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Timeline of TV & Film Industry Consolidation: summary

Timeline of TV & Film Industry Consolidation

UsefulCharts · Mar 7, 2026 · about 28 min

Uploaded Mar 7, 2026 · 533.1K views (as of Oct 30, 2026)

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The first movie made in Hollywood was In Old California in 1910.
Cable began as a way to get reliable signals, especially for sports.
HBO was quickly bought by Time Inc.
Amazon now owns MGM and its James Bond franchise.
Paramount taking over Warner Brothers reshapes the landscape again.

How did a few companies end up owning American TV and film?

Baker walks a chart from the first Hollywood movie in 1910 through the studio era, the rise of cable and HBO, and decades of mergers. Today Amazon owns MGM, Apple is still small in media, and Paramount taking over Warner Brothers continues the trend toward fewer, bigger owners.

Worth watching?Good value given. Matt Baker charts the full history of who owns American film and TV, from 1910 Hollywood to the Paramount and Warner deal. Clear and genuinely educational.

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Use the chart to understand news about new mergers.
Follow how this deal plays out over the next year.

Lessons

Consolidation is a long trend.
Distribution tech shapes who wins.
Owning franchises is the real prize.

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Channel: UsefulCharts. Published Mar 7, 2026. About 28 minutes.

Media mergers aren't new; consolidation has been the pattern since the start.

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“big media mergers like this are actually nothing new”
“things continue to consolidate into the hands of fewer and fewer companies”

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Who owns MGM now?

Amazon, per the video.

What was the first Hollywood movie?

In Old California, from 1910.

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