Multimedia Entertainment Group

Multimedia Entertainment Group was the entertainment division of Multimedia. It was in operation until 1996, when it was merged into Universal Studios.

David Scott Entertainment
In 1983, film and television producer David V. Scott made an expansion into the entertainment industry. He created David Scott Entertainment as the main holding company, and the first set of assets will include two live-action divisions David Scott Productions and David Scott TV Productions, and a minority share in the animation studio Michael Wildshill Productions (Scott held a 10% share since 1978).

Realizing the company has a NYSE ticker symbol of DVS, the company went public in the fall of 1983. In 1984, it acquired toy company Toyware, the largest toy manufacturer in the United States, and the next year acquired book publishing company Schultz & Associates, who at the time the biggest book publisher in the United States, as well as all that, Scott raised its shares of animation studio Michael Wildshill Productions from 10% to 70%.

This followed in 1986 by the acquisition of Softwarescope, a video game company and Disco Associates, a record label. In 1987, it acquired home video distributor VideoWorks and acquired a full 100% share of Michael Wildshill Productions (Wildshill was however promoted to head of animation at the company).

Multimedia Entertainment Group
On February 13, 1988, Multimedia acquired the company, and it became Multimedia Entertainment Group. On the same day, Multimedia Networks was launched, with Gingo being the longest and most popular one, debuting on September 1, 1988. All the divisions were changed to reflect the Multimedia name.

On September 17, 1991, Multimedia acquired all assets of Orbis Communications, which included the television movie subsidiary Carolco Television Productions. As a result the TV movie subsidiary was changed its name to Multimedia Television Productions, which after a short period of time, folded into its motion picture subsidiary.

On July 25, 1995, Gannett acquired Multimedia, and on October 9, 1995, MCA was announced a $40.6 billion deal to acquire its entertainment assets from Gannett. The merger was completed on January 31, 1996 and it was merged with MCA's own entertainment group. Its broadcasting division however stayed with Gannett. The cable unit was initially stayed with Gannett, though in 2000, it was sold to Cox Communications, which had turn in 2006, resold the North Carolina systems to Suddenlink Communications.

List of assets

 * Multimedia Motion Pictures
 * Multimedia Motion Pictures Worldwide
 * Multimedia Television Productions
 * Multimedia Animation
 * Multimedia Digital Images
 * Multimedia Home Entertainment
 * Multimedia Interactive
 * Multimedia Books
 * Multimedia Comics
 * Multimedia Toys
 * Multimedia Entertainment
 * Multimedia Network Television
 * Multimedia Enterprises
 * Gingo Animation
 * Multimedia Records
 * Multimedia Broadcasting
 * Multimedia Cable Network
 * Multimedia Cablevision
 * Gingo
 * Music Play
 * Femmine
 * Genre TV
 * MoviFlix
 * Laugh TV
 * Multimedia Sportsnet
 * Country Play
 * NewsTalk Television