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Time Warner

CA 1999 / 1999 revenue: 27,3 MM$ (+87,4%)
Bénéfices 1999 / 1999 income: 1,9 MM$ (1059,5%)

Time Warner's 2000 agreement to be acquired by Internet colossus AOL will blend Time Warner's legendary brands with AOL's online dominance. Time Warner -- the world's largest media company -- owns 75% of Time Warner Entertainment (AT&T owns the other 25%), which comprises Warner Bros., Time Warner Cable, and other entertainment holdings. Time Warner's TBS subsidiary brings operations such as CNN, New Line Cinema, and the Atlanta Braves to the Time Warner table. Publishing arm Time Inc. is the #1 US magazine publisher (People, Time and houses book operations such as Time Life. The company's Warner Music Group houses an array of record labels including Atlantic and Elektra.

Time Warner Entertainment

CA 1999 / 1999 revenue: 13,2 MM$ (-7,4%)
Bénéfices 1999 / 1999 income: 2,8 MM$ (+746%%)

Time Warner Entertainment (TWE) will show you a good time. The company's Warner Bros. (which generates nearly half of TWE's revenue) oversees film, TV, and video operations, as well as the majority-owned WB Television Network. TWE also owns HBO, which, in turn, owns 50% of Comedy Central. Generating about one-third of TWE's revenue are its cable systems (Time Warner Cable and the 65%-owned TWE-Advance/Newhouse partnership), which serve nearly 11 million subscribers. AT&T owns 25% of TWE, but 75%-owner Time Warner controls the management of TWE. The company will become a member of the AOL Time Warner family after the Internet giant's acquisition of Time Warner.

Time Warner Telecom

CA 1999 / 1999 revenue: 269 M$ (+120,5%)
Bénéfices 1999 / 1999 income: -89,3 M$

Time waits for no business, so Time Warner Telecom is hurrying to build out its fiber-optic networks. The company, which operates as a competitive local-exchange carrier (CLEC) in 21 metropolitan US markets, offers integrated broadband communications services primarily to long-distance carriers, ISPs, wireless companies, and government agencies. It also offers long-distance services to small- and medium-sized businesses. Time Warner Telecom is 48%-owned by Time Warner, which Internet giant America Online is buying. Other major stakeholders are Advance/Newhouse Partnership and MediaOne Group.

Contenant - portail / Container - portal

Avec près de 13 millions de clients, Time Warner Cable possède le deuxième plus gros réseau câblé des Etats-Unis (derrière AT&T).

  • MediaOne (détenu par AT&T) possède 25% de Time Warner Entertainement.
  • PrimeStar, opérateur satellite américain, est détenu à:
    • 37% par TCI Satellite Entertainment,
    • 30% par Time Warner,
    • 10% par AT&T,
    • 10% par Comcast,
    • 9% par Cox Communications,
    • 4% par General Electrics,
    • American Sky Broadcasting (ASkyB) détient 1 MM$ d'actions sans droit de vote et va fournir des satellites. ASkyB est détenu à 80% par News Corp. la compagnie de Ruppert Murdoch - et à 20% par WorldCom.
  • Time Warner est présent sur Internet, notamment avec son célèbre site Web PathFinder,
  • MediaOne a fusionné MediaOne Express, son service d'accès en ligne, avec RoadRunner, le service de Time Warner. Les deux compagnies espèrent devenir ainsi le plus gros fournisseur d'accès Internet au monde, notamment parce qu'ils comptent proposer ce service par le câble. Outre des offres promotionnelles à leurs abonnés au câbles, ce service devrait fournir des débits très importants.

With almost 13 million customers, Time Warner Cable owns the second biggest cable network of the USA (behind AT&T).

  • MediaOne (held by AT&T) owns 25% of Time Warner Entertainement.
  • PrimeStar, an American satellite operator, is owned at:
    • 37% by TCI Satellite Entertainment,
    • 30% by Time Warner,
    • 10% by AT&T,
    • 10% by Comcast,
    • 9% by Cox Communications,
    • 4% by General Electrics,
    • American Sky Broadcasting (ASkyB) owns 1 billion dollars of non-voting shares and will provide some satellites. ASkyB is owned at 80% by News Corp. - Ruppert Murdoch's company- and at 20% by WorldCom.
  • Time Warner is actively present on the Internet, moslty with its famous PathFinder Web site.
  • MediaOne has merged its online service division MediaOne Express with Time Warner's, RoadRunner. Both companies want to become the largest ISP worldwide, partly because they want to propose this service through their cable network. Apart from the promotional offers to their cable customers, this service should provide an important bandwidth.

Contenu / Content

Avec Warner Bros, Time Inc., CNN et toutes ses autres filiales, Time Warner est un gros poisson du contenu.

  • En Angleterre, TeleWest, General Cable, Diamond Cable et NTL (quatre des plus gros câblo-opérateurs britanniques) ont signé un accord avec Time Warner pour diffuser les films de Warner Bros. en pay-per-view.

With Warner Bros, Time Inc., CNN and all its other divisions, Time Warner has a strong presence on the content market.

  • In Great Britain, TeleWest, General Cable, Diamond Cable and NTL (four of the largest UK cable operators) signed an agreement with Time Warner to provide Warner Bros. movies on a pay-per-view basis.

Télécoms / Telecom

  • Time Warner s'attaque également au marché des télécom avec Time Warner Communication, crée conjointement avec MediaOne. Il offre des services dans 18 villes: Austin, Houston, San Antonio (Texas), Cincinnati, Columbus, Lima (Ohio), Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh (North Carolina), Honolulu (Hawaï), Indianapolis (Indiana), New York City, Rochester (New York), Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Orlando, Tamps (Floride), San Diego (Californie). Dans la dernière ville où il s'est implanté, Memphis, Time Warner Communications frappe très fort en proposant des tarifs jusqu'à 60% moins cher que la concurrence,
  • Time Warner et AT&T ont créé une joint-venture (dont ce dernier possède 77,5%) qui fournira des communications locales dans 33 états en utilisant le réseau câblé de Time Warner. AT&T a payé 300 M$ pour avoir l'exclusivité.
  • Time Warner entered the telecom market with Time Warner Communications, created with MediaOne. This joint-venture offiers services in 18 US cities: Austin, Houston, San Antonio (Texas), Cincinnati, Columbus, Lima (Ohio), Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh (North Carolina), Honolulu (Hawaï), Indianapolis (Indiana), New York City, Rochester (New York), Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Orlando, Tamps (Floride), San Diego (Californie). At Memphis, Time Warner Communications proposed some prices up to 60% cheaper than the competition,
  • Time Warner and AT&T created a joint-venture (the telecom giant holding 77.5%) which will provide some local services in 33 states using Time Warner cable network. AT&T paid $300 million for an exclusive use.

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