Warner Bros. Television | |
Formerly | List
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Company type | Division |
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Founded | March 21, 1955[1] |
Founder | William T. Orr |
Headquarters | 4000 Warner Boulevard, , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | Television programs |
Revenue | US$5.62 billion (2015)[2] |
US$344 million (2015) | |
Parent | Warner Bros. Television Group |
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Website | www |
Warner Bros. Television Studios,[3] operating under the name Warner Bros. Television (abbreviated as WBTV; formerly known as Warner Bros. Television Division), is an American television production and distribution studio and the flagship studio of the Warner Bros. Television Group division of Warner Bros., a flagship studio of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Launched on March 21, 1955 by William T. Orr, it serves as a television production arm of DC Comics productions by DC Studios and, alongside Paramount Global's CBS Studios, The CW, the latter that launched in 2006 and WBD has a 12.5% ownership stake. It also serves as the distribution arm of WBD units HBO, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.
As of 2015, it is one of the world's two largest television production companies measured by revenue and library along with Sony Pictures Television.[4][5]
As of May 2024, WBTV is producing nearly 40 scripted series for WBD’s Max, external streaming platforms, cable, and the five U.S. broadcast networks.