How Did UNIVERSAL Get So Big?

This video attempts to explain how the major movie studio grew to that size by profiling its various owners of it over the years.

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[ihavetowaitdaystochangem]

I mean if your logo is always plastered in the sky everytime there’s a movie being played, everyone on the planet knows your name

[rekdyoface]

Bro this guy deserves so much more views and subs. His videos are always so informative and entertaining, and I don’t even care about business.

[widowmaker]

Fun fact, Universal and Warner started a joint venture 2 years ago called Studio Distribution Services to consolidate their physical media distribution.

[garyflinn]

A little clarification. When World War II broke out, Decca in the UK sold its stake in Decca in the USA thus creating two different Deccas. In time, American Decca took over Universal Pictures which was absorbed by MCA. Later on, British Decca was merged into PolyGram. When Universal Music's parent absorbed PolyGram, the two Deccas become one again.

[anthonybradley]

the 100 year anniversary trailer summed it up best.. "it began with one man's dream... to entertain and a goal to build the largest movie studio in the world."

[maxpowervideos]

After being bought by Comcast, they had made significant investments into their Orlando property, making Universal Orlando a significant competitor to Walt Disney World.

[Gungho]

People may not understand this nowadays, but the era of silent films into the early era of audio being added in was a tremendous stumbling point for Universal and the industry as a whole. You talking about putting more emphasis on the actors in order the sell the movie ended up hurting them in this transitional period because some of those actors couldn't vocalize their acting roles. So you had men and women that people adored on the screen, suddenly turned on because of their high pitch or other vocal struggles. It would be like going to Hollywoods current slate of top actors and just removing them from the field and telling the industry to start over. There were studios who went back to silent films for a time due to the associated failures/issues/costs of adding such features.

[blackumbrella]

I thought my life was miserable because I didn't have any success when I was young. But the founder of Universal spent 10 years working as a bookkeeper makes me realize that sometimes you don't need to hurry with your success...

[ACarchives]

I worked at Universal Studios Hollywood for 8 long years....lol....and hardly knew a fraction of this information. Started when they were owned by GE and went through the Comcast takeover. I learned a lot from this video!

[Markimark]

I feel Universal studios is my favorite of movie companies, because they have overall the best film library, the Universal monster movies, Jurassic Park, Back to the Future. Universal has less controversy than studios like Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros!

[sirawesomenessi]

One thing I love about Company Man is how his videos have stayed super simple. Great to have easy informative visuals to go over with a few stock video clips. I’ve been learning stuff that makes me popular at parties for a few years now. Keep up the great work!

[MrMeatHook]

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein is one of the best comedies of all time, even nearly 80 years later

[gavinisdope]

Had no idea they were so big!!!! Seagrams ownership was probably the most shocking to me, but Universal seems like a company that’s been chewed up, spit out, & passed around. Probably not what The original owner envisioned. But somehow they have been resilient!

[sannin]

Company man, I thank you for putting your time and effort to make these type of videos as I learn so much from them and about these companies. Would like to see what you have to say about Disney and their current struggles.

[ChrisKewl]

The Back to the Future trilogy is easily the best movie series they have put out there.

[alicesmith]

I think it's really cool how Universal had such a widespread history across the world

[gatman]

I can't help but laugh as I'm reminded of all the jokes in 30 Rock about NBC being owned by a wig company (a subsidiary of GE) before being bought by Kabletown in season 4. Great job, Mike!

[yadielmercedes]

I love how they were called the independent picture company then immediately merge with 5 other companies and change their name

[lipstickzombie]

I think the only major blunder that I can remember from them these past few years is the premature reveal of their Dark Universe project even before Tom Cruise's The Mummy was even shown in theaters and The Mummy bombed horribly.

[ericcarabetta]

The whole Edison, camera, thing, reminded me of Panavision and their monopoly on cameras and lenses for decades, that would be an interesting company to explore.