Media Companies in the Video Game and Interactive Entertainment Industry - Discover the Gaming Properties and Activities for Some of the Large Media Companies Today

[July 14, 2008]

Media Companies in the Video Game and Interactive Entertainment Industry - Discover the Gaming Properties and Activities for Some of the Large Media Companies Today

DUBLIN, Ireland --(Business Wire)-- Research and Markets (http://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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