Media conglomerate – Time Warner

1. By Jack Holloway

2. About time warner
 Time Warner are a global leader in media and
entertainment with businesses in television
networks and films and TV entertainment, uses its
industry-leading operating scale and brands to
create, package and deliver high quality content
worldwide on a multi-platform basis.

3. Turner brands
 North America
 United Sates
 Asia Pacific
 Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan,
Thailand, Vietnam
 Europe, Middle East, Africa
 Baltics, Benelux, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Nordic, Pan
Africa, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Turkey,
United Kingdom, Rest of Central and Eastern Europe, Pan
Middle East.
 Latin America
 Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela

4. Brief history
 Time Warner was founded in 1922, the founders of the company were
Henry Luce and Briton Hadden, and they were only 25 at this time. They
both had the idea of publishing a weekly news magazine, which was a long
time goal for them. They sought to collect 100,000 dollars from an investor
in order to realize this revolutionary idea. However they had to take make do
with 86,000 dollars, which they managed to scrape together from 72
investors.
 On the 3rd of March 1923 there revolutionary idea had finally happened and
the first issue of Time hit the shops, the success was enormous. And it did
not take long before further magazine titles followed, the photo-illustrated
life, economy magazine fortune and the boulevard magazine people. After
the second world war, Time inc was not only the largest magazine publisher
in the USA, but also in the world, this was down to the passion of writing.
Once the publisher Luce was criticised in regards to the lack of objectivity in
his magazine he responded, “We tell of the truth as we see it”
 The film studio for Warner brothers launched in 1923 just a year after time
publishing house, the early years were the hardiest but they took them
nonetheless in 1927, when “The Jazz singer” turned out to be a great
success they had considered not to produce it but they decided to and they
would not regret it. From there they went on to improve their facilities and
have gone from strength to strength and are now a powerhouse across the
world in more than one aspect.

5. Time Warner video games
 Time Warner have a huge selection of highly wanted video games,
they are the publishers of the following games. Mortal Kombat, The
witcher 3, Mad max, Lego marvel avengers, Batman Arkham knight.
 These particular games have helped Warner Bros to become the
lead in the US video game industry in the market in 2015 .
 Time warner are partnered with Mortal Kombat and the Witcher
which are two massive games which are playable on the playstaion,
Xbox and PC.

6. Time Warner films
 Time warner are the publishers for many Hollywood movies,
the most recent high profile movie is Batman v Superman:
Dawn of justice. Which had a budget of $410 million which is
one of the most expensive movies, so with this in mind it
shows how far movies have risen, and the next DC movie
could easily surpass $410 million, this is due to the social
media hype that comes with trailers and other merchandise.
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7. Future plans / rumours
 There have been many reports across social media that Charter
communications are willing to merge with Time Warner cable, in
a massive money deal $56 billion; they have been in discussion
since last year. They have filed applications seeking
commission’s approval to transfer control of their licenses and
authorizations in connection with the merge. If this is granted
this would bring together fourth (Time Warner cable) seventh
(Charter), and tenth (Bright house networks) the largest
multichannel video programming distributors in the country to
create the third largest provider in the country, serving roughly
17.3 million customers, however the new company would bring
together 19.4 million broadband subscribers, creating the
second largest broadband internet provider in the country and
would provide services to customers across nearly 40 states. If
this proposed transaction is granted it will break the Internet on
all platforms as this is huge news worldwide, and many people
have been following the rumours since day one.

8. Interesting facts
 In 2006 Time Warner launched it’s new in2TV
product which is now (AolTV) through the AOL
gateway website where the user could access
and watch TV- Series, you could watch Two
and a half men via the website however the
company relied on advertising revenue instead
of download fees. For every 30 minutes of film,
there are up to two minutes of ads shown, and
if the site was in need of more revenue they
could carry adverts when they wanted.

9. LeBron James and Warner
 LeBron James is arguable the best basketball player in the world at
this time, he has a huge media backing which allows him to get
massive deals with some of the best brands worldwide. LeBron
James is a brand himself which is huge and the deal with Warner
will further both brands even more, LeBron has secured a $15.8
million deal from Warner into his multi platform median company
Uninterrupted.
 LeBron will be the face of majority of Warner media platforms,
which will connect with the consumers.
 LeBron James said “It’s always about connecting with people of all
ages and providing unique content they can all enjoy, and I’ve
always loved movies, which makes Warner Bros. The ultimate
partner to help us continue to push the envelope. I can’t wait to see
what we come up with”

10. People who work at Time Warner
 CEO / Chairman – Jeff Bewkes
 COO – Robert D.Marcus
 These are the two most important people at Time Warner as
they control everything that happens behind the scenes and
if they need to clarify speculation to the press.

11. Time Warner divisions
 HBO
 Turner
 Warner Bros

12. Turner
 Turner is the best in entertainment, sports, kids and news.
Turner creates and programs branded news, sports,
animation and young adult multi-platform content for
consumers around the world.
 Turner owns and operates leading news and entertainment
networks and businesses in more than 200 countries,
including CNN, HLN, TNT, TBS, Cartoon network, Turner
classic movies, Adult swim, truTV, Boomerang, Turner
sports, iStream planet, eSports, Bleacherreport.com,
NBA.com, NCAA.com and PGA.com. From the list you can
see Turner have a wide range of audience, which allows
them to reach out to all ages rather than a niece audience.

13. HBO
 HBO (Home box office) is the worlds most successful
premium television company.
 The services offer popular subscription video on demand
products HBO on demand and Cinemax on demand, as well
as HBO GO and Max GO, HD feeds and multiplex channels.
HBO NOW, the network’s internet only premium streaming
service. HBO is the most watched pay service in the US,
offering original productions including series, films and
miniseries, documentaries, championship boxing, concerts
and family as well as Hollywood blockbusters. There is
something for everyone with HBO that is what makes it the
best service in the US.

14. Warner Bros
• Warner Bros. Stands at the forefront of the entertainment industry with
businesses in feature films, television, home entertainment,
videogames, and consumer products
• 2015 marked the ninth consecutive year Warner Bros. Pictures
crossed the $3 billion mark at the global box office with $3.71 billion
in worldwide receipts ($1.60 billion domestic, $2.11 billion
international). The year was also 15th consecutive frame that both
the domestic and international divisions crossed the billion dollar
mark a milestone no other studio has achieved this. For the 15th
consecutive year, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment was, once
again, the industry’s leader, with 19 percent market share, and was
number one in the overall sell-through and electronic sell-through
categories.

15. Time Warner finances

16. Assets sold by Time Warner
 Ted Turner once owned Atlanta Hawks (Basketball) he would
own them for over a decade, any by time the mid 80s Turner
began leaving day to day operations to the basketball
operations staff.

17. Notable success
 These are 20 of the most successful movies that Time
warner have had, and there is no surprise it has a lot to do
with there movies they publish worldwide.
What started today’s
dominance across multiple
platforms was one of the
biggest mergers of all time
when Time Inc and Warner
communications came
together in 1990, giving
“birth” to the Time Warner
today.