⁵	Joint venture with Dori Media Group.
⁶	Co-owned with Nippon Television.
⁷	Transferred to Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 2001 and renamed to Aniplex in 2003.
⁸	Joint venture with Gaumont.
⁹	Joint venture with IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery
¹⁰	Under license from Warner Bros. Discovery.
¹¹	Sold to Duo Media Networks (Postimees Grupp).
¹²	Joint venture with ESPN.
¹³	Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery and Singtel.
¹⁴	Sold to KC Global Media Entertainment.
¹⁵	Sold to Narrative Entertainment.
¹⁶	Sold to SPI International.
¹⁷	Sold to National Media Group.
¹⁸	Sold to Antenna Group.
¹⁹	Under license from Viasat.
²⁰	Sold to Nojima.
²¹	Sold to JVM Holding.
²²	Joint venture with HarperCollins.
²³	Sold to Sastisfaction Group.
²⁴	Sold to High View Group.
²⁵	Sold to Eastern Television.
²⁶	Sold to Studio 100
²⁷	Co-onwed by The Coca-Cola Company
²⁸	Sold to Hasbro
²⁹	Assets acquired by WYNIT Distribution LLC.
³⁰	Joint venture with Warner Bros. Studios
³¹	Joint venture with LBS Communications, Inc.
³²	Joint venture with Thorn EMI, Warner Bros. and Cannon Films

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Amazon MGM Studios

Part of Amazon

Predecessors
Metro Pictures | Goldwyn Pictures | Louis B. Mayer Productions
MGM/UA Communications Company | MGM Holdings | Amazon Studios

Notes

¹	Co-owned with Comcast.
²	Co-owned with Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, The Walt Disney Company Latin America and Globosat.
³	Sold to Mediaset.
⁴	Joint venture with Annapurna Pictures.
⁵	Minority stake.
⁶	Co-owned with Gaumont.
⁷	Joint venture with Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures.
⁸	Joint venture with Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Warner Bros. Discovery

Predecessors

Other assets:
Fandango Media (assets)¹¹ | The Wolper Organization | Turner Entertainment Co. | Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures | WaterTower Music

Specialty streaming:
Discovery VR

Other assets:
Warner Bros. Digital Networks (OneFifty | Stage 13 | Uninterrupted) | Food.com | Discovery Digital Studios

CNN Worldwide
U.S. domestic networks
CNN

Former channels
CNN-D (Germany) | CNN Philippines (English) | CNN+ (TV channel)³² (Spanish) | CNN Airport | CNN Checkout Channel

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HBO

Part of Warner Bros. Discovery

Other assets
HBO Go | HBO Max (Belgium & the Netherlands)

Upcoming programming
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | It: Welcome to Derry

¹15% with Robert Johnson, BET executives and shareholders, Taft Television & Radio Company and Liberty Media/Tele-Communications Inc., sold its stake in 1996.
²50% with Viacom (1990-2003).
³Joint venture with CBS and Columbia Pictures. In December 1986, TriStar was sold to Columbia Pictures.
⁴Joint venture with Mei Ah Entertainment.
⁵Co-owned by Bell Media.
⁶Co-owned by Sky Network Television.

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Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America

Part of Warner Bros. Discovery

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Ole Distribution

Joint-venture between Warner Bros. Discovery and Ole Communications

A+E Networks Latin America
A&E | History Channel | History 2 | Lifetime

Sony Pictures Television Networks Latin America
Sony Channel | Sony Movies | AXN

Others:
IVC Network | One Baseball Network

¹ Most channels distributed in Spanish-speaking Latin America by Ole Distribution. Brazil distribution and marketing are handled by Globo; except for Universal+, E! and DreamWorks, whose Brazilian versions are also operated by NBCUIN&DTC LATAM and distributed by Ole Distribution
² Except in Mexico, where distribution are handled by Televisa Networks

Streaming services:
Max

¹Licensed to Novus Mídia.
²Licensed to Carey Media Group.
³Under license from NBCUniversal (Comcast).
⁴Sold to ViacomCBS.

Benelux: Discovery Channel | Cartoon Network | TLC (NL | BE)

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TVN Warner Bros. Discovery

Part of Warner Bros. Discovery

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Former part of Grupa ITI and TVN Group
Succeeded by: nc+ (2013–2019) | Platforma Canal+ (2019–2020) | Canal+ (2020–present)

Notes

	All assets defunct unless otherwise specified
¹	Replaced by Canal+ Family
²	Replaced by Canal+ Family 2
³	Replaced by nPremium HD
⁴	Replaced by nPremium 3 HD
⁵	Renamed to Canal+ Sport 5
⁶	Spun off by Grupa ITI

Notes

¹	Joint venture with Canal+ Group and Liberty Global.
²	Acquired from Grupa ITI, sold to Ringier Axel Springer Polska.
³	Acquired from Grupa ITI, merged with Cyfra+.

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Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand

Part of Warner Bros. Discovery

Free-to-air television
Three | Bravo¹ | eden | Rush | HGTV

Services
ThreeNews³ | ThreeNow

Defunct
Food Network | ThreeLife

Former
The Edge | The Breeze | Newshub²

Notes
¹Co-owned with NBCUniversal
²Replaced by ThreeNews
³Produced by Stuff
⁴Co-owned with Sky Network Television

TNT Sports
U.S. television networks:
NBA TV | MLB Network (16.67%)¹⁶ | Motor Trend

International networks:
TNT Sports:
Argentina (Premium) | Brazil | Chile (Basic, Premium) | Mexico
UK & Ireland²⁸ (1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Ultimate | Box Office | Box Office 2 | Films)

Content sales & distribution:
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution | Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment (Studio Distribution Services²⁷)

Notes

¹	Minority stake, co-owned by Lantern Entertainment and Lionsgate Entertainment Corporation.
²	Joint venture with Liberty Global.
³	12.5% stake co-owned with Paramount, the remaining 75% stake is owned by Nexstar Media Group.
⁴	Joint venture with Harpo Studios.
⁵	Majority stake, co-owned by Nexstar Media Group.
⁶	Joint venture with Chip and Joanna Gaines.
⁷	Joint venture with Hasbro.
⁸	Co-owned by Corus Entertainment.
⁹	Co-owned by Rogers Communications.
¹⁰	Co-owned by Bell Media.
¹¹	Minority stake. Co-owned with Holding Bethia.
¹²	Co-owned/under license by NBCUniversal (Comcast).
¹³	Joint venture with Columbia Pictures.
¹⁴	Joint venture with Mei Ah Entertainment.
¹⁵	Joint venture with Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
¹⁶	Joint venture with Nine Entertainment Co..
¹⁷	Minority stake, co-owned by Major League Baseball, NBCUniversal (Comcast), Charter Communications and Cox Communications.
¹⁸	Co-owned by Novus Mídia.
¹⁹	Co-owned by Trans Media (CT Corp).
²⁰	Co-owned by TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited).
²¹	Co-owned by Nine Media Corporation.
²²	Co-owned by FTV Prima.
²³	Co-owned by TV Asahi Holdings Corporation.
²⁴	Joint venture with ProSiebenSat.1 Media.
²⁵	Joint venture with National Media Group.
²⁶	Minority stake, co-owned by Canal+ Group (Vivendi) and Liberty Global.
²⁷	Joint venture with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
²⁸	Joint venture with BT.
²⁹	Co-owned by Mediaset.
³⁰	Co-owned by Seven West Media.
³¹	Joint venture with Media Capital.
³²	Joint venture with PRISA.
³³	Joint venture with Intact Media Group.
³⁴	Joint venture with SRMG.
³⁵	Joint venture with Ole Communications.
³⁶	Joint venture with Nelvana.
³⁷	Joint venture with Carey Media Holdings.
³⁸	Co-owned by Sky Network Television.
³⁹	Owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
⁴⁰	Co-owned by Scholastic.
⁴¹	Joint venture with Columbia Pictures, Thorn EMI and Cannon Films.