Institutions Research.

                                                    Institutions Research


Dreamworks Animation/Studios.

DreamWorks Studios is a motion picture company formed by partners Steven Spielberg, Stacey Snider and The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The studio currently has a worldwide distribution deal with The Walt Disney Studios, who will market and distribute their films. DreamWorks Studios was originally founded in 1994 by Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen.

Timeline of some of the main events that have happened since it was founded.

One of the studio’s first forays into the entertainment business was the long-running sitcom “Spin City.” DreamWorks released its first feature film in September 1997—the action thriller "The Peacemaker," starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman.

In 1999, DreamWorks released the Academy Award winning “American Beauty,” starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening and directed by first-time director Sam Mendes. At the box office, DreamWorks’ releases in 2000 totaled over $2 billion worldwide.

In 2004, the animation division of the studio was spun-off into a publicly traded company named DreamWorks Animation (DWA). DreamWorks founder Jeffrey Katzenberg moved with DWA becoming its CEO. Now a separate company, DWA solely produces animated feature films and television programs.

In January 2006, the company was sold to the Viacom owned studio, Paramount Pictures. Its first four releases of 2007 all debuted in the #1 spot at the box office and each earned over $100 million worldwide. The four films included the Eddie Murphy comedy “Norbit,” “Blades of Glory” starring Will Ferrell, “Disturbia,” starring Shia LaBeouf, and the Michael Bay directed “Transformers,” which alone grossed over $700 million worldwide.

At the end of 2008, Geffen departed the company, while Spielberg and Snider charted a path for their new partnership. With Geffen’s assistance, the two found a financial partner in Anil Ambani, chairman of The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. After a year of deal making, DreamWorks secured $325 million from Reliance, which was matched by a consortium of investment banks.

Releases for 2013 include the comedy “Delivery Man,” starring Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt and Cobie Smulders and the Wikileaks drama “The Fifth Estate,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange, as well as Daniel Brühl, Laura Linney, Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Peter Capaldi, Dan Stevens, Alicia Vikander and Carice van Houten.

  For 2014, the studio has the car racing actioner “Need For Speed” based on the popular EA video game series and starring Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots and Michael Keaton.



20th Century Fox.

The company was founded in 1904 in New York City by William Fox, a 25 year-old Jewish Hungarian immigrant, who sold his cloth processing business and with the profits earned bought a lowly "common show." At that time, "common show" was the legal phrase for the exhibition of motion pictures in a store remodeled for that purpose and containing fewer than 299 seats. These primitive movie theaters charged five cents admission and therefore became known as "nickelodeons."

As a next logical step, Mr. Fox and partners opened a film exchange - -one of the first in the nation. Named the Greater New York Film Rental Company, it provided their Nickelodeons with new movies and offered an ideal opportunity to trade films with other exhibitors and exchanges.

By 1913, the rapid growth of the exhibition industry made it almost impossible to obtain new films. Mr. Fox quickly organized the Box Office Attraction Company and began producing movies of his own.
The advent of sound in motion pictures in 1927 turned the movie industry topsy-turvy. Fox's success with the Movietone process for recording sound on film prompted the company to enter into a series of reorganizations and financial deals.

Fox Television Stations Inc. was formed in March 1986 with the purchase of six independent television stations from Metromedia, Inc. in the cities of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas , Washington D.C. and Houston.

Fox Broadcasting Company was launched in May 1986 as a satellite delivered national program service for independent stations, offering network quality, original programming for prime time and late night time periods. In October of that year, FBC went on the air with its first program, "The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers."

January 2001 saw National Geographic TV and Film, and the Fox Network launch the National Geographic Channel. The National Geographic Channel connects its viewers to the pulse of the planet, covering science, culture, natural history, and adventure.

In 2005 Fox Interactive Media (FIM) was formed to oversee News Corporation's new media acquisitions, FIM is a portfolio of leading social networking, entertainment, sports and information sites that offer a platform and tools for consumers to express themselves, communicate with each other, and engage with media.

The company's worldwide network includes such category leaders as MySpace, Photobucket, IGN, FOXSports.com, RottenTomatoes, AskMen, Flektor and more that together comprise one of the largest audiences on the Web.

In 2006 Fox Atomic was created. Atomic produces and markets theatrical movies and digital content targeting the 17 – 24 year old demographic across all media platforms. Users are also given access to entertainment content and encouraged to make, remix and share their own creations.

On December 4th 2007- Fox Entertainment Group acquired Beliefnet, the largest online faith and spirituality network. Beliefnet is a large multi-faith e-community that aims to provide a free forum for religious information and inspiration, spiritual tools, and discussions and dialogue groups.