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)
    • Distribution rights to the Locksmith Animation film library (post-December 2024) ^[4]
  • Seven Arts Productions (excluding co-productions) ^[5]
    • 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) ^[6]
    • 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
  • Legacy Releasing (execpt films owned by third-party companies)
  • 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) ^[7]
  • 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 MGM, and films in the public domain) ^[8]
  • International theatrical and home video distribution rights to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library (post-May 1986) ^{[9] [10] [11]}
  • Home video distribution rights to the Cannon Pictures film library (post-June 1991)
  • 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 ); co-owned with the estate of Phil Silvers
      • 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] [19] [20]}
          • First National Pictures
          • Distribution rights to the Warner Bros. Cartoons library (pre-August 1948 color cartoons and Bugs Bunny: Superstar )
            • Distribution rights to the 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)
    • Brut Productions ^[21]
    • Particular Crowd film library (pre-2023) ^{[22] [23]}
    • Turner Pictures
  • 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) ^[24]
    • New Line Television
    • Fine Line Features
    • Picturehouse film library (2005–2008)
  • Castle Rock Entertainment film library (post-1994) (excluding owned by third-party companies) ^[25]
    • Castle Rock Entertainment television library (including ancillary rights to Seinfeld and Thea which was distributed by Sony Pictures Television, and excluding The Powers That Be ) ^[26]
• WaterTower Music discography
  • MGM Records (film and television soundtracks)
  • National General Records
  • New Line Records

Home Box Office, Inc.

• HBO Entertainment
• HBO Enterprises
• HBO Films
• HBO Documentary Films
• HBO Animation
• HBO Latin America Originals ^{[27] [28]}
• HBO Independent Productions
• HBO Downtown Productions (pre-1992)
• Time Life Films (pre-1986) ^[29]
  • 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; includes ancillary and home media rights to Get Smart , which was distributed by CBS Media Ventures)

Cable News Network, Inc.

• CNN Originals
• CNN Films
• HLN Originals
• Great Big Story

Television Networks and Studios

• Warner Bros. Television Studios
  • Alloy Entertainment ^[30]
  • Warner Horizon Scripted Television
  • Warner Horizon Unscripted Television
    • Shed Media U.S.
  • Telepictures
    • Turner Program Services
    • Rankin/Bass Productions (post-September 1974)
    • Lorimar Television
    • Telepictures Music
    • A Very Good Production
      • eleveneleven
  • 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)
    • Williams Street
    • CN LA Original Productions
  • Warner Bros. Animation
    • Warner Bros. Cartoons library (B&W and post-July 1948 color cartoons and Lady, Play Your Mandolin! ; ancillary rights to pre-August 1948 color cartoons and most Harman and Ising-produced Merrie Melodies cartoons)
    • Hanna-Barbera (excluding licensed properties) ^[31]
    • 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 ^[32]
      • Renegade Pictures
      • Ricochet ^[33]
      • Twenty Twenty Television ^[34]
      • Wall to Wall Media ^[35]
      • Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
    • Eyeworks ^[36]
      • Eyeworks UK
      • Eyeworks Touchdown
      • Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas
      • Eyeworks Egmond
      • Eyeworks Brazil
• 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) ^{[37] [38]}
  • 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
    • Earth M
• 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)
    • Hill House Comics library
    • The Sandman Universe
  • 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
  • Fullscreen originals
  • Machinima, Inc.
  • Rooster Teeth Productions
    • Rooster Teeth Animation
    • Rooster Teeth Games
    • Rooster Teeth Studios ^[39]
• Max Originals
  • HBO Go originals
• Discovery+ originals
• BluTV originals ^[40]
• Player+ originals
• Warner Bros. Games
  • TT Games (with some exceptions) ^[41]
    • Traveller's Tales
    • TT Games Publishing
    • TT Fusion
    • TT Animation
    • TT Odyssey
    • TT Centroid
  • Monolith Productions
  • Surreal Software
  • Portkey Games
  • Avalanche Software (post-2017)
  • 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) ^[42]
      • Midway Games West Inc.
      • Time Warner Interactive
      • Williams Electronics
  • Player First Games

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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