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1981–1999[]

In 1981, PolyGram was started by Philips.

In 1999, it was sold to Seagram and merged into Seagram's Universal Music Group. Film and television assets were merged into Universal Pictures. In 2000, Vivendi acquired Seagram's media assets. Today, PolyGram's record labels are with Universal Music while Comcast division NBCUniversal owns the motion picture and TV operations.

In 2017, PolyGram had a revival and was named PolyGram Entertainment as a film and television production company.

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Universal Music Group

Owners: Tencent (20%) | Pershing Square Holdings (10%)

Interscope Capitol Labels Group
Capitol Music Group (Astralwerks | Blue Note Records | Capitol Records | G-Unit Records | Harvest Records | Motown | Priority Records | Tamla Records) | Interscope Geffen A&M Records (Geffen Records | Interscope Films | Interscope Records)

Capitol Christian Music Group
Capitol Christian Distribution | Capitol CMG Group (Credential Recordings | ForeFront Records | Motown Gospel | Sparrow Records | Worship Together) | EMI CMG Publishing (SoulStride Records) | Hillsong Music Australia | sixstepsrecords

Republic Corps.
Def Jam Recordings (Disturbing tha Peace) | Island Records | Republic Records (American Recordings | Aware Records | Brushfire Records | Casablanca Records | Cash Money Records | Federal Films | Lava Records | Mercury Records | Uptown Records | XO | Young Money Entertainment)

Universal Music Enterprises
Chronicles | Hip-O Records | UM3 | Universal Music Latin Entertainment | Universal Music Publishing Group (Universal Production Music | Killer Tracks | FirstCom Music | Koka Media | Kosinus | Focus Music | Paris Music) | Universal Music Recordings

Universal Music Group Nashville
MCA Nashville | Mercury Nashville | Capitol Records Nashville | EMI Records Nashville | Lost Highway | Republic Nashville

Universal Music UK
EMI Records | Polydor Records | Vertigo Records | Universal Music TV | Now That's What I Call Music!
Music channels: NOW 70s | NOW 80s | NOW 90s & 00s | NOW Rock | Clubland TV

Universal Music Australia
Island Records Australia | Mercury Records Australia | Modular Recordings | Central Station Records | Dew Process | Eleven | Golden Era Records | Liberation Music | Ministry of Sound Australia | Roadshow Music Group | ABC Music

Verve Label Group
Decca Records | Deutsche Grammophon | GRP Records | Philips Records | Verve Records | Verve Forecast Records

Virgin Music Group
Caroline Records | Fiction Records | Fontana Records | V2 Records | Virgin Records

Third-party labels/Other properties
Aftermath Entertainment | Back Lot Music | Big Machine Label Group (Big Machine Records | BMLG Records | Nash Icon Records | Valory Music) | Central Station | Concord Records (Loma Vista Recordings) | Cinematic Music Group | Disney Music Group (Walt Disney Records | Hollywood Records | Hoo-Bangin' Records | DMG Nashville | Buena Vista Records) | Downtown Records | Dreamville | EarDrummers | London Recordings | Opium | PolyGram Entertainment | Quality Control Music | Red Bull Records | Roc Nation | Shady Records | Top Dawg Entertainment | Universal Music Group Commercial Services | Varèse Sarabande | Vevo | YG Entertainment

Former/Defunct
10K Projects | 20th Century-Fox Records | ABC Records | Alamo Records | A&M Records | A&M Octone Records | A&M Video | Big Hit Entertainment | Blue Thumb Records | Chrysalis Records | Columbia Graphophone Company | Concord Music Group | Death Row Records | Def Jam South | Def Soul (Classics | UK) | Deram Records | DGC Records | DreamWorks Records | Dot Records | Dunhill Records | EMI | EMI America Records/EMI USA | Fallout Recordings | Fontana Distribution | Fox Music | GOOD Music | Gordy Records | I.R.S. Records | The Inc. Records | Independent Label Sales | International Music Feed | Ingrooves | The Island Def Jam Music Group | Island Records Group | The Island Trading Co. | Kapp Records | Manhattan Records | Mau5trap Recordings | MCA | MCA Records | MCA Soundtracks | Mercury Music Group | MGM Records | Nippon Phonogram | Paramount Records | Parlophone | Phonogram | Pickwick Records | PolyGram | PolyGram Music Video | Relativity Music Group | Rising Tide Records | Roc-A-Fella Records | Seagram's | Uni Records | Universal Records | Teen Island Records | Universal Motown Records | Universal Motown Republic Group | United Artists Records | UMG Soundtracks | Virgin EMI Records | Virgin Music

Universal Music Group

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Current assets

Banijay Group (19.21%) | Canal+ Group | Dailymotion | Havas | Lagardère (60%) | Prisma Media | Gruppo TIM (23.94%) | Gameloft

Former/defunct assets:
Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment | Sikora Entertainment | Vivendi Games (Mobile) | PolyGram | Seagram's | Universal Pictures | NBCUniversal | USA Networks Inc. | Activision | Activision Blizzard | MCA | Sierra Entertainment | Universal Interactive | Nelvana | RedOctane | Infinity Ward | Associated Film Distribution | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment | Thorn EMI Video | Thorn EMI/HBO Video | EMI Television Productions | Almi Pictures Productions | Neversoft | Embassy Film Associates | Treyarch | Veolia | Universal Music Group
Telecommunications: GVT | Maroc Telecom | Tele2 (France)

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Current assets:

Philips Avent | Philips Norelco | Philips Sonicare
Technologies: Blu-ray Disc¹ | Compact Cassette | Compact Disc¹ (CD Digital Audio | CD-i) | DVD¹ | LaserDisc² (CD Video)

Former/defunct assets:
Grundig | LG.Philips Displays³ | LG.Philips LCD ⁴ | Magnavox (Odyssey | Odyssey series | Odyssey²) | NXP Semiconductors | Philco | Philishave | PolyGram⁵ (Philips Records | Filmed Entertainment | Television | Video | Music Video) | TP Vision⁶ | WOOX Innovations⁷ | Philips Interactive Media | UPC Broadband | Signify (Philips Hue) | Versuni (Philips Walita | Saeco | Gaggia)

Notes:
¹Co-developed with Sony.
²Co-developed with MCA and Pioneer.
³Spun off from both Philips and LG Electronics in 2008 to become LP Displays.
⁴Sold its remaining shares to LG Electronics. Now under LG Corporation.
⁵Sold to Seagram's. Now under Universal Music Group.
⁶Sold to TPV Technology
⁷Sold to Gibson. Brand licensing now owned by TPV Technology since 2018.

Philips (2013) (Shield)

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