List of libraries owned by Warner Bros. Discovery

This is a list of content libraries and catalogs owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.[1][2][3]

Content libraries

Streaming and Studios

Warner Bros.

  • Warner Bros. Pictures film library (post-1949) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • DC Studios
  • Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
  • Warner Bros. Feature Animation (predecessor)
  • Distribution rights to the Locksmith Animation film library (post-December 2024)
  • Seven Arts Productions (excluding co-productions)
  • Seven Arts Television
  • National General Pictures film library (excluding the Cinema Center Films library, owned by Paramount Pictures, and films owned by third-party companies)
  • Banner Productions
  • First Artists film library
  • The Ladd Company film library (pre-1985)
  • Orion Pictures film library (pre-May 1982)
  • Lorimar Motion Pictures film library (1978–1990) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • Monogram Pictures/Allied Artists Pictures Corporation film library (post-August 1946)
  • The Geffen Film Company film library (excluding Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, owned by Paramount Pictures via MTV Entertainment Studios)
  • Warner Independent Pictures
  • Warner Premiere
  • Legacy Releasing (except films owned by third-party companies)
  • Warner Bros. Family Entertainment (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • Dark Castle Entertainment film library (pre-2013) (only films co-produced with Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • RatPac-Dune Entertainment film library (2013–2018) (only films co-produced and co-financed with Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Distribution rights to The Saul Zaentz Company film library (owned by Teatro della Pace Films; excluding The English Patient, owned by Paramount Pictures via Miramax Films)
  • US distribution rights to the Samuel Goldwyn Productions film library (excluding The Hurricane, owned by MGM, and films in the public domain)
  • Home video distribution rights to the Cannon Pictures film library (post-June 1991)
  • Flagship Entertainment Group film library (49%) (only films co-produced with Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • New Line Cinema film library (post-November 1984) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • New Line Television
  • Fine Line Features
  • Picturehouse film library (2005–2008)
  • Castle Rock Entertainment film library (post-1994 and pre-revival, including ancillary rights to pre-1994 films which are distributed by Amazon MGM Studios via Orion Pictures) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • Castle Rock Entertainment television library (including ancillary rights to Seinfeld and Thea, distributed by Sony Pictures Television, and excluding The Powers That Be)
  • Warner Bros. Animation library
  • Warner Bros. Cartoons library
  • Hanna-Barbera library (excluding licensed properties)
  • Ruby-Spears library (pre-1991) (excluding Rambo: The Force of Freedom, owned by StudioCanal, It's Punky Brewster, owned by Universal Television, and Piggsburg Pigs!, owned by ABC Family Worldwide)
  • Turner Entertainment Co.
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library (pre-May 1986) (excluding Babes in Toyland and Electric Dreams, owned by MGM themselves via Orion Pictures, with the latter copyrighted to MGM, and films owned by third-party companies)
  • Material from MGM's predecessors (Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures) (post-1915) that did not enter the public domain
  • MGM Television library (pre-1985) (excluding the 1964–1967 Flipper series, and Fame, owned by MGM themselves, with ownership of the former handled through Orion Pictures)
  • MGM Cartoons library (1934–1958, 1961–1967) (excluding the Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper cartoons, owned by the Iwerks estate)
  • A portion of the United Artists library
  • US, Canadian, UK, French, Latin American and Australian distribution rights to the RKO Radio Pictures library (pre-1959) (excluding co-productions and films owned by third-party companies or fallen in the public domain)
  • Gilligan's Island and its animated spin-offs (The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet; co-owned with the estate of Phil Silvers)
  • Associated Artists Productions
  • Warner Bros. Pictures film library (pre-1950) (excluding some films that are either in the public domain or owned by third-party companies)
  • First National Pictures
  • Distribution rights to the Warner Bros. Cartoons library (pre-August 1948 color cartoons and Bugs Bunny: Superstar)
  • Distribution rights to the Harman and Ising-produced Merrie Melodies cartoons (excluding Lady, Play Your Mandolin!)
  • Paramount's Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios Popeye the Sailor cartoons (1933–1957) (under license from King Features Syndicate)
  • Brut Productions
  • Particular Crowd film library (pre-2023)
  • Turner Pictures
  • WaterTower Music discography
  • MGM Records (film and television soundtracks)
  • National General Records
  • New Line Records

Home Box Office, Inc.

Television Studios

DC Comics

Streaming & Interactive Entertainment

Music publishing

  • Lorimar Music Publishing, Inc.
  • Lorimar Music A Corp. (ASCAP)
  • Lorimar Music Bee Corp. (BMI)
  • New Line Melodies (SESAC)
  • New Line Music Corp. (BMI)
  • New Line Tunes (ASCAP)
  • T-L Music Publishing Company, Inc.
  • Eleven Hundred Music (SESAC)
  • L-T Music Publishing (BMI)
  • T-L Music Publishing (ASCAP)
  • Turner Music Publishing Inc.
  • RET Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
  • Super Satellite Music (BMI)
  • Techwood Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
  • Ten Fifty Music, Inc. (BMI)
  • Title Match Music, Inc. (SESAC)
  • Turner Music Canada, Inc. (SOCAN)
  • Warner-Barham Music LLC (BMI)
  • Warner-Hollywood Music LLC (SESAC)
  • Warner-Olive Music LLC (ASCAP)

Warner Bros.

  • Warner Bros. Pictures film library (post-1949) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • DC Studios
  • Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
  • Warner Bros. Feature Animation (predecessor)
  • Distribution rights to the Locksmith Animation film library (post-December 2024)
  • Seven Arts Productions (excluding co-productions)
  • Seven Arts Television
  • National General Pictures film library (excluding the Cinema Center Films library, owned by Paramount Pictures, and films owned by third-party companies)
  • Banner Productions
  • First Artists film library
  • The Ladd Company film library (pre-1985)
  • Orion Pictures film library (pre-May 1982)
  • Lorimar Motion Pictures film library (1978–1990) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • Monogram Pictures/Allied Artists Pictures Corporation film library (post-August 1946)
  • The Geffen Film Company film library (excluding Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, owned by Paramount Pictures via MTV Entertainment Studios)
  • Warner Independent Pictures
  • Warner Premiere
  • Legacy Releasing (except films owned by third-party companies)
  • Warner Bros. Family Entertainment (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • Dark Castle Entertainment film library (pre-2013) (only films co-produced with Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • RatPac-Dune Entertainment film library (2013–2018) (only films co-produced and co-financed with Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Distribution rights to The Saul Zaentz Company film library (owned by Teatro della Pace Films; excluding The English Patient, owned by Paramount Pictures via Miramax Films)
  • US distribution rights to the Samuel Goldwyn Productions film library (excluding The Hurricane, owned by MGM, and films in the public domain)
  • Home video distribution rights to the Cannon Pictures film library (post-June 1991)
  • Flagship Entertainment Group film library (49%) (only films co-produced with Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • New Line Cinema film library (post-November 1984) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • New Line Television
  • Fine Line Features
  • Picturehouse film library (2005–2008)
  • Castle Rock Entertainment film library (post-1994 and pre-revival, including ancillary rights to pre-1994 films which are distributed by Amazon MGM Studios via Orion Pictures) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • Castle Rock Entertainment television library (including ancillary rights to Seinfeld and Thea, distributed by Sony Pictures Television, and excluding The Powers That Be)
  • Warner Bros. Animation library
  • Warner Bros. Cartoons library
  • Hanna-Barbera library (excluding licensed properties)
  • Ruby-Spears library (pre-1991) (excluding Rambo: The Force of Freedom, owned by StudioCanal, It's Punky Brewster, owned by Universal Television, and Piggsburg Pigs!, owned by ABC Family Worldwide)
  • Turner Entertainment Co.
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library (pre-May 1986) (excluding Babes in Toyland and Electric Dreams, owned by MGM themselves via Orion Pictures, with the latter copyrighted to MGM, and films owned by third-party companies)
  • Material from MGM's predecessors (Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures) (post-1915) that did not enter the public domain
  • MGM Television library (pre-1985) (excluding the 1964–1967 Flipper series, and Fame, owned by MGM themselves, with ownership of the former handled through Orion Pictures)
  • MGM Cartoons library (1934–1958, 1961–1967) (excluding the Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper cartoons, owned by the Iwerks estate)
  • A portion of the United Artists library
  • US, Canadian, UK, French, Latin American and Australian distribution rights to the RKO Radio Pictures library (pre-1959) (excluding co-productions and films owned by third-party companies or fallen in the public domain)
  • Gilligan's Island and its animated spin-offs (The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet; co-owned with the estate of Phil Silvers)
  • Associated Artists Productions
  • Warner Bros. Pictures film library (pre-1950) (excluding some films that are either in the public domain or owned by third-party companies)
  • First National Pictures
  • Distribution rights to the Warner Bros. Cartoons library (pre-August 1948 color cartoons and Bugs Bunny: Superstar)
  • Distribution rights to the Harman and Ising-produced Merrie Melodies cartoons (excluding Lady, Play Your Mandolin!)
  • Paramount's Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios Popeye the Sailor cartoons (1933–1957) (under license from King Features Syndicate)
  • Brut Productions
  • Particular Crowd film library (pre-2023)
  • Turner Pictures
  • WaterTower Music discography
  • MGM Records (film and television soundtracks)
  • National General Records
  • New Line Records

Home Box Office, Inc.

Television Studios

DC Comics

Streaming & Interactive Entertainment

Music publishing

  • Lorimar Music Publishing, Inc.
  • Lorimar Music A Corp. (ASCAP)
  • Lorimar Music Bee Corp. (BMI)
  • New Line Melodies (SESAC)
  • New Line Music Corp. (BMI)
  • New Line Tunes (ASCAP)
  • T-L Music Publishing Company, Inc.
  • Eleven Hundred Music (SESAC)
  • L-T Music Publishing (BMI)
  • T-L Music Publishing (ASCAP)
  • Turner Music Publishing Inc.
  • RET Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
  • Super Satellite Music (BMI)
  • Techwood Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
  • Ten Fifty Music, Inc. (BMI)
  • Title Match Music, Inc. (SESAC)
  • Turner Music Canada, Inc. (SOCAN)
  • Warner-Barham Music LLC (BMI)
  • Warner-Hollywood Music LLC (SESAC)
  • Warner-Olive Music LLC (ASCAP)

Global Linear Networks

  • Discovery Channel
  • TLC
  • Animal Planet
  • Discovery Life
  • HGTV
  • Travel Channel
  • Food Network
  • Discovery Family
  • TruTV
  • Discovery+ originals
  • Discovery Films
  • Warner Bros. International Television Production
  • Warner Bros. Television Studios UK
  • Shed Media Group
  • Renegade Pictures
  • Ricochet
  • Twenty Twenty Television
  • Wall to Wall Media
  • Eyeworks
  • Eyeworks UK
  • Eyeworks Touchdown
  • Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas
  • Eyeworks Egmond
  • Eyeworks Brazil

Cable News Network, Inc.

See also

References

  1. WarnerBros.com www.warnerbros.com, retrieved 2026-02-12^
  2. Warner Bros. Discovery www.wbd.com, retrieved 2026-02-12^
  3. Bionic Media. Warner Bros International TV Production WBITVP, retrieved 2026-02-12^