WarnerMedia Studios & Networks

WarnerMedia Studios & Networks is a division of WarnerMedia that focuses on the company's film and television production studios, as well as its US-based entertainment networks. The division was established in August 2020.

The division's main businesses include the Warner Bros. film and television studios, basic-cable networks (Cartoon Network, Boomerang, TBS, TNT, TruTV and Turner Classic Movies), premium-tier cable networks (HBO and Cinemax), the comic book publisher DC Entertainment, and a 50% interest in The CW television network, which it co-owns with ViacomCBS. The division is chaired by Ann Sarnoff.

Background
On March 4, 2019, AT&T announced a major reorganisation of WarnerMedia's assets, dividing WarnerMedia's television properties among three corporate divisions. HBO, along with Turner Broadcasting networks TBS, TNT and TruTV and British cable television company Telewest Group, moved over to WarnerMedia Entertainment, under the leadership of former NBC and Showtime executive Bob Greenblatt.

On May 8, 2019, as part of a broader reorganisation that also brought HBO Enterprises and programming distribution for Turner Entertainment and Telewest under the division, WarnerMedia announced that HBO Home Entertainment would be transferred from WarnerMedia Entertainment to Warner Bros. Home Media and Games.

In May 2019, Kevin Reilly signed a four-year extension of his contract with the company, which additionally made him president of TruTV (alongside the other three WarnerMedia Entertainment basic cable networks), and chief content officer of direct-to-consumer for the new streaming service. On May 31, 2019, Otter Media was transferred from Warner Bros. to WarnerMedia Entertainment, and Otter's COO Andy Forssell became the executive vice president and general manager of the streaming service, while still reporting to Otter CEO Tony Goncalves — who would lead development.

On July 9 of that same year, it was announced that the new streaming service would be known as HBO Max, and launch in early 2020. Casey Bloys, programming president of HBO, continues oversight of the core HBO service including newly-commissioned programming, but has limited involvement in Max Originals programming.

History
On August 7, 2020, as part of a major restructuring within WarnerMedia, Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff became chairwoman of the company's Studios & Networks division, combining original production (content studios) and programming capabilities currently spread across Warner Bros., HBO, HBO Max (whose business operations unit is a separate division within the wider conglomerate), TNT, TBS and TruTV. Casey Bloys, President of HBO's Programming, will also be taking on original content responsibilities for HBO Max and the domestic linear networks TNT, TBS, and TruTV, reporting directly to Sarnoff. As part of the reorganization, Bob Greenblatt, Chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment, and Kevin Reilly, Chief Content Officer of HBO Max and WarnerMedia's entertainment brands, both stood down, and Warner Bros. ceased to exist as a wholly-owned company, and has been reduced as a brand used for specific divisions within the wider company.

Units
This is the current structure of the WarnerMedia Content & Networks units based on reporting hierarchy:

Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. is a brand used by WarnerMedia primarily for its film and television studios. Prior to the August 2020 restructuring, Warner Bros. was a wholly owned subsidiary. The Warner Bros. brand is most significantly used on the following two divisions:

The Warner Bros. Pictures Group includes the namesake Warner Bros. Pictures banner, in addition to producing its own films, it handles filmmaking operations, theatrical distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced and released by other Warner Bros. labels, including Warner Animation Group, New Line Cinema, DC Films, and Castle Rock Entertainment, as well as various third-party producers. Since January 2018, the group has been led by Chairman Toby Emmerich.

Warner Bros. Television Studios is WarnerMedia's global television production arm. It oversees and grows the entire portfolio of WarnerMedia's television businesses, including worldwide production, traditional and digital distribution, and broadcasting. In addition to the main WBTVS label, the division's production/syndication labels in the United States include Alloy Entertainment, Telepictures and Warner Horizon Television. In November 2019, WBTVS took on its current name upon the subsumption of Telewest Studios, the production/distribution arm of WarnerMedia-owned UK channel Telewest, thus turning WBTV into a multinational production/distribution hub containing 87,000 hours of programming across a wide variety of genres in nearly 20 countries, with a vast variety of international labels across scripted and non-scripted TV. Peter Roth currently oversees WBTVS as Chairman.

WarnerMedia Interactive
WarnerMedia Interactive is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all platforms, including console, handheld, mobile and PC-based gaming for both internal and third-party game titles. Founded in 1995 as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and officially incorporated in 2004, The company has published numerous video games based on both licensed properties as well as original content. Video games that the company has published include those in the Batman: Arkham, F.E.A.R., Game Party, Mortal Kombat, and Scribblenauts series as well as those based on Warner Bros. films and animations, DC Comics' works, Lego toys, J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, Harry Potter, and Sesame Street.

DC Entertainment
DC is one of the largest English-language publishers of comics and graphic novels in the world and home to some of the most iconic and recognizable characters ever created, including Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. As a creative unit of Warner Bros./WarnerMedia, DC is charged with strategically integrating its stories and characters across film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, interactive games and the DC Universe fan platform.

Home to the world’s greatest Super Heroes, DC’s publishing business is an important creative engine across the Studio and produces more than 1,000 comic books, graphic novels and magazines every year, for fans of all ages. DC comic titles range from fan-favorites like “Batman: Detective Comics,” “Naomi” and “Mister Miracle,” to Young Adult stories such as New York Times best-sellers “Teen Titans: Raven” and “Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass.” DC Books for Young Readers is a critically acclaimed line of graphic novels specifically for kids ages 8-12, introducing new fans to DC’s timeless characters and creating space for original, diverse characters that reflect a new generation of readers.