NBC Universal

Film and Television

* Universal Studios
* Universal Pictures
* October Films (majority interest)
* Universal Studios Home Video
* United International Pictures (33% - international distribution)
* Cinema International BV (49% - video distribution)

Television Production and Distribution

* CANAL+ (51% - European pay-TV provider)
* Universal Television Group (production and distribution)
* Brillstein-Grey Entertainment (50% ) - production
* Multimedia Entertainment
* USA Networks Inc. (43%)
* Universal Pay Television (international distribution) partial ownership of: HBO Asia Telecine (Brazil) Cinecanal (Latin America) Showtime (Australia) Star Channel (Japan)
* Telepiu (Italian pay television)

Publishing

* Rolling Stone

Education titles include:

* Larousse
* Nathan
* Anaya
* Coktel
* Atica
* Scipione
* Bordas
* Retz

Literature titles include:

* Robert Laffont
* Plon-Perrin
* Les Presses - Solar - Belfond
* La Decouverte & Syros
* Les Presses de la Renaissance
* Pocket Jeuness
* 10/18
* Fleuve Noir

Games titles include:

* Sierra
* Blizzard Entertainment

Interactive

* Universal Studios New Media Group
* Universal Studios Online
* Universal.com
* Universal Interactive Studios (software and video games)
* Universal Digital Arts
* Interplay (majority ownership - video game producer)
* GetMusic (online music retailer)
* Vizzavi (European multi-access portal)
* Education.com
* Flipside.com
* @viso (50% with Softbank)
* AllocinŽ
* Bonjour.fr
* Ad2-One
* Atmedica
* Scoot
* EMusic.com
* Duet (with Sony)
* MP3.com

Music
Universal Music Group

* MCA Records
* MCA Records Nashville
* Polygram
* Motown
* Decca Records
* Deutsche Grammophon
* GRP Recording Company
* Geffen/DGC Records
* Universal Records
* Rising Tide
* Interscope Records
* Hip-O Records
* Universal Music and Video Distribution
* Universal Music International
* MCA Music Publishing
* Interscope Music Publishing
* All Nations Catalog
* Universal Concerts (concert promotion)

Theme Parks/Recreation/Retail

* Universal Studios Hollywood

CityWalk

* Universal Orlando Resort

Universal Studios Theme Park
Universal's Islands of Adventure Theme Park
CityWalk
Portofino Bay Hotel
Hard Rock Hotel
Royal Pacific Resort

* Wet-n-Wild Orlando
* Universal Studios Japan

CityWalk

* Universal Mediterranea (Spain)

Universal Mediterranea Theme Park
Hotel Port Aventura

Telecommunications

* Vivendi Telecom International
* Cegetel

Retail

* Spencer Gifts

Other

* Vivendi Environnement (the world's #1 water distributor)
* Vivendi Universal owns 26.8 million shares in Time - Warner
* Cineplex Odeon Corporation (42% - theaters)
* Cinema International Corporation (49% - international theaters)
* United Cinemas International (49% - international theaters)
* Viventures (venture capital fund)
* Duet (music-subscription service with Yahoo! and Sony)



Note: NBC Universal's 80% of shares is now owned by GE (General Electric)

my picture!

A Vision of students

Class Average: 10 students
Teachers + Names: 50%+
Readings + Relevance: 100% & 25%
Attendance: 90%
Sleep: 6 hours on School Days
TV: 1.5 hours a day
Online: 2 hours a day
Music: 3 hours a day
Cell-phone: 30 minutes a week
Class time: almost 4.3 hours a day
Eating: 1.5 hours a day
Studying: 2 hours a day

The McDonald's Truck

The McDonald’s Truck is an economic strategy known as Vertical Integration. Vertical integration is an agreement two companies make to sale non related products with each others help and later splitting the profits. How does this work in the case of the truck? very simple. McDonald's is nowadays most popular brand, meaning that wherever McDonald's puts its logo on, there has got to be a lot of money and sales in the way, and of course Matchbox is a toy company, key for McDonald's success amongst the children with the famous Happy Meal. Matchbox pays McDonald's to let them put their logo on their trucks which increases the popularity of the product for example causing the children buy the truck, since McDonald's is probably their favorite brand or at least the one they know the most, all equal to profits. In exchange, Matchbox makes toys for McDonald's to sell with their famous Happy Meals, which also creates a lot of Buzz for other products like Disney movies, everybody wins. Vertical integration if often used in today's economy by many companies in order to bring themselves all to the same status level, hence the name horizontal, and so by cooperating earning more profits than they would gain working individually.

Global Me!

Hey Everybody! umm as I can't tell my darkest and most intimate secrets, I guess I can tell you a bit about myself. My name as many of you know (and if you don't by now shame on you) is Emil Mawad (cool last name to misspell) and I come from an awesome country called Venezuela,NOT MINESSOTA, where being assaulted/arrested(and sent away in 5 minutes)/mogged/kidnapped and buying/drinking alcohol without an ID is more than normal, it's a chilled place.I've never actually lived in another country but like in three states of Venezuela if that means anything to you? so you can say I'm the least international of all the kids in the school or at least one of them. At home I speak Spanish of course(If somebody thought "Venezuelian" please hit yourself in the head) fluently with my parents due to the 15 years of past living in my old country. I speak well...English if that isn't pointing the obvious and I speak enough German to get around. So that was just a little, quick and somehow funny introduction about me, and I hope you guys like me and we can have a wonderful year before start killing each other to see who's right about something :)

so here's My List of brands hope you enjoy:

Abercrombie - U.S.
Adidas - Germany
American Eagle - U.S.
Polo Ralph Lauren - U.S.
Lacoste - France
ZIS (Erima)-...
Zara - Spain
Massimo Dutti - Believe it or not Spain
Nautica - ?
Diesel - U.S?
Puma - Germany
Benetton - Italy
Mc Neal - ...
Burberry - England
Tommy Hilfiger - U.S.
H&M - Swedish
Levi's - U.S.
Nike - U.S.
Aeropostale - U.S.
Converse - U.S.
Vans - U.S.
Sebago - U.S.?
Gap - U.S.
C&A - Planned in Germany, Established in Holland