2008-07-14 23:43:06 -
www.researchandmarkets.com - Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7b3007/media_companies_in) has announced the addition of the "Media Companies in the Video Game and Interactive Entertainment Industry" report to their offering.
This report looks at the history and current strategies of large media companies investing in the video game and interactive entertainment space.
This report
describes the gaming properties and activities for some of the large media companies. For each company there is a detailed description of their game-related licenses, structure, history and overall strategy within the parent company.
Key Topics Covered:
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A. OVERVIEW
B. HISTORY
1. Hollywood Phase One: 1976-1984
2. Hollywood Phase Two: 1994-2000
3. Hollywood Phase Three: 2005 to the Present
C. CURRENT VIDEO GAME STRATEGY OF MEDIA COMPANIES
1. News Corp
2. Sony Corporation
3. Time Warner
4. Viacom
5. Vivendi
6. Walt Disney Company
D. ANALYSIS
II. WALT DISNEY COMPANY
A. OVERVIEW
B. DISNEY CONSUMER PRODUCTS
1. Disney Interactive Studios/Buena Vista Games (prev. Walt Disney Computer Software)
C. BROADCAST
1. Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG)
III. NEWS CORPORATION
A. OVERVIEW
B. NDS GROUP PLC (NASDAQ: NNDS)
1. Orbis Technology, Ltd. (Orbis)
2. VISIONIK
3. MediaHighway
4. Xtreamplay
C. FOX INTERACTIVE MEDIA (FIM)
1. IGN Entertainment, Inc. (IGN)
IGN.com.
GameSpy Industries
D. FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
1. 20th Century Fox.
2. Fox Broadcasting Company
3. Fox Interactive
IV. SONY CORPORATION
A. OVERVIEW
B. SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (SCEI)
1. Hardware: Consoles & Peripherals
PlayStation/PS One/PSX
PlayStation 2 (PS2)
PlayStation Portable (PSP)
PlayStation 3 (PS3)
Peripherals
2. Software: Studios & Development Tools
SCE Inc.
SCE Japan Studio (SCEJ)
Team Ico.
Polyphony Digital Inc
Clap Hanz Ltd.
Square Enix (partial ownership)
SCE Europe (SCEE)
SCE Studio Liverpool
SCE London Studio.
SCE Studio Cambridge
Insomniac Games
Guerrilla Games B.V
SCE America (SCEA)
SCE San Diego Studios
SCE Bend Studios
Naughty Dog, Inc.
SCE Foster City Studios
Zipper Interactive, Inc.
SCE Santa Monica Studios
Incognito Entertainment
Factor 5
SCE Korea
3.Development Tools (PlayStation Edge)
AGEIA Technologies, Inc.
Havok
SN System Ltd
Epic Games
SCE-RT
C. SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT (SPE)
1. Online Portal
2. Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE)
3. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (MGM Interactive)
D. ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS & RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
V. TIME WARNER INC
A. OVERVIEW
1. AOL
2. Cable
3. Filmed Entertainment
4. Networks.
5. Publishing
B. TIME WARNER'S GAMING PAST
1. Atari
2. Warner Interactive International (WII)
3. Other Video Game Alliances
C. TIME WARNER'S GAMING PRESENT
1. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Inc. (WBIE)
Monolith Productions, Inc.
DC Comics
Traveller's Tales.
2. AOL Games and Warner Bros. Online
3. GameTap
VI. VIACOM INC
A. OVERVIEW
1. Financials
2. Viacom Gaming Properties
B. MTV NETWORKS.
1. MTVN Entertainment Group
Xfire, Inc.
GameTrailers.com
2. MTVN Kids and Family
Nickelodeon
NeoPets, Inc
Quizilla
3. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
C. MTV GAMES
1. Atom Entertainment
Shockwave.com
AddictingGames.com
D. PARAMOUNT PICTURES
E. DREAMWORKS
VII. DREAMWORKS ANIMATION SKG, INC
A. OVERVIEW
B. FINANCIALS
C. PROPERTIES
1. Online Portal
2. Games based on Dreamwork properties
VIII. VIVENDI GAMES
A. OVERVIEW
B. FINANCIAL INFO
C. BACKGROUND
1. Vivendi
2. Vivendi Games
3. Sierra Entertainment
4. Blizzard Entertainment
5. Universal Interactive Studios
6. Recent Events
D. PRODUCTS
1. Vivendi Games Products
2. Key Franchises
3. Blizzard Products
4. Sierra Entertainment Products
5. Sierra Online
6. PC Game Library
7. Mobile Games
E. OUTLOOK
IX. ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
A. OVERVIEW
B. THE DEAL
C. FINANCIAL INFO
D. SOFTWARE PRODUCTS
E. OUTLOOK
Index of Tables
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