Hollywood Studios

The Big 6
- Fox
- Paramount
- Universal
- Disney
- Columbia
- Warner Bros

Fox
owned by Murdoch's News International

Paramount
owned by Viacom, which owns Showcase Cinema, MTV, Nickelodeon and Blockbuster Video.

Universal
owned by General Electric, which also own NBC.

Disney
is a huge transnational coporation which owns Buena Vista and Miramax (large independent film company)

Columbia Pictures
owned by Sony, and took over MGM in September 2004.

Warner Bros
is part of the World's largest media company, Time Warner. It also owns AOL.

The Independent-Majors
- Lionsgate Entertainment
- Artisian Entertainment (Owned by Lionsgate)
- Dreamworks
- The Weinstein Company
- Dimension Films [originally the Miramax Films division] (Part of Weinstein)