As Dreamers Do Part Deux

Media Conglomerates as of 2006 Part Two
Media Conglomerates as of 2006 Part Two

TimeWarner
HQ:
Detroit, MI
Key people: Mario Kassar (CEO of Warner Bros.), Berry Gordy (chairman emeritus), Mike Illitch (shareholder), Smokey Robinson (shareholder)
Assets:
Warner Bros.
Carolco
Warner Home Video
WB Comics (Formerly Malibu-Pacific)
Time Magazine
Life Magazine
Sports Illustrated
Warner Freeform
Starz/Encore
WB Sports (formerly Warner Golf)
Warner Music Group (WB Records, Motown, Atlantic, Elektra, Reprise)
Warner Parks (Formerly Cedar Fair)
Pre-1990 Grand Diamond Library
Pre-1978 American International Library
Pre-1978 New World Pictures Library
Merv Griffin Enterprises
Notable Franchises:
Looney Tunes
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy!
Speed Racer
Dragon Ball Z
Gremlins
Goonies
Rambo
Total Recall
RAD
Heathers
The Amityville Horror
Willy Wonka
Tiny Toons
Animaniacs
Freakazoid!
Xenomorphs
Predator
Lethal Weapon
Men in Black
The Rocketeer
Mad Max
Berenstain Bears


CBS Discovery
HQ:
New York City
Key People: John S. Hendricks (chairman of CBS Discovery), Michael E. Uslan (chairman of Columbia-TriStar), Geoff Johns (head of DC)
Assets:
CBS Television Network
Columbia Pictures
TriStar Pictures
Destination Films
Columbia-TriStar Home Entertainment
The Discovery Channel
Country Music Television (CMT)
HLN
The Learning Channel (TLC)
DC Comics
Screen Gems
Nelvana
Columbia-TriStar Imageworks
EuroSport
Food Network
HGTV
Animal Planet
Travel Channel
Science Channel
Notable Franchises:
DC Universe
Animated collaborations with Nintendo and Hasbro
The Twilight Zone
CSI
Theo and Gretchen
/Strange Magic
Stuart Little
The Magic School Bus
Angie Girl


Turner Broadcasting System
HQ:
Atlanta, Georgia
Key People: Ted Turner (chairman emeritus), Geraldine Laybourne (CEO), Barbara Broccoli (head of film division), Mike Lazzo (Head of Williams Street), Chris Savino and Sam Register (co-chairs of Ruby-Spears)
Assets:
United Artists
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
CNN
TBS Superstation
Turner Network Television (TNT)
MTV
MTV2
Cartoon Network
Boomerang
TCM
Adult Swim
Atlanta Hawks (NBA franchise)
Atlanta Hammers (MLB franchise; formerly the Braves)
Atlanta Flames (NHL franchise)
World Championship Wrestling
Pre-1985 Filmation Library
Notable Franchises
The Wizard of Oz
James Bond
Pink Panther
Rocky
Tom and Jerry
Gilligan's Island
Spaceballs
Tex Avery characters
Doug
Spongebob Squarepants
Beavis and Butt-Head
Aeon Flux
The Loud House
Fairly Odd Parents
Danny Phantom
Popeye
Little Lulu
Fat Albert


The Jim Henson Company
HQ:
Culver City, CA
Key people: Bob Iger (Chairman and CEO), Jim Henson (director emeritus), Mike Tollin (head of Nickelodeon), John Lasseter (head of Henson Animation aka HA!), George Bodenheimer (head of ESPN)
Assets:
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Touchstone Pictures
Henson Animation (HA!)
Hanna-Barbera
Pixar
ESPN
A&E
Showtime
The Movie Channel
Nickelodeon
TV Land
Noggin
Nick, Jr.
XYZ (formerly HA! TV Comedy Network)
Jetix
TeenNick
Nicktoons Network
CrossGen Comics (Merger of CrossGen, Valiant and Tokyopop)
ITC Library
Pre-1993 Lorimar Library
Pre-1993 Cosgrove Hall Library
Notable Franchises:
The Muppets
Nicktoons

Ghibli English dubs
America's Funniest Home Videos
School House Rock
Dallas
The Waltons
Danger Mouse
Count Duckula
Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
Fraggle Rock
Huckleberry Hound
Yogi Bear
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
Scooby Doo
Full House
Family Matters
The Smurfs
(Hanna-Barbera version only; Characters still owned by the estate of Pierre Culliford)
Ren and Stimpy
Rugrats
Hey Arnold!
Powerpuff Girls
Toy Story
The Incredibles
Kenan and Kel
Hannah Montana
The Price is Right
Neighbours
To Tell the Truth
Baywatch
Match Game
Password


Lionsgate
HQ:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Key people: Mark Amin (Chairman), Frank Guistra (Founder)
Key Assets:
Lionsgate Films
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Pre-2000 TriMark/VidMark Library
Notable Franchises:
Flint the Time Detective
Saw
Cubix
Medabots
Hoodwinked!


Up for sale (Let me know if somebody already owns these ITTL)
Eclipse Comics
Jive Records
Capitol Records
Chrysalis Records
RCA Records
Arista Records
Tommy Boy Records
"Weird Al" Yankovic Scotti Bros. catalog
 
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Does Disney have an action brand? I’m assuming Jetix is Nick’s, since not just Nicktoons, but TeenNick and Nick GaS are it’s equivalents.
 
@Tacomaster, you should read this for reference, this is the 2000 version:
Does Disney have an action brand? I’m assuming Jetix is Nick’s, since not just Nicktoons, but TeenNick and Nick GaS are it’s equivalents.
I think either Marvel or FX could serve as a de-facto action brand.
Don't we already have my Nezumi idea?

And why ain't you just say Jetix was TTL's equivalents to Nick GaS and TeenNick?

Jetix should be the action/sports network, TeenNick should be the teen network, while Nicktoons is the cartoon channel.
Media Conglomerates as of 2006 Part Two
Let's break these down.
TimeWarner
HQ:
Detroit, MI
Key people: Mario Kassar (CEO of Warner Bros.), Berry Gordy (chairman emeritus), Mike Illitch (shareholder), Smokey Robinson (shareholder)
Ok.
Assets:
Warner Bros.
Carolco
Warner Home Video
WB Comics (Formerly Malibu-Pacific)
Time Magazine
Life Magazine
Sports Illustrated
Warner Freeform
Starz/Encore
WB Sports (formerly Warner Golf)
Warner Music Group (WB Records, Motown, Atlantic, Elektra, Reprise)
Warner Parks (Formerly Cedar Fair)
Pre-1990 Grand Diamond Library
Pre-1978 American International Library
Pre-1978 New World Pictures Library
Great.

Also, how is Warner Freeform doing?
Notable Franchises:
Looney Tunes
Speed Racer
Dragon Ball Z
Gremlins
Goonies
Rambo
Total Recall
RAD
Heathers
The Amityville Horror
Willy Wonka
Tiny Toons
Animaniacs
Freakazoid!
Xenomorphs
Predator
Lethal Weapon
Men in Black
The Rocketeer
Mad Max
Berenstain Bears
These are all excellent.

And will Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Z Kai and Dragon Ball Super also be dubbed?

And will Speed Racer: The Next Generation air on Warner Freeform or be butterflied?
CBS Discovery
HQ:
New York City
Key People: John S. Hendricks (chairman of CBS Discovery), Michael E. Uslan (chairman of Columbia-TriStar), Geoff Johns (head of DC)
Assets:
CBS Television Network
Columbia Pictures
TriStar Pictures
Destination Films
Columbia-TriStar Home Entertainment
The Discovery Channel
Country Music Television (CMT)
HLN
The Learning Channel (TLC)
DC Comics
Screen Gems
Nelvana
Columbia-TriStar Imageworks
EuroSport
Food Network
HGTV
Animal Planet
Travel Channel
Science Channel
Notable Franchises:
DC Universe
Animated collaborations with Nintendo and Hasbro
The Twilight Zone
CSI
Theo and Gretchen
/Strange Magic
Stuart Little
The Magic School Bus
Angie Girl
Nice.

Would Discovery Kids be relaunched as a new network, and let CBS handle promotion and advertising, and have Hasbro do nothing but provide programming.

Same with Nintendo.

I'd also take that CBS has brought Nelvana by now?
Turner Broadcasting System
HQ:
Atlanta, Georgia
Key People: Ted Turner (chairman emeritus), Geraldine Laybourne (CEO), Barbara Broccoli (head of film division), Mike Lazzo (Head of Williams Street), Chris Savino and Sam Register (co-chairs of Ruby-Spears)
Cool.

And why is Chris Savino in charge of Ruby-Spears, especially considering what he did IOTL?
Assets:
United Artists
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
CNN
TBS Superstation
Turner Network Television (TNT)
MTV
MTV2
Cartoon Network
Boomerang
TCM
Adult Swim
Atlanta Hawks (NBA franchise)
Atlanta Hammers (MLB franchise; formerly the Braves)
Atlanta Flames (NHL franchise)
World Championship Wrestling
Pre-1985 Filmation Library
Notable Franchises
The Wizard of Oz
James Bond
Pink Panther
Rocky
Tom and Jerry
Gilligan's Island
Spaceballs
Tex Avery characters
Doug
Spongebob Squarepants
Beavis and Butt-Head
Aeon Flux
The Loud House
Fairly Odd Parents
Danny Phantom
Popeye
Little Lulu
Fat Albert
I'm going to say that this is good.

Is there any chance of Adult Swim getting a full 24-hour network?
The Jim Henson Company
HQ:
Culver City, CA
Key people: Bob Iger (Chairman and CEO), Jim Henson (director emeritus), Mike Tollin (head of Nickelodeon), John Lasseter (head of Henson Animation aka HA!), George Bodenheimer (head of ESPN)
Nice.

Who's Mike Tollin?

And does John Lasseter still get in trouble ITTL?
Assets:
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Touchstone Pictures
Henson Animation (HA!)
Hanna-Barbera
Pixar
ESPN
A&E
Showtime
The Movie Channel
Nickelodeon
TV Land
Noggin
Nick, Jr.
XYZ (formerly HA! TV Comedy Network)
Jetix (known IOTL as Nick GAS, Teen Nick, or Nicktoons Network)
CrossGen Comics
ITC Library
Lorimar sitcom library
Great!

Are Noggin and Nick Jr. both separate networks?
Notable Franchises:
The Muppets
Nicktoons

Ghibli English dubs
America's Funniest Home Videos
School House Rock
Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
Fraggle Rock
Huckleberry Hound
Yogi Bear
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
Scooby Doo
Full House
Family Matters
The Smurfs
(Hanna-Barbera version only; Characters still owned by the estate of Pierre Culliford)
Ren and Stimpy
Rugrats
Hey Arnold!
Powerpuff Girls
Toy Story
The Incredibles
Kenan and Kel
Hannah Montana
This is phenomenal.

Wouldn't they also own ALF?

How is Nickelodeon doing by the way?
Lionsgate
HQ:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Key people: Mark Amin (Chairman), Frank Guistra (Founder)
Key Assets:
Lionsgate Films
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Pre-2000 TriMark/VidMark Library
Notable Franchises:
Flint the Time Detective
Saw
Cubix
Medabots
Hoodwinked!
Ok.

Wouldn't One Piece also count considering how they have it?

Other than that, nothing notable.
Up for sale (Let me know if somebody already owns these ITTL)
Valiant Comics
Eclipse Comics
Jive Records
Capitol Records
Chrysalis Records
RCA Records
Arista Records
Tommy Boy Records
"Weird Al" Yankovic Scotti Bros. catalog
Ok.

Maybe put Eclipse Comics under The Jim Henson Company.
 
@Tacomaster, you should read this for reference, this is the 2000 version:


Don't we already have my Nezumi idea?

And why ain't you just say Jetix was TTL's equivalents to Nick GaS and TeenNick?

Jetix should be the action/sports network, TeenNick should be the teen network, while Nicktoons is the cartoon channel.

Let's break these down.

Ok.

Great.

Also, how is Warner Freeform doing?

These are all excellent.

And will Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Z Kai and Dragon Ball Super also be dubbed?

I'd also take that CBS has brought Nelvana by now?

Is there any chance of Adult Swim getting a full 24-hour network?

Who's Mike Tollin?
Yeah, thanks for reminding me. I almost forgot about Nezumi.
The whole Dragon Ball franchise will be dubbed.
Mike Tollin was a co-producer of All That and Kenan and Kel IOTL.
 
Yeah, thanks for reminding me. I almost forgot about Nezumi.
You're welcome.
The whole Dragon Ball franchise will be dubbed.
Cool.

May I suggest WB also dubs Bleach, Hunter X Hunter and Death Note?
Mike Tollin was a co-producer of All That and Kenan and Kel IOTL.
Ok.
@Otakuninja2006
CBS did buy Nelvana in the early 2000's. They tried to do so earlier but some members of Canadian Parliament blocked it for many years.
That's great.

Will we see Being Ian, Class Of The Titans and Ruby Gloom on CBS's 2006 SatAM lineup?
 
Microsoft Entertainment
HQ:
Seattle, WA
Key people: Bill Gates (founder), Sumner Redstone (chairman emeritus), Rob Reiner (head of Paramount Pictures)
With heads like these, who needs Cerberus?
Assets:
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Television
SEGA
Stax Records
Paramount Comics (formerly EC and Quality Comics)
Odyssey Network (co-owned with Mattel and Saban)
Paramount Parks
United Paramount Network ("United" changed from "Universal" after that studio was acquired by Peacock)
Paramount Animation (formerly Rankin-Bass)
Famous Players (Indie/Arthouse film label)
Paramount Home Media Distribution
Pre-1985 AVCO Embassy Library
BBC America (co-owned with BBC Worldwide)
Bagdasarian Productions
That's a lot of divisions.
Franchises:
Happy Days/Fonzie
Mork and Mindy
Arthur
Sonic the Hedgehog
Shinobi
NiGHTS
Alex Kidd
Ghostbusters
The Riders of Kisha-Yar
Silverhawks
Thundercats
Top Gun
Crocodile Dundee
Grease
Airplane!
Police Squad/Naked Gun
Tales from the Crypt
MAD Magazine
Spy vs. Spy
The Godfather
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Seinfeld
Plastic Man
The Odd Couple
The Brady Bunch
King of the Hill
The Thief and the Cobbler
Crazy Taxi
The Spirit
(Acquired from the estate of Will Eisner)
Asterix (North American rights only)
Doctor Who (North American rights only)
Wallace and Gromit (North American rights only)
Rankin Bass Holiday specials
Well, this list has potential.

We could see a Sonic cameo in the Arthur style, a TV special where the Chipmunks parody Spy vs. Spy, ThunderCats, Wallace and Gromit, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and The Brady Bunch, Jerry Seinfeld in a Plastic Man movie, or even a Grease animated series.

And that's not even scratching the surface!
Peacock
HQ:
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City
Key people: Michael Eisner (head of Peacock), Dick Ebersol (head of NBC Sports), Lorne Michaels (head of the NBC network), Jeffrey Katzenberg (head of Peacock Animation), Kevin Feige (chairman of Peacock Film Group), Gale Anne Hurd (VP of Peacock Film Group), Peter Laird (head of Archie Comics)
Really good board of directors they have here.
Key Assets:
National Broadcasting Company
Peacock Film Group (Universal Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, Gramercy Pictures)
Sony/MCA Home Entertainment
MSNBC
USA Network
Spike
CNBC
SciFi Channel
Bravo!
USA Cartoon Express
All Elite Wrestling
Peacock Interactive
Peacock Animation (Universal Cartoon Studios, PDI/DreamWorks, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson)
Peacock Music (Decca, MCA, Geffen, Island and Def Jam labels)
Peacock Recreational (Universal theme parks)
We have movies, television, games, animation, music, home video, and theme parks. What's not to like?
Franchises:
Saturday Night Live
Back to the Future
An American Tail
Jaws
Universal Monsters
Jurassic Park
SeaQuest
Woody Woodpecker
Mighty Mouse
Star Trek
King Kong
Godzilla
(North American rights only)
Kenzo
Mission: Impossible
Quantum Leap
Law and Order
Archie
Josie and the Pussycats
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Dick Tracy
Blue Beetle
Captain Thunder
(Known IOTL as Shazam)
Dr. Seuss (multimedia rights including theme parks and movies)
As far as recognizable characters are concerned, Peacock has Doc Brown, Fievel Mousekewitz, Bruce, Dracula, Frankenstein, Woody Woodpecker, Mighty Mouse, Kirk and Spock, King Kong and Godzilla, Archie Andrews, Sabrina Spellman, Dick Tracy, Blue Beetle, Captain Thunder, and the Cat in the Hat.

That's excessive, and I love it!
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
HQ:
Burbank, CA
Key people: Walt Disney, Jr. (chairman of the board), Margaret Loesch (Disney VP), Robert Zemeckis (head of 20th Century-Fox), David Hill (head of the Fox network), Sid Bass (COO), Daniel Abbott (head of classic animation), David Silverman (co-chair of Grantray-Lawrence), Seth MacFarlane (co-chair of Grantray-Lawrence), Charles Hirschhorn (head of Atari)
Oh, boy. The main focus of this entire timeline. Pretty good, all things considered.
Assets:
Walt Disney Pictures
20th Century-Fox
Hyperion Pictures
Marvel Comics
Fox television network
Harvey Comics (now the children's imprint of Marvel)
Atari, Inc.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Buena Vista Music Distribution
The Disney Channel
Toon Disney
FX
Video Hits One (VH1)
G4
Buena Vista News (BVN)
Fox Sports National (known IOTL as FS1)
Mighty Ducks of San Diego (NHL franchise)
Pre-1985 Filmways library
Pre-1985 Heatter-Quigley game show library
I'm amazed by this library.
Notable Franchises:
Fab Five (Mickey, Donald, Goofy, etc.)
Marvel superheroes
Planet of the Apes
Lost in Space
The Land Before Time
The Simpsons
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Pirates of the Caribbean
TRON
The Addams Family
(co-owned with the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation)
21 Jump Street
Carmen Sandiego
(co-owned with Legendary Multimedia)
Kingdom Hearts (co-owned with Square Enix)
Ice Age
Futurama
Family Guy
The X Files
AstroBoy
The Secret of Akko-Chan
Urusei Yatsura
Ranma 1/2
Naruto
Halo
Oh, I can just imagine the Kingdom Hearts fan art. One minute, Sora's visiting the Addams Family or taking a trip to Springfield, the next, he's blasting aliens in the Halo universe or hiding a boner for Lum.
Franchises co-owned with Amblin Entertainment
Star Wars
ET: The Extra Terrestrial
Indiana Jones
Roger Rabbit
/Bonkers
Yeah, I'd say Amblin could be high on Disney's list of future acquisitions if they were allowed to buy more.
Saban Metromedia
HQ:
Los Angeles
Key people: Haim Saban (founder), Shuki Levy (vice chairman), Bob Shaye (founder of New Line Cinema), James Cameron (New Line head of production), Quentin Tarantino (head of Golden Harvest of America)
Pretty much everyone here is a big name star.
Assets:
New Line Cinema
Golden Harvest of America
Fine Line Features
Pre-1986 Hemdale Film Corporation Library
Pre-1991 Samuel Goldwyn Company Library
Pre-1991 Cannon Group Library
Pre-1991 Vestron Pictures Library
Pre-1991 Golden Harvest Hong Kong Library
New Line Animation (a merger of DiC and CineGroupe)
Odyssey Network (co-owned with Microsoft and Mattel)
Fascinating.
Notable Properties:
The Sixth Sense
Nightmare on Elm Street
Friday the 13th
Terminator
RoboCop
UHF
Dirty Dancing
Pulp Fiction
Austin Powers
Noozles
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Madeline
Inspector Gadget
Small Wonder
Kill Bill
Sailor Moon
(North American rights only)
What's with Andy?
Jay and Silent Bob
Freddy Krueger, John Connor, RoboCop, Austin Powers, the Power Rangers, Inspector Gadget, Usagi Tsukino, Jay and Silent Bob walk into a bar...

The bar didn't even stand a chance.
Bally's Inc
HQ:
Chicago, IL
Key people: Jeffrey Bewkes (CEO), Tom Ruegger (co-chair of Luxor Animation), Mark Evanier (co-chair of Luxor Animation), Mike Richardson (founder of Dark Horse)
Fine by me.
Assets:
Luxor Pictures (formerly HBO Films and Hollywood Pictures)
Luxor Home Entertainment (a merger of HBO Cannon Video and Media Home Entertainment)
Hi-Tops Video
PAWS, Inc.
Dark Horse Comics
Home Box Office (HBO)
Cinemax
Comedy Central
Festival (Known IOTL as HBO Family)
Midway
Namco
Bally Theme Parks and Hotels
Bullwinkle Studios
Chicago White Sox (MLB franchise)
Chicago Blitz (WLAF franchise)
So, Bally owns HBO, Dark Horse, PAWS, Namco, and Bullwinkle Studios? That's amazing!
Notable Franchises:
Weekend at Bernie's
Sex and the City
Arliss
Entourage
Six Feet Under
Rampage
Defender
Joust
Mortal Kombat
Pac Man
Galaga
Spy Hunter
Dig-Dug
Tekken
The Sopranos
South Park
Ace Combat
Time Crisis
Gundam
Soulcalibur
Defender
Robotron
Gauntlet
Rush
Cruisin'
Super High Impact
(football video game)
Xenosaga
Rocky and Bullwinkle
George of the Jungle
Tom Slick
Karen Sympathy
Peabody and Sherman with Penny
Saturday Morning Retriever
Shezow
Garfield/US Acres
The Mask
(co-owned with New Line Cinema)
Gumby
You know, if Death Battle still exists, you could make one heck of a free for all between Pac-Man, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Scorpion, Garfield, Eric Cartman, and Mr. Peabody.
 
TimeWarner
HQ:
Detroit, MI
Key people: Mario Kassar (CEO of Warner Bros.), Berry Gordy (chairman emeritus), Mike Illitch (shareholder), Smokey Robinson (shareholder)
Okay.
Assets:
Warner Bros.
Carolco
Warner Home Video
WB Comics (Formerly Malibu-Pacific)
Time Magazine
Life Magazine
Sports Illustrated
Warner Freeform
Starz/Encore
WB Sports (formerly Warner Golf)
Warner Music Group (WB Records, Motown, Atlantic, Elektra, Reprise)
Warner Parks (Formerly Cedar Fair)
Pre-1990 Grand Diamond Library
Pre-1978 American International Library
Pre-1978 New World Pictures Library
I'm surprised WB owns this much. I thought it'd be a smaller entity ITTL.
Notable Franchises:
Looney Tunes
Speed Racer
Dragon Ball Z
Gremlins
Goonies
Rambo
Total Recall
RAD
Heathers
The Amityville Horror
Willy Wonka
Tiny Toons
Animaniacs
Freakazoid!
Xenomorphs
Predator
Lethal Weapon
Men in Black
The Rocketeer
Mad Max
Berenstain Bears
I take it this timeline's MultiVersus roster would be a lot different, if that game exists ITTL. Of course, we'd still get Bugs, Taz, Gizmo, Stripe, and some of the leaked/rumored characters. But I'd imagine there'd be a lot of room for Dragon Ball Z, Rambo, Men in Black, Xenomorphs, and Berenstain Bears.
CBS Discovery
HQ:
New York City
Key People: John S. Hendricks (chairman of CBS Discovery), Michael E. Uslan (chairman of Columbia-TriStar), Geoff Johns (head of DC)
Okay.
Assets:
CBS Television Network
Columbia Pictures
TriStar Pictures
Destination Films
Columbia-TriStar Home Entertainment
The Discovery Channel
Country Music Television (CMT)
HLN
The Learning Channel (TLC)
DC Comics
Screen Gems
Nelvana
Columbia-TriStar Imageworks
EuroSport
Food Network
HGTV
Animal Planet
Travel Channel
Science Channel
On the animation side, there's strength in numbers. Around here, said strength could be bigger.
Notable Franchises:
DC Universe
Animated collaborations with Nintendo and Hasbro
The Twilight Zone
CSI
Theo and Gretchen
/Strange Magic
Stuart Little
The Magic School Bus
Angie Girl
DC Comics, Nintendo, Hasbro, CSI, Stuart Little, and The Magic School Bus? What a list!
Turner Broadcasting System
HQ:
Atlanta, Georgia
Key People: Ted Turner (chairman emeritus), Geraldine Laybourne (CEO), Barbara Broccoli (head of film division), Mike Lazzo (Head of Williams Street), Chris Savino and Sam Register (co-chairs of Ruby-Spears)
Fine by me.
Assets:
United Artists
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
CNN
TBS Superstation
Turner Network Television (TNT)
MTV
MTV2
Cartoon Network
Boomerang
TCM
Adult Swim
Atlanta Hawks (NBA franchise)
Atlanta Hammers (MLB franchise; formerly the Braves)
Atlanta Flames (NHL franchise)
World Championship Wrestling
Pre-1985 Filmation Library
MGM, UA, CNN, MTV, Cartoon Network, Filmation, and some sports teams. Not too shabby.
Notable Franchises
The Wizard of Oz
James Bond
Pink Panther
Rocky
Tom and Jerry
Gilligan's Island
Spaceballs
Tex Avery characters
Doug
Spongebob Squarepants
Beavis and Butt-Head
Aeon Flux
The Loud House
Fairly Odd Parents
Danny Phantom
Popeye
Little Lulu
Fat Albert
With Spongebob under the same umbrella as Popeye, Droopy, and the Pink Panther, the classic cartoon influences would be a whole lot easier to get through to people. Especially in the former two cases.
The Jim Henson Company
HQ:
Culver City, CA
Key people: Bob Iger (Chairman and CEO), Jim Henson (director emeritus), Mike Tollin (head of Nickelodeon), John Lasseter (head of Henson Animation aka HA!), George Bodenheimer (head of ESPN)
Works for me.
Assets:
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Touchstone Pictures
Henson Animation (HA!)
Hanna-Barbera
Pixar
ESPN
A&E
Showtime
The Movie Channel
Nickelodeon
TV Land
Noggin
Nick, Jr.
XYZ (formerly HA! TV Comedy Network)
Jetix
TeenNick
Nicktoons Network
CrossGen Comics (Merger of CrossGen, Valiant and Tokyopop)
ITC Library
Lorimar sitcom library
The assets here are lovely. Henson owns Nickelodeon, HB, Pixar, and CrossGen as far as subsidiaries are concerned, on top of Valiant and Tokyopop.
Notable Franchises:
The Muppets
Nicktoons

Ghibli English dubs
America's Funniest Home Videos
School House Rock
Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
Fraggle Rock
Huckleberry Hound
Yogi Bear
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
Scooby Doo
Full House
Family Matters
The Smurfs
(Hanna-Barbera version only; Characters still owned by the estate of Pierre Culliford)
Ren and Stimpy
Rugrats
Hey Arnold!
Powerpuff Girls
Toy Story
The Incredibles
Kenan and Kel
Hannah Montana
Now, this is a cast. Kermit the Frog, Scooby-Doo, William the U.S. Bill, Tommy Pickles, Steve Urkel, Blossom, Buzz Lightyear, and Hannah Montana.

The only question is, should a Steve Urkel spinoff movie/series should be animated or live-action?
Lionsgate
HQ:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Key people: Mark Amin (Chairman), Frank Guistra (Founder)
Okay.
Key Assets:
Lionsgate Films
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Pre-2000 TriMark/VidMark Library
Pretty small.
Notable Franchises:
Flint the Time Detective
Saw
Cubix
Medabots
Hoodwinked!
You say that Saw is the only major IP that Lionsgate has as of 2006, but I see Cubix and Hoodwinked as runner-ups.
Up for sale (Let me know if somebody already owns these ITTL)
Eclipse Comics
Jive Records
Capitol Records
Chrysalis Records
RCA Records
Arista Records
Tommy Boy Records
"Weird Al" Yankovic Scotti Bros. catalog
You know, if you wanted to be daring, you could have Lionsgate buy all of these, open up their own music and comics divisions, and be more competitive with the bigger companies that way.
 
Oh, I can just imagine the Kingdom Hearts fan art. One minute, Sora's visiting the Addams Family or taking a trip to Springfield, the next, he's blasting aliens in the Halo universe or hiding a boner for Lum.
Sora hiding a boner for Lum? I can definitely see that being made into a Family Guy cutaway gag...with Kairi slapping him at the last second.
 
For those wondering what Paramount Home Media Distribution's current logo looks like, I could use the OTL Paramount Classics logo for that purpose...

Or it can still be this one below, albeit with a Microsoft byline ITTL while the Paramount Classics logo above can be used for reviving the old Famous Players name for an arthouse unit.
 
The Jim Henson Company
HQ:
Culver City, CA
Key people: Bob Iger (Chairman and CEO), Jim Henson (director emeritus), Mike Tollin (head of Nickelodeon), John Lasseter (head of Henson Animation aka HA!), George Bodenheimer (head of ESPN)
Assets:
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Touchstone Pictures
Henson Animation (HA!)
Hanna-Barbera
Pixar
ESPN
A&E
Showtime
The Movie Channel
Nickelodeon
TV Land
Noggin
Nick, Jr.
XYZ (formerly HA! TV Comedy Network)
Jetix
TeenNick
Nicktoons Network
CrossGen Comics (Merger of CrossGen, Valiant and Tokyopop)
ITC Library
Lorimar sitcom library
Notable Franchises:
The Muppets
Nicktoons

Ghibli English dubs
America's Funniest Home Videos
School House Rock
Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
Fraggle Rock
Huckleberry Hound
Yogi Bear
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
Scooby Doo
Full House
Family Matters
The Smurfs
(Hanna-Barbera version only; Characters still owned by the estate of Pierre Culliford)
Ren and Stimpy
Rugrats
Hey Arnold!
Powerpuff Girls
Toy Story
The Incredibles
Kenan and Kel
Hannah Montana
For the assets portion, you forgot to put in their assets they acquired in their purchase of Pearson’s TV division aka Thames Television, Grundy Television, the Mark Goodson Productions library, the All American Television library, the Hall-Hatos Productions library, the Bill Caruthers Productions library, Channel 5 in the UK, and the pre-1993 Cosgrove-Hall library, plus you should reword the Lorimar portion to say “pre-1993 Lorimar library” because they made some iconic dramas like Dallas and The Waltons.

For the franchises portion, you should add Family Feud, Danger Mouse/Count Duckula, Dallas, The Price is Right, Neighbours, To Tell the Truth, Let’s Make a Deal, Baywatch, Match Game, and Password.

Other things to note: add the Merv Griffin Enterprises library on the TimeWarner portion with Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy as franchises and add the Barry and Enright library to the Saban Multimedia page with Tic-Tac Dough and The Joker’s Wild as franchises.
 
For the assets portion, you forgot to put in their assets they acquired in their purchase of Pearson’s TV division aka Thames Television, Grundy Television, the Mark Goodson Productions library, the All American Television library, the Hall-Hatos Productions library, the Bill Caruthers Productions library, Channel 5 in the UK, and the pre-1993 Cosgrove-Hall library, plus you should reword the Lorimar portion to say “pre-1993 Lorimar library” because they made some iconic dramas like Dallas and The Waltons.

For the franchises portion, you should add Family Feud, Danger Mouse/Count Duckula, Dallas, The Price is Right, Neighbours, To Tell the Truth, Let’s Make a Deal, Baywatch, Match Game, and Password.

Other things to note: add the Merv Griffin Enterprises library on the TimeWarner portion with Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy as franchises and add the Barry and Enright library to the Saban Multimedia page with Tic-Tac Dough and The Joker’s Wild as franchises.
Thank you for catching that.
 
For those wondering what Paramount Home Media Distribution's current logo looks like, I could use the OTL Paramount Classics logo for that purpose...

Or it can still be this one below, albeit with a Microsoft byline ITTL while the Paramount Classics logo above can be used for reviving the old Famous Players name for an arthouse unit.
I think it would be the one below.
Media Conglomerates as of 2006 Part Two

TimeWarner
HQ:
Detroit, MI
Key people: Mario Kassar (CEO of Warner Bros.), Berry Gordy (chairman emeritus), Mike Illitch (shareholder), Smokey Robinson (shareholder)
Assets:
Warner Bros.
Carolco
Warner Home Video
WB Comics (Formerly Malibu-Pacific)
Time Magazine
Life Magazine
Sports Illustrated
Warner Freeform
Starz/Encore
WB Sports (formerly Warner Golf)
Warner Music Group (WB Records, Motown, Atlantic, Elektra, Reprise)
Warner Parks (Formerly Cedar Fair)
Pre-1990 Grand Diamond Library
Pre-1978 American International Library
Pre-1978 New World Pictures Library
Notable Franchises:
Looney Tunes
Speed Racer
Dragon Ball Z
Gremlins
Goonies
Rambo
Total Recall
RAD
Heathers
The Amityville Horror
Willy Wonka
Tiny Toons
Animaniacs
Freakazoid!
Xenomorphs
Predator
Lethal Weapon
Men in Black
The Rocketeer
Mad Max
Berenstain Bears


CBS Discovery
HQ:
New York City
Key People: John S. Hendricks (chairman of CBS Discovery), Michael E. Uslan (chairman of Columbia-TriStar), Geoff Johns (head of DC)
Assets:
CBS Television Network
Columbia Pictures
TriStar Pictures
Destination Films
Columbia-TriStar Home Entertainment
The Discovery Channel
Country Music Television (CMT)
HLN
The Learning Channel (TLC)
DC Comics
Screen Gems
Nelvana
Columbia-TriStar Imageworks
EuroSport
Food Network
HGTV
Animal Planet
Travel Channel
Science Channel
Notable Franchises:
DC Universe
Animated collaborations with Nintendo and Hasbro
The Twilight Zone
CSI
Theo and Gretchen
/Strange Magic
Stuart Little
The Magic School Bus
Angie Girl


Turner Broadcasting System
HQ:
Atlanta, Georgia
Key People: Ted Turner (chairman emeritus), Geraldine Laybourne (CEO), Barbara Broccoli (head of film division), Mike Lazzo (Head of Williams Street), Chris Savino and Sam Register (co-chairs of Ruby-Spears)
Assets:
United Artists
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
CNN
TBS Superstation
Turner Network Television (TNT)
MTV
MTV2
Cartoon Network
Boomerang
TCM
Adult Swim
Atlanta Hawks (NBA franchise)
Atlanta Hammers (MLB franchise; formerly the Braves)
Atlanta Flames (NHL franchise)
World Championship Wrestling
Pre-1985 Filmation Library
Notable Franchises
The Wizard of Oz
James Bond
Pink Panther
Rocky
Tom and Jerry
Gilligan's Island
Spaceballs
Tex Avery characters
Doug
Spongebob Squarepants
Beavis and Butt-Head
Aeon Flux
The Loud House
Fairly Odd Parents
Danny Phantom
Popeye
Little Lulu
Fat Albert


The Jim Henson Company
HQ:
Culver City, CA
Key people: Bob Iger (Chairman and CEO), Jim Henson (director emeritus), Mike Tollin (head of Nickelodeon), John Lasseter (head of Henson Animation aka HA!), George Bodenheimer (head of ESPN)
Assets:
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Touchstone Pictures
Henson Animation (HA!)
Hanna-Barbera
Pixar
ESPN
A&E
Showtime
The Movie Channel
Nickelodeon
TV Land
Noggin
Nick, Jr.
XYZ (formerly HA! TV Comedy Network)
Jetix
TeenNick
Nicktoons Network
CrossGen Comics (Merger of CrossGen, Valiant and Tokyopop)
ITC Library
Lorimar sitcom library
Notable Franchises:
The Muppets
Nicktoons

Ghibli English dubs
America's Funniest Home Videos
School House Rock
Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
Fraggle Rock
Huckleberry Hound
Yogi Bear
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
Scooby Doo
Full House
Family Matters
The Smurfs
(Hanna-Barbera version only; Characters still owned by the estate of Pierre Culliford)
Ren and Stimpy
Rugrats
Hey Arnold!
Powerpuff Girls
Toy Story
The Incredibles
Kenan and Kel
Hannah Montana


Lionsgate
HQ:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Key people: Mark Amin (Chairman), Frank Guistra (Founder)
Key Assets:
Lionsgate Films
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Pre-2000 TriMark/VidMark Library
Notable Franchises:
Flint the Time Detective
Saw
Cubix
Medabots
Hoodwinked!


Up for sale (Let me know if somebody already owns these ITTL)
Eclipse Comics
Jive Records
Capitol Records
Chrysalis Records
RCA Records
Arista Records
Tommy Boy Records
"Weird Al" Yankovic Scotti Bros. catalog
I'll have Turner to buy Image Comics and affiliates (WildStorm, Todd McFarlane Entertainment, Highbrow Entertainment, Shadowline, Top Cow Productions and Extreme Studios), while Saban Metromedia would give them Eclipse Comics and Saban Metromedia would purchase many companies owned OTL by BMG (Jive, RCA, Arista) while the other companies who owned would give them to Turner (Chrysalis, Tommy Boy, and the Weird Al Scotti catalog).
 
I think it would be the one below.

I'll have Turner to buy Image Comics and affiliates (WildStorm, Todd McFarlane Entertainment, Highbrow Entertainment, Shadowline, Top Cow Productions and Extreme Studios), while Saban Metromedia would give them Eclipse Comics and Saban Metromedia would purchase many companies owned OTL by BMG (Jive, RCA, Arista) while the other companies who owned would give them to Turner (Chrysalis, Tommy Boy, and the Weird Al Scotti catalog).
I think I should wait to hear what everyone else says.
 
Here's a side note about the DC/Marvel crossovers going forward.

Batman/TMNT begins with this logo combo. After the Disney logo is fully formed, we zoom through the tunnel of the castle and cross dissolve to a cloud formation. Then, we see the flash of a torch, and the Columbia logo forms from there. Right after the Disney jingle, there are some extra notes added to the Columbia jingle, similar to what you hear in the current OTL Sony/Columbia dual logo.
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Turtles and Titans, coming in 2008 or 2009 will have this combo:
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All other DC/Marvel animated crossovers will have these logos alternate with each installment.
 
With heads like these, who needs Cerberus?
Who's Cerberus?
That's a lot of divisions.
Well, this list has potential.
Sure does.
We could see a Sonic cameo in the Arthur style, a TV special where the Chipmunks parody Spy vs. Spy, ThunderCats, Wallace and Gromit, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and The Brady Bunch, Jerry Seinfeld in a Plastic Man movie, or even a Grease animated series.

And that's not even scratching the surface!

Really good board of directors they have here.

We have movies, television, games, animation, music, home video, and theme parks. What's not to like?

As far as recognizable characters are concerned, Peacock has Doc Brown, Fievel Mousekewitz, Bruce, Dracula, Frankenstein, Woody Woodpecker, Mighty Mouse, Kirk and Spock, King Kong and Godzilla, Archie Andrews, Sabrina Spellman, Dick Tracy, Blue Beetle, Captain Thunder, and the Cat in the Hat.

That's excessive, and I love it!
All of it is excellent.

And I would love to see that Alvin And The Chipmunks special myself.
Oh, boy. The main focus of this entire timeline. Pretty good, all things considered.

I'm amazed by this library.

Oh, I can just imagine the Kingdom Hearts fan art. One minute, Sora's visiting the Addams Family or taking a trip to Springfield, the next, he's blasting aliens in the Halo universe or hiding a boner for Lum.
Or trying to become a ninja like Naruto, or hanging out and eating pizza with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or kicking butt with the likes of Spider-Man and X-Men.

And that's just the beginning.......

And besides, I would actually love TTL's Disney much more than OTL's Disney.
Yeah, I'd say Amblin could be high on Disney's list of future acquisitions if they were allowed to buy more.
Pretty much everyone here is a big name star.
Fascinating.
Exactly.
Freddy Krueger, John Connor, RoboCop, Austin Powers, the Power Rangers, Inspector Gadget, Usagi Tsukino, Jay and Silent Bob walk into a bar...

The bar didn't even stand a chance.
You are great for making that reference @TheFaultsofAlts!
Fine by me.

So, Bally owns HBO, Dark Horse, PAWS, Namco, and Bullwinkle Studios? That's amazing!
Yes.
You know, if Death Battle still exists, you could make one heck of a free for all between Pac-Man, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Scorpion, Garfield, Eric Cartman, and Mr. Peabody.
That would actually make a great game.
Okay.

I'm surprised WB owns this much. I thought it'd be a smaller entity ITTL.

I take it this timeline's MultiVersus roster would be a lot different, if that game exists ITTL. Of course, we'd still get Bugs, Taz, Gizmo, Stripe, and some of the leaked/rumored characters. But I'd imagine there'd be a lot of room for Dragon Ball Z, Rambo, Men in Black, Xenomorphs, and Berenstain Bears.

Okay.

On the animation side, there's strength in numbers. Around here, said strength could be bigger.

DC Comics, Nintendo, Hasbro, CSI, Stuart Little, and The Magic School Bus? What a list!

Fine by me.

MGM, UA, CNN, MTV, Cartoon Network, Filmation, and some sports teams. Not too shabby.

With Spongebob under the same umbrella as Popeye, Droopy, and the Pink Panther, the classic cartoon influences would be a whole lot easier to get through to people. Especially in the former two cases.

Works for me.

The assets here are lovely. Henson owns Nickelodeon, HB, Pixar, and CrossGen as far as subsidiaries are concerned, on top of Valiant and Tokyopop.
Yes.

All of it is great.

And ya'know I wanna see Goku in any fighting game.
Now, this is a cast. Kermit the Frog, Scooby-Doo, William the U.S. Bill, Tommy Pickles, Steve Urkel, Blossom, Buzz Lightyear, and Hannah Montana.
That surely is a cast, especially with Tororo, Dr. Slump, Arele, the Magical DoReMi girls and Danger Mouse.

And just y'all wait until y'all see mine equivalent in my TL ;) ............
The only question is, should a Steve Urkel spinoff movie/series should be animated or live-action?
It should start off as a movie, then a animated series, and it should be a animated/live-action hybrid.
Okay.
Pretty small.
Yeah.
You say that Saw is the only major IP that Lionsgate has as of 2006, but I see Cubix and Hoodwinked as runner-ups.

You know, if you wanted to be daring, you could have Lionsgate buy all of these, open up their own music and comics divisions, and be more competitive with the bigger companies that way.
Exactly.

And maybe have Lionsgate buyout some of the smaller animation, film and television studios as well as one of the anime distributors I suggested.
Sora hiding a boner for Lum? I can definitely see that being made into a Family Guy cutaway gag...with Kairi slapping him at the last second.
You know, that would be a great runaway gag.
For the assets portion, you forgot to put in their assets they acquired in their purchase of Pearson’s TV division aka Thames Television, Grundy Television, the Mark Goodson Productions library, the All American Television library, the Hall-Hatos Productions library, the Bill Caruthers Productions library, Channel 5 in the UK, and the pre-1993 Cosgrove-Hall library, plus you should reword the Lorimar portion to say “pre-1993 Lorimar library” because they made some iconic dramas like Dallas and The Waltons.

For the franchises portion, you should add Family Feud, Danger Mouse/Count Duckula, Dallas, The Price is Right, Neighbours, To Tell the Truth, Let’s Make a Deal, Baywatch, Match Game, and Password.

Other things to note: add the Merv Griffin Enterprises library on the TimeWarner portion with Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy as franchises and add the Barry and Enright library to the Saban Multimedia page with Tic-Tac Dough and The Joker’s Wild as franchises.
I think it would be the one below.

I'll have Turner to buy Image Comics and affiliates (WildStorm, Todd McFarlane Entertainment, Highbrow Entertainment, Shadowline, Top Cow Productions and Extreme Studios), while Saban Metromedia would give them Eclipse Comics and Saban Metromedia would purchase many companies owned OTL by BMG (Jive, RCA, Arista) while the other companies who owned would give them to Turner (Chrysalis, Tommy Boy, and the Weird Al Scotti catalog).
Nice.

And you also forgot to list Hanna-Barbera Europe and Cosgrove-Hall Studios on your list (assuming in the case for the latter that HBE is located in France while CHF is located in Britain) @OldNavy1988.
Nickelodeon
TV Land
Noggin
Nick, Jr.
XYZ (formerly HA! TV Comedy Network)
Jetix
TeenNick
Nicktoons Network
Nice, but between Noggin and Nick Jr., what's the point?

Is Noggin still the "intelligent equivalent of Nickelodeon" that it originally was prior to 2002 while Nick Jr. and TeenNick are the respective preschool and teens channels?

Also, is Jetix now changed from a animation station to a action channel, or a geek channel?

Seriously, they have a lot of geek-friendly material they could work with.

They could even have gaming content, music and anime as well.
CrossGen Comics (Merger of CrossGen, Valiant and Tokyopop)
ITC Library
Pre-1993 Lorimar Library
Pre-1993 Cosgrove Hall Library
Notable Franchises:
The Muppets
Nicktoons

Ghibli English dubs
America's Funniest Home Videos
School House Rock
Dallas
The Waltons
Danger Mouse
Count Duckula
Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
Fraggle Rock
Huckleberry Hound
Yogi Bear
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
Scooby Doo
Full House
Family Matters
The Smurfs
(Hanna-Barbera version only; Characters still owned by the estate of Pierre Culliford)
Ren and Stimpy
Rugrats
Hey Arnold!
Powerpuff Girls
Toy Story
The Incredibles
Kenan and Kel
Hannah Montana
The Price is Right
Neighbours
To Tell the Truth
Baywatch
Match Game
Password
All of this......

I most truly love it.

Isn't Dr. Slump and Magical DoReMi also a part of The Jim Henson Company as well?

Also, may I suggest that The Jim Henson Company dub Doraemon as it's next dub?:

Oh yeah, there's also Shin Chan and a whole lot of other suggestions, but I'm not gonna keep'cha here all night:
 
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