List of libraries owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
This is a list of content libraries and catalogs owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.[1][2][3]
Content libraries
Warner Bros.
- Warner Bros. Pictures film library (post-1949) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
- DC Studios
- Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
- Warner Bros. Feature Animation (predecessor)
- Seven Arts Productions (excluding co-productions)[4]
- Seven Arts Television
- National General Pictures film library (excluding the Cinema Center Films library, owned by Paramount Pictures)
- Banner Productions
- First Artists film library
- Orion Pictures film library (pre-May 1982)
- Lorimar Motion Pictures film library (1978–1990) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)[5]
- Monogram Pictures/Allied Artists Pictures Corporation film library (post-August 1946)
- The Geffen Film Company film library (excluding Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, owned by Paramount Pictures via MTV Entertainment Studios)
- Warner Independent Pictures
- Warner Premiere
- Warner Bros. Family Entertainment (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
- Dark Castle Entertainment film library (pre-2013) (only films co-produced with Warner Bros. Pictures)
- RatPac-Dune Entertainment film library (2013–2018) (only films co-produced and co-financed with Warner Bros. Pictures)[6]
- Distribution rights to The Saul Zaentz Company film library (owned by Teatro della Pace Films)
- US distribution rights to the Samuel Goldwyn Productions film library (excluding The Hurricane, owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and films in the public domain)[7]
- International distribution rights to most of the Morgan Creek Entertainment film library (pre-2011)
- International theatrical and home video distribution rights to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library (post-May 1986)[8][9][10]
- Home video distribution rights to the Cannon Pictures film library (post-June 1991)
- Distribution rights to the Locksmith Animation film library (excluding Ron's Gone Wrong, owned by Disney via 20th Century Animation, and That Christmas, owned by Netflix via Netflix Animation)[11]
- Turner Entertainment Co.[12]
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library (pre-May 1986) (excluding Babes in Toyland and Electric Dreams, owned by MGM itself via Orion Pictures, with the latter copyrighted to MGM, and films owned by third-party companies)[13][14]
- Material from MGM's predecessors (Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures) (post-1915) that did not enter the public domain
- MGM Television library (pre-1985) (excluding the 1964–1967 Flipper series and Fame, owned by MGM itself, with ownership of the former handled through Orion Pictures)
- MGM Cartoons library (1934–1958, 1961–1967) (excluding the Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper cartoons, owned by the Iwerks estate)
- A portion of the United Artists library[15]
- US, Canadian, UK, French, Latin American and Australian distribution rights to the RKO Radio Pictures library (pre-1959) (excluding co-productions and films owned by third-party companies or fallen in the public domain)[16]
- Gilligan's Island and its animated spin-offs (The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet)
- Associated Artists Productions[17]
- Warner Bros. Pictures film library (pre-1950) (excluding some films that are either in the public domain or owned by third-party companies)[18]
- First National Pictures
- Warner Bros. Cartoons library (pre-August 1948 color cartoons and Bugs Bunny: Superstar)
- Harman and Ising-produced Merrie Melodies cartoons (excluding Lady, Play Your Mandolin!)
- Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios Popeye the Sailor cartoons (1933–1957) (under license from King Features Syndicate)
- Warner Bros. Pictures film library (pre-1950) (excluding some films that are either in the public domain or owned by third-party companies)[18]
- Brut Productions[19]
- Particular Crowd film library (pre-2023)[20][21]
- Turner Pictures
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library (pre-May 1986) (excluding Babes in Toyland and Electric Dreams, owned by MGM itself via Orion Pictures, with the latter copyrighted to MGM, and films owned by third-party companies)[13][14]
- Discovery Films
- Flagship Entertainment Group film library (49%) (only films co-produced with Warner Bros. Pictures)
- New Line Cinema film library (post-November 1984) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)[22]
- New Line Television
- Fine Line Features
- Picturehouse film library (2005–2008)
- Castle Rock Entertainment film library (pre-2010) (excluding home entertainment and streaming rights to pre-1994 films, held by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer via Orion Pictures, and A Few Good Men, In the Line of Fire and North, owned by Sony Pictures via Columbia Pictures)
- Castle Rock Entertainment television library (including ancillary rights to Seinfeld, which was distributed by Sony Pictures Television, and excluding The Powers That Be)[23]
- WaterTower Music discography
- MGM Records (film and television soundtracks)
Home Box Office, Inc.
- HBO Entertainment
- HBO Enterprises
- HBO Films
- HBO Documentary Films
- HBO Animation
- HBO Latin America Originals[24][25]
- HBO Independent Productions
- HBO Downtown Productions (pre-1992)
- Time Life Films (pre-1986)[26]
- The March of Time
- Talent Associates (excluding East Side/West Side, owned by MGM Television, McMillan & Wife, owned by Universal Television, and most shows co-produced with CBS Productions, owned by CBS Media Ventures)
Cable News Network, Inc.
Television Networks and Studios
- Warner Bros. Television Studios
- Alloy Entertainment[27]
- Warner Horizon Scripted Television
- Warner Horizon Unscripted Television
- Telepictures
- Turner Program Services
- Rankin/Bass Productions (post-September 1974)
- Lorimar Television
- Telepictures Music
- A Very Good Production
- The Wolper Organization library (post-1970)
- Blue Ribbon Content
- Cartoon Network Studios (excluding Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003), owned by Disney via Lucasfilm, and Transformers: Animated, owned by Hasbro via Hasbro Entertainment)
- Warner Bros. Animation
- Warner Bros. Cartoons library (B&W and post-July 1948 color cartoons)
- Hanna-Barbera (excluding licensed properties)[28]
- Ruby-Spears Enterprises (pre-1991) (excluding Rambo: The Force of Freedom, owned by StudioCanal, It's Punky Brewster, owned by Universal Television, and Piggsburg Pigs!, owned by Disney via ABC Family Worldwide)
- Warner Bros. International Television Production
- Warner Bros. Television Studios UK
- Shed Media[29]
- Renegade Pictures
- Ricochet[30]
- Twenty Twenty Television[31]
- Wall to Wall Media[32]
- Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
- LazyTown Entertainment (excluding LazyTown Extra, owned by BBC Studios)[33]
- Eyeworks[34]
- Warner Bros. Television Studios UK
- Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Life, HGTV, Travel Channel, Food Network, Discovery Family, Cartoon Network, TruTV, HBO, and other networks)
DC Comics
- Absorbed libraries
- National Comics Publications (predecessor)[35][36]
- All-American Publications (predecessor)
- Fawcett Comics
- Quality Comics
- Charlton Comics
- Fox Feature Syndicate
- WildStorm
- America's Best Comics
- WildStorm Signature
- Cliffhanger (predecessor)
- Homage Comics (predecessor)
- CMX
- Mad
- Milestone Media
- Elseworlds
- Piranha Press library
- Paradox Press library (successor)
- Impact Comics library (under license from Archie Comics)
- Red Circle Comics library (successor)
- Vertigo Comics library
- DC Black Label library (successor)
- Helix library
- Murphyverse library
- Amalgam Comics (co-owned with Marvel Comics)
- Tangent Comics
- DC Focus
- Johnny DC
- All Star
- Minx
- Zuda Comics
- Earth One
- DC Entertainment
- Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios Superman cartoons (1941–1943)
- Young Animal
- Wonder Comics
- DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults library
- DC Ink library (predecessor)
- DC Graphic Novels for Kids library
- DC Zoom library (predecessor)
- DC Universe originals
- DC Universe Infinite originals (successor)
Streaming & Interactive Entertainment
- Otter Media
- Max Originals
- HBO Go originals
- Discovery+ originals
- BluTV originals[38]
- Player+ originals
- Warner Bros. Games
- TT Games (with some exceptions)[39]
- Monolith Productions
- Surreal Software
- Portkey Games
- Avalanche Software (2017–present)
- Rocksteady Studios
- WB Games Boston
- WB Games Montréal
- WB Games New York
- WB Games San Diego
- WB Games San Francisco
- Cartoon Network Games
- Adult Swim Games
- NetherRealm Studios
- Midway Games (excluding the NBA Jam series, owned by Electronic Arts via EA Sports, and third-party licensed video games)[40]
Music publishing
- Lorimar Music Publishing, Inc.
- Lorimar Music A Corp. (ASCAP)
- Lorimar Music Bee Corp. (BMI)
- New Line Melodies (SESAC)
- New Line Music Corp. (BMI)
- New Line Tunes (ASCAP)
- T-L Music Publishing Company, Inc.
- Eleven Hundred Music (SESAC)
- L-T Music Publishing (BMI)
- T-L Music Publishing (ASCAP)
- Turner Music Publishing Inc.
- RET Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
- Super Satellite Music (BMI)
- Techwood Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
- Ten Fifty Music, Inc. (BMI)
- Title Match Music, Inc. (SESAC)
- Turner Music Canada, Inc. (SOCAN)
- Warner-Barham Music LLC (BMI)
- Warner-Hollywood Music LLC (SESAC)
- Warner-Olive Music LLC (ASCAP)
See also
- List of Warner Bros. Discovery television programs
- List of Discovery Channel original programming
- List of Animal Planet original programming
- List of Food Network original programming
- List of Travel Channel original programming
- List of assets owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
- Lists of Warner Bros. films
- List of New Line Cinema films
- List of Castle Rock Entertainment films
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