Entertainment and Media Market

Company Headquarters: New York, US Founded: 1986 Workforce: 12,770 Company Working CBS Corporation is a mass media company, which creates and distributes content across a variety of platforms to audiences across the globe. The company operates in every field of media and entertainment including cable, publishing, local TV, film and interactive services. The company operates its business via entertainment, cable networks, publishing, and local media segments. The entertainment segment comprises the CBS Television Network, CBS Television Studios, CBS Studios International, CBS Television Distribution, CBS Interactive, and CBS Films as well as the company's digital streaming services, CBS All Access and CBSN. The cable networks consist of CBS Sports Network, Showtime Networks, and Smithsonian Networks. The publishing segment manages the Simon & Schuster's consumer book publishing business under the names of Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Scribner, and Atria Books. The local media segment consists of CBS Television Stations and CBS Local Digital Media which manages content from local websites and television stations. CBS Corporation majorly operates in the US and Canada.

Company Headquarters: Germany Founded: 1835 Workforce: ~17,377 Company Working: Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (Bertelsmann) is an education, media, and services company who along with its subsidiaries, engages in television broadcasting, magazine publishing, e-learning, music rights, and services businesses. The operating divisions of the company include RTL Group, Gruner + Jahr, Penguin Random House, BMG, Bertelsmann Printing Group, Bertelsmann Education Group, and Bertelsmann Investments. The RTL Group deals with television broadcasting, the Penguin Random House engages in trade book publishing, Gruner+ Jahr involves in magazine publishing, BMG is the music service provider, Arvato offers SCM, financial, and IT solutions and services to the clients, the Bertelsmann Printing Group deals with printing activities, Bertelsmann Education Group engages in providing education services, and Bertelsmann Investments deals with funds. The company has a presence in more than 50 countries, with major operations in Western European countries such as Germany, France, the UK, and the US.

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 1963 Workforce: ~189,000 Company Working: Comcast Corporation is a media and technology company that provides video, Internet, and phone services to its customers. The company operates through three primary segments: Comcast Cable, Sky, and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable has one reporting sub-segment, namely, cable communications. NBCUniversal has four reportable sub-segments: broadcast television, cable networks, theme parks, and filmed entertainment. The cable communications segment provides high-speed Internet, video, security and automation, and voice services under Xfinity’s brand name. The cable networks segment covers national cable networks, news networks, regional sports, cable television studio production operations, and international cable networks. The broadcast television sub-segment provides Telemundo broadcast networks and NBC. The theme parks segment comprises Universal theme parks in Orlando, Florida, Hollywood, Osaka, Japan, and California. The filmed entertainment segment consists of production, acquisition, distribution, and marketing of filmed entertainment. The Sky business segment comprises a direct-to-consumer business’s operations, providing video, high-speed Internet, voice, and wireless phone services. The corporate & other segment includes operations of other business such as Comcast Spectacor and wireless phone services. The company has a high presence in the North American and European regions. It is a public company listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange as NASDAQ: CMCSA.

Company Headquarters: California, US Founded: 1923 Workforce: 201,000 Company Working: The Walt Disney Co. is an international family entertainment and media enterprise. It operates through the following business segments: media networks, parks & resorts, studio entertainment, and consumer products and interactive media. The media networks segment comprises cable and broadcast television networks, television production and distribution operations, domestic television stations, radio networks and stations. The parks and resorts segment overlook the operation of the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida; the Disney Vacation Club; Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa in Hawaii; the Disneyland Resort in California; the Disney Cruise Line; and Adventures by Disney. The studio entertainment segment involves the production of live-action and animated motion pictures, direct-to-video content, musical recordings and live stage plays. The film produced are distributed under the Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Touchstone banners. The consumer products and interactive media segment authorizes the company's trade names, characters, and visual and literary properties to the manufacturers, game developers, publishers, and retailers across the globe. This segment also includes published magazines and comic books, games developed primarily for mobile platforms, and distribution of branded merchandise directly via retail, online and wholesale businesses. The company has a wide geographic presence across the North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa.

Alphabet Inc. (Alphabet) is an American multinational company that operates through a collection of businesses of several industries, including technology, life sciences, investment capital, and research. Its subsidiaries include Calico, CapitalG, Chronicle, DeepMind, Google, Google Fiber GV, Jigsaw, Sidewalk Labs, Verily, Waymo, and X, among which Google accounts for the largest share of total revenue generated by Alphabet. In 2016, the net revenue of the company was USD 89.5 billion, which is around 99% of the total revenue of Alphabet, Inc. Google announced its conglomerate to be Alphabet on August 10, 2015. Google is Alphabet’s leading and largest subsidiary. Google, Inc. is a leading technology company specialized in internet-related service and products. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc. Online advertising, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware are some of the major specialized products of Google. In retail cloud market, Google offers cloud platform and analytics solution to retail customers. Google is an American multinational company and initially was incorporated as a privately held company. Later, in 2004, the company announced its first public offering. The company offers managed services in terms of work productivity, scheduling, time management, instant messaging, video chats, language translation, mapping, video sharing, notetaking & photo organizing and editing, through its various applications. Google offers Google Search, Google Now, AdWords, AdSense, Double Click Ad Exchange, AdExchange, and AdMob. Google is known to build technology products and provide services to organize information.

Company Headquarters: Brazil Founded: 1925 Workforce: ~ 10,000 Company Overview: Grupo Globo is a media and entertainment company that offers information, entertainment, and culture through quality content. The company operates through the following segments: TV Globo’s, Globo Films, Globosat, Infoglobo, Editora Globo, Som Livre, and ZAP. TV Globo broadcasts content in Latin America through its own networks. Globo Films provides co-production of Brazilian films whereas Globosat is a subscription programme that offers more than 30 channels including Globonews, SporTV, Multishow, GNT, Viva, and Globo stand. The Infoglobo offers daily newspapers O Globo, whereas Editora Globo segment offers editing of classic and contemporary books through Globo Livros. Som Livre works in the music industry and offers traditional media (CDs, DVDs, and others), as well as digital media offerings and events. Moreover, Globo.com provides internet-related technology services and platforms.