List of television companies

During the 20th century, several media companies were founded. Within time some ceased operations, others took their places, and some merged with each others. The most influential eventually grew to become multinational.

Today, six companies are leading the American media industry, as well as the international media industry, including television: Comcast‚ The Walt Disney Company, Fox Corporation, Time Warner, Skydance and Sony Corporation. With the exception of Sony (which is based in Japan), all of them are US based, and along with Internet company Google Inc. (the parent company of YouTube), they form the top biggest international media corporations in the world.

Current US companies (2019)

The major media conglomerates

Conglomerate	Television					Broadcast Network(s)	Cable Channels						Internet on-demand platforms
	Production				Distribution
	Primary	Secondary	Animation	News			Mainstream	Youth	Premium	News	Sports	Movie
Comcast	Universal Television	Universal Cable Productions, Peacock Productions, Wilshire Studios	Universal Animation Studios	NBC News	NBCUniversal Syndication Studios	NBC	USA, Syfy, E!, Bravo, G4, Oxygen, Chiller, Cloo, TV One (50%), Esquire (50%), FearNet (33%)	Sprout		MSNBC, CNBC, The Weather Channel (33%)	NBCSN, Comcast SportsNet, Golf Channel, NHL Network, Universal Sports (8%), MLB Network (5.44%)	Universal HD	Peacock
Disney	ABC Signature, 20th Television	ABC Entertainment, It's a Laugh Productions, Lucasfilm Television, Marvel Television, Fox 21 Television Studios, FX Productions	Disney Television Animation, Pixar Animation Studios, Lucasfilm Animation, Marvel Animation, Fox Television Animation	ABC News	Disney-ABC Domestic Television	ABC	Freeform, SOAPnet, Lifetime (50%), A&E (50%), History (50%), BIO (50%), CI (50%), FX, FXX, National Geographic (67%)	Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior,		Fusion (50%)	ESPN (80%)	FXM	hulu Disney+
Fox				Fox News		FOX, MyNetworkTV				Fox News Channel, Fox Business	Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, Fox Soccer Plus, Fox College Sports, BTN	Movies! (50%)
Skydance	CBS Studios, Warner Bros. Television Studios, Paramount Television Studios, MTV Productions	Big Ticket Television, Nickelodeon Productions, Warner Horizon Television, Alloy Entertainment, Williams Street, Telepictures, Discovery Studios	Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios	CBS News, CNN	CBS Media Ventures, Warner Bros. Television Distribution	CBS, The CW (12.5%), Network Ten	POP (50%), MTV, Comedy Central, TV Land, CMT, VH1, Logo, BET, Paramount Network, Palladia, BET Her, TNT, TBS, truTV, Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science, Planet Green, Military Channel, Discovery Fit & Health, Velocity, Discovery Family (60%), OWN (50%), 3net (33%)	Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick Jr., Cartoon Network, Boomerang	Showtime, The Movie Channel, Flix, Epix (33%), HBO, Cinemax	CNN, HLN	CBS Sports Network, NBA TV, MLB Network (5.44%)	TCM	Paramount+, Pluto TV, BET+, HBO Max Discovery+
Sony	Sony Pictures Television, Sony Pictures Television Studios	Embassy Row	Adelaide Productions		Sony Pictures Television		GSN (58%), FearNet (33%), 3net (33%)					Sony Movie Channel	Crackle

Film industry connections

The US film market is lead by six major film studios, tied to (and the historic roots of) six of the six media conglomerates listed above.

• Universal Pictures (founded in 1912, currently a Comcast asset)
• Paramount Pictures (founded in 1912, currently a Paramount Skydance asset)
• 20th Century Fox (founded in 1915, currently a Walt Disney Company asset)
• Columbia Pictures (founded in 1918, currently a Sony Corporation asset)
• Walt Disney Pictures (founded in 1923, currently a Walt Disney Company asset)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (founded in 1924, currently a WarnerMedia asset)

Together, these six studios, alongside sister studios, divisions and distribution arms, have a share of about 80% of the North American film industry. Additional "mini-major" studios that both produce and distribute films include Lionsgate Films (founded in 1962), Relativity Media (2004), The Weinstein Company (2005), CBS Films (2007), and Open Road Films (2011) being the most notable current minor operators.

Music industry connections

The US (and global) music industry is lead by three major operators: Universal Music Group (still owned by former NBCUniversal owner Vivendi, of France), Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group (a long-time asset of Warner Bros., sold to Access Industries in 2011).

21st Century Fox, Walt Disney Company, CBS Corporation do include minor record labels: Fox Music, Walt Disney Records, and CBS Records, respectively. All of those labels are distributed by the major label groups.

Comic book industry connections

The American comic book industry is dominated by two companies: Marvel Comics, acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2009, and DC Comics, a sister-company of Warner Bros. since 1967.

Marvel and DC each have a market share of about 33%, with major secondary publishers include Image Comics (Spawn, Witchblade, The Walking Dead etc.), IDW Publishing (comic book versions of 24, Angel, CSI, Doctor Who, Star Trek, The X-Files, etc.), Dark Horse Comics (Timecop and comic book versions of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Avatar: The Last Airbender, etc.), Dynamite Entertainment (comic book versions of Battlestar Galactica‚ The Bionic Woman, Grimm, Stargate, Xena: Warrior Princess, etc.), and Boom! Studios (comic book versions of Eureka, Farscape, etc.).

Notable minor companies

• AMC Networks (TV channels AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WE tv, and production company AMC Studios.)
• Hearst Corporation (50% of TV channels Esquire, Lifetime, A&E, History, BIO, CI, and 20% of ESPN.)
• Ion Media Networks (broadcast networks ION, Qubo Channel, and Ion Life.)
• Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (TV channels Epix (33%), FearNet (33%) and TVGN (50%), production company Lionsgate Television, and distribution company Debmar-Mercury.)
• Scripps Networks Interactive (TV channels HGTV, DIY, Great American Country, Cooking Channel, Food Network (70%), and Travel Channel (65%).)
• Starz Inc. (TV channels Starz, Encore and MoviePlex and production companies Anchor Bay Entertainment (75%), Film Roman (75%) and Manga Entertainment (75%).)

Notable additional television production arms of minor film studios include The Weinstein Company Television and Relativity Television. Other prolific production companies that exist as subsidiaries of companies that primary produce feature films (although leaving the distribution to the major studios), include Amblin Television, MGM Television, DreamWorks Television, and Gaumont International Television.