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Home Box Office licenses programs to television networks and SVOD services in over 150 countries, including
arrangements under which it licenses programming to television networks that are branded as the “Home of HBO” in
countries such as the U.K., Australia, France, Germany and Israel and as “HBO Canada” in Canada. Sky Atlantic has
exclusive rights to air HBO programming in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the U.K. until 2020, and Bell Media has
exclusive rights to distribute HBO programming across linear, on-demand and streaming platforms in Canadian territories in
which Bell Media operates.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (“Warner Bros.”) is the largest television and film studio in the world based on total
studio revenues as of December 31, 2015. Its businesses consist principally of the production, distribution and licensing of
television programming and feature films and the distribution of home entertainment product in both physical and digital
formats, as well as the production and distribution of videogames and consumer product and brand licensing. Warner Bros.’
businesses benefit from a shared infrastructure, including shared production, distribution, marketing and administrative
functions and resources.
Warner Bros. is the #1 producer of primetime television series for the U.S. broadcast networks for the 2015-2016
television season, producing over 30 series, a position it has held for 12 of the past 13 television seasons. Overall, Warner
Bros. will produce over 60 television series in the U.S. for the 2015-2016 television season. In addition, Warner Bros.
licenses its U.S. programming in over 190 countries at December 31, 2015. Warner Bros. is expanding and diversifying the
genres and types of television programming it produces as well as the buyers of its programming domestically, and is also
focused on expanding its international television production business through its global network of local production
companies in 16 international territories.
Warner Bros. ranked as the #3 U.S. videogame publisher, with two titles, Mortal Kombat X and Batman: Arkham Knight,
ranked in the top ten videogame releases in 2015. Warner Bros.’ films generated over $3.7 billion at the global box office,
and Warner Bros. was the #4 film studio in global box office receipts in 2015. Warner Bros. has been the #1 or #2 film
studio in domestic box office receipts for 9 of the past 12 years and the #1 or #2 film studio in global box office receipts for
10 of the past 12 years.
Warner Bros. is focusing on increasing the digital sales and rentals of its film and television content and is a leader in a
variety of initiatives designed to make digital ownership more compelling for consumers. In addition, Warner Bros. has led
the home entertainment industry in sales of home entertainment product in physical formats for 19 years. At December 31,
2015, Warner Bros.’ vast content library consists of more than 75,000 hours of programming, including over 7,000 feature
films and 5,000 television programs comprised of tens of thousands of individual episodes.
Warner Bros.’ portfolio of leading brands includes DC Entertainment’s brands (DC Comics, Vertigo and MAD Magazine)
as well as the Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera brands. DC Comics’ characters include such iconic characters as Batman,
the Flash, Green Arrow, Superman and Wonder Woman, while Warner Bros.’ other characters include Harry Potter, Bugs
Bunny, Scooby-Doo and Tom and Jerry, among many others. Warner Bros. is focused on expanding its brands and characters
across all its businesses, from film to television programming and videogames.
Warner Bros. has developed strong global franchise properties from its brands and featuring its characters, including film
franchises such as the Batman and Harry Potter series and The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies, and it is focused
on extending its existing global film franchises. Warner Bros. plans to release at least 10 films based on the DC
Entertainment universe of characters from 2016 through 2020, including Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide
Squad in 2016, three LEGO-branded films beginning in 2017, and three films in partnership with J.K. Rowling based on the
world of Harry Potter from 2016 through 2020, beginning with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in 2016. Warner
Bros. is also focused on creating new global film franchises and in 2015 announced plans to release three films centered on
Godzilla and King Kong in partnership with Legendary Pictures and a new film franchise based on the role playing game
Dungeons & Dragons in partnership with Hasbro.
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