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50–50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company

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A&E Networks (stylized as A+E NETWORKS) is an American multinational broadcasting company that is a 50–50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company through its General Entertainment Content division. The company owns several non-fiction and entertainment-based television brands, including its namesake A&E, History, Lifetime, FYI, and their associated sister channels, and holds stakes in or licenses their international branches.

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Type:

Joint venture

Industry:

Mass media

Founded:

1984; 39 years ago

Headquarters:

New York City,

New York

United States

Key people:

• Paul Buccieri (president)

• David Granville-Smith (COO, CFO)

Products:

Home video
filmsServicesBroadcasting & Cable TVTotal equityest. $20 billion (2013)

Owners:

Each of 50% owned by:^[a]

• Hearst Communications

• The Walt Disney Company

Parent:

Each of 50% owned by:

• Hearst Television

• Disney General Entertainment Content

Divisions:

• Consumer Enterprises

• A+E Networks International

• Digital Media

• A+E Network

• History Network

Subsidiaries:

• A&E Studios

• Lifetime Entertainment Services

• Vice Media (20%)

• Propagate Content, LLC (stake)

• Reel One Entertainment (35% stake)

• Philo (stake)

Website:

aenetworks.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26E_Networks

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