other properties to provide an impetus into television programming (and eventual ownership of ABC in 1996), would provide the company much more revenue and power over the film market, with RKO in its 1948 state eventually dissolving in 1959 among dysfunctional management, and becoming nothing more than a nostalgia trademark and associated film library distributed among several other companies. Termination of the Paramount decrees The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division began a review of antitrust decrees that did not have expiration dates. In 2019, the DOJ sought to terminate the Paramount Decrees, which would include a two-year sunset period as to the practices of block booking and circuit dealing to allow theater chains to adjust. The Department stated it was "unlikely that the remaining defendants can reinstate their cartel" as reasoning for terminating the decrees. The DOJ formally filed its motion for a court order to terminate the decrees on November 22, 2019. The move was opposed by independent movie theater owners, including the Independent Cinema Alliance, and independent filmmakers. The court granted the DOJ's motion to lift the decrees on August 7, 2020, starting a two-year sunset termination period of the decrees. Affected assets The 1929-1949 Paramount Pictures library – are now owned by Comcast/NBCUniversal's Universal Television via EMKA, Ltd. The Paramount short subjects library – are now owned by Paramount Global's Paramount Pictures via Melange Pictures, LLC The Fleischer Studios cartoons library The pre-October 1950 Famous Studios cartoons library The Popeye the Sailor cartoons – are now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery's Warner Bros. via Turner Entertainment Co. The pre-1950 Warner Bros. library – are now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery's Warner Bros. via Turner Entertainment Co. The pre-1948 Warner Bros. short subjects library The pre-August 1948 Warner Bros. Cartoons library The pre-1949 20th Century-Fox library – are now owned by The Walt Disney Company's Walt Disney Studios via 20th Century Studios Buena Vista Film Distribution Co, Inc. – renamed to Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures are now owned by The Walt Disney Company via Disney Platform Distribution Disneyland – are now owned by The Walt Disney Company via Disney Parks, Experiences and Products ABC – are now owned by The Walt Disney Company via Walt Disney Television See also Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 327 U.S. 251 (1946), where the Supreme Court held that major Hollywood distributors had engaged in an antitrust conspiracy preventing