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How do I research a company on the Entertainment Wire?

Use Bad Wolf’s Entertainment Wire record to distinguish the Cardiff producer from its parent and identify whose filed accounts you are reading.

Expanded entertainment company record showing company facts and research fields.
This historical Universe record shows Bad Wolf, the Cardiff producer. Ownership and filed accounts sit in separate sections because they answer different questions. View full size

Whose accounts am I reading?

Open Universe with a subscription and search for Bad Wolf. Select the row outside the linked company name to expand the record. Start with its location and core activity to confirm you have the Cardiff production company.

Ownership chain for Bad Wolf showing Sony Pictures Television as immediate parent
Read the relationship label beside each name. The pictured record lists Sony Pictures Television as the immediate parent and Sony Group Corporation higher in the chain.

Check the entity and period before using a figure

Move down to Filed accounts. In this example the period ends on 31 March 2025. The note beneath the figures limits them to this legal entity. If you cite one in a briefing, attach both the name Bad Wolf and that period. To research the parent’s financial performance, follow the ownership chain and look for that company’s own filing.

Bad Wolf filed accounts with the period and the entity-only note
The period belongs to the filing. The note below the figures defines which company they cover.

Where does the news feed fit?

Use Search the Wire for Bad Wolf when your question is what has been reported about the studio. Use its Universe record when the question is which company a fact or filing belongs to.

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