Logo: We zoom through space, and a pair of Van Allen radiation belts start to form. Currently, its logos are credited at the end of every film that is produced by Universal. Universal is one of the world's first major film studios, alongside Gaumont Film Company, Pathe, Titanus, Nordisk Film and Nikkatsu Corporation, and the very first major film studio in Hollywood. On January 26, 2011, Vivendi SE sold the remaining 20% of NBC Universal to GE until January 28, when Comcast Corporation acquired a 51% controlling interest of the renamed NBCUniversal, LLC, and the remaining stock (49%) from GE on March 19, 2013. Universal later moved its corporate headquarters to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York. On May 11, 2004, it was part-owned by Vivendi SE (20%) and General Electric (80%) and became a subsidiary of NBC Universal, Inc. In December 2000, French company Vivendi acquired Universal Studios from Seagram and Sons and formed Vivendi Universal Entertainment. On December 9, 1996, MCA was reincorporated and renamed as 'Universal Studios'. In 1990, MCA/Universal was acquired by Panasonic Corporation and later sold to Seagram and Sons in 1995. This led to Universal-International being renamed into the current Universal Pictures. As a result of a consent decree with the justice department, MCA divested itself of its talent agency business. Jules Stein (Board Chairman) and Lew Wasserman (President) guiding MCA. In 1962, Music Corporation of America (MCA) purchased Decca Records and with it, Universal-International Pictures, leaving Milton Rackmil and Edward Muhl in charge, while Dr. In late 1951, Universal-International was acquired by Decca Records. In 1948, Universal-International ordered the destruction of all remaining silent film copies to collect the silver nitrate after World War II ended. Cheever Cowdin remained at the helm of Universal Pictures, the parent company. This team ran the newly-formed Universal-International Pictures, while Nate Blumberg and J. In 1946, Universal merged with International Pictures, headed by Leo Spitz and William Goetz. In 1923, it was renamed to Universal Pictures Corporation.

The word 'Universal' means 'Omnipresent'. Universal Pictures was originally formed on Apas Universal Film Manufacturing Company by Carl Laemmle, a German-Jewish immigrant who settled in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he managed a clothing store.

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