Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Research for Second Industry


Research for Second Industry


Ownership


Who is the company owned by?

Pixar is a subsidiary company owned by it’s parent company, The Walt Disney Company.

Do they own any other companies? What?

Disney owns a number of companies such as ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network), ABC Entertainment, ABC Daytime, ABC News, , ABC Television, ABC Kids, and Touchstone Television. Disney also owns 277 radio stations in the United States. 

Does the company make any other products or provide services that fall under a different media industry or are outside of the media altogether?

The “ Disney Music Group” is company is a collection of affiliated record labels and music publishing entitles, owned by The Walt Disney Company. A subsidiary of the Disney Music Group is ‘Walt Disney Records’ which is an American record label originally founded in 1956 as Disneyland Records.

History


When were they set up?


Pixar animation Studios was founded on the 17th August, 1986 by Edwin Catmull and Steve jobs.

Have they merged with other companies or have they been taken over by anyone?

Disney merged with Marvel studios

What terms can be applied to your company and why?

My company is a subsidiary and multi national company.

Customers:


Who are their customers?

Pixar’s customers are both children and adults. The reason why I say this is because Pixar’s has mature, character-driven stories that both adults and children can both laugh.

 

What are their viewing figures?

Toy Story 3 (2010) $1,063.2 million
Finding Nemo (2003) $867.9 million
Up (2009) $731.3 million

 

Have their readership/audience increased/decreased over time?


Financial:


Who is their competition?

Pixar’s rival and biggest competitor in the animation industry is DreamWorks Studios

How much money do they make?

Pixar is worth 7.4 billion dollars.

 

Do they have any other sources of income?

Pixar’s source of income is their movie production and their parent company, The Walt Disney Company

Have there been any developments e.g. online services, iPhone application

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