1. Time Warner Inc.
1 Time Warner Center
New York, NY 10019
212-484-8000
NYSE: TWX
2006 revenue: $44.2 billion
Top executives
Richard D. Parsons, chairman and CEO
Jeffrey L. Bewkes, president and COO
Other key executives
Principal U.S.TV assets
The CW (broadcast network in partnership with CBS)
Time Warner Cable (cable system operator)
HBO (cable networks)
Turner Broadcasting System (cable networks)
CNN (cable network)
TBS (cable network)
TNT (cable network)
Cartoon Network (cable network)
Warner Bros. (studio)
2. The Walt Disney Co.
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
Phone: (818) 560-1000
NYSE: DIS
2006 revenue: $34.3 billion
Top executives
Robert Iger, president/CEO
Other key executives
Principal U.S. TV assets
ABC (broadcast network)
ESPN (cable network)
Disney Channel (cable network)
Toon Disney (cable network)
ABC Family (cable network)
SOAPnet (cable network)
Walt Disney Studios
3. News Corporation
1211 Avenue of Americas
8th Floor, NY, NY 10036
Phone: 212-852-7000
NYSE: NWS
2006 revenue: $25.3 billion
Top executives
K. Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO
Peter Chernin, president and COO
Other key executives
Principal U.S.TV assets
Fox Broadcasting Co. (broadcast network)
My Network TV (broadcast network)
Fox Television Stations
Twentieth Century Fox (studio)
FX (cable network)
Fox News Channel (cable network)
4. CBS Corp.
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
212-975-4321
NYSE: CBS
2006 revenue: $14.3 billion
Top executives
Sumner Redstone, executive chairman
Leslie Moonves, president and CEO
Principal U.S. TV assets
CBS Television (broadcast network)
The CW (broadcast network in partnership with Time Warner)
CBS TV Stations
CBS Television Distribution (program producer/syndicator)
Showtime (cable network)
5. NBC Universal*
30 Rockefeller Center
New York, NY 10112
(212) 664-4444
2006 revenue: $16.2 billion
Top executive
Jeff Zucker, president and CEO
Other key executives
Principal U.S. TV assets
NBC (broadcast network)
NBC TV stations
Bravo (cable network)
MSNBC (cable network)
CNBC (cable network)
Sci Fi Channel (cable network)
USA Network (cable network)
Telemundo (broadcast network)
Universal Pictures (studio)
*NBC Universal is owned by General Electric (80%) and Vivendi Universal (20%)
6. Viacom Inc.
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
212-258-6000
NYSE: VIA-B
2006 revenue: $11.5 billion
Top executives
Sumner Redstone, executive chairman
Philippe Dauman, president and CEO
Thomas Dooley, senior executive vice president
Principal U.S.TV assets
MTV (cable network)
BET (cable network)
Nickelodeon (cable network)
Spike TV (cable network)
Comedy Central (cable network)
Paramount Pictures (studio)
