Disney Digital Network
| Disney Digital Network | |
|---|---|
| legal form | subsidiary |
| founding | 2009/2017 |
| Seat | Culver City , Los Angeles , State of California , United States |
| management | Courtney Holt (CEO) |
| Branch | entertainment |
| Website | ddn.disney.com |
Disney Digital Network (formerly Maker Studios, Inc. ) is one of the largest production networks for YouTube videos.
The company was founded in 2009 by Ben Donovan, Danny Zappin, Scott Katz, Lisa Donovan, Shay Carl Butler, Philip DeFranco , Kassem Gharaibeh and Derek S. Jones. It is based in Culver City , California.
Maker Studios' main network Maker now includes more than 5000 YouTube channels, which together generate over 1 billion views and 7 million subscribers per month (as of May 2016).
Maker Studios' most popular production to date is Epic Rap Battles of History, with an average of 30 million views per episode. Until February 2017, the most subscribed YouTube channel PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg) was part of the network. Maker Studios also produced episodes of the web show Equals Three and the fictional band Your Favorite Martian , both by Ray William Johnson , which are among the most watched on YouTube. The German web video producer Simon Unge has also been part of the network since summer 2015 . Another branch in the German city of Cologne is planned. Several sub-networks belong to the Maker Group:
- Maker Gen (formerly called "RPM") - positioned as a network for smaller, growing YouTube channels. With more than 27,000 channels at the end of December 2014, the group's network with the largest number of members.
- Maker Music - specializing in music channels.
- Maker - positioned as a thematically diverse network for larger channels.
- Polaris (formerly called "The Game Station") - positioned as a network for larger channels in the gaming sector.
- Revelmode multi-channel network from PewDiePie together with, among others: CutiePieMarzia , Markiplier , Jacksepticeye
In March 2014, Maker Studios Inc. was acquired by The Walt Disney Company for $ 500 million . The purchase price can rise by a further 450 million to up to 950 million dollars due to success bonuses.
In February 2017, the number of network members was reduced from 60,000 to 1,000. On May 2nd, 2017 Maker Studios was merged with the newly founded "Disney Digital Network".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Claire Cain Miller: Smaller Studios, for the Smaller Screen . In: The New York Times . April 10, 2011, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed May 15, 2016]).
- ↑ Maker Network Summary - Socialblade.com. In: socialblade.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016 .
- ↑ YouTube - Disney throws PewDiePie out after anti-Semitic jokes. In: playnation.de. February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Simon Unge moves to Maker Studios. In: Broadmark. August 19, 2015, accessed May 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Medienmacher: The cops will soon be on the loose worldwide. In: www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Maker Studios expand to Germany - videolix.net. (No longer available online.) In: videolix.net. April 29, 2015, archived from the original on May 19, 2016 ; accessed on May 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Revelmode - United in Passion for Gaming and Pop Culture. (No longer available online.) In: Revelmode. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016 ; accessed on May 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Brooks Barnes: Disney Buys Maker Studios, Video Supplier for YouTube . In: The New York Times . March 24, 2014, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed May 15, 2016]).
