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
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