Registry
Entertainment & media companies
Hollywood's response to October 7 was written in checks. Disney pledged $2 million — half to Magen David Adom, half to children's organizations. Comcast, NBCUniversal's parent, committed $2 million across relief groups; Fox put $1 million into UJA-Federation's Israel Emergency Fund; Paramount gave $1 million and matched employee donations. Warner Bros. Discovery's support came in words and platforms: CEO David Zaslav's condemnation of the attacks and a rejection of boycott calls in Hollywood. Netflix is this category's cautionary tale — the viral claim that it matched donations to an Israeli emergency service was retracted; its only documented tie is commercial investment in Israeli productions.
25 companies with records · 8 with documented support · $5,879,000 in tracked donations
Documented companies
| Company | Top documented action | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Disney | Donation — $2,000,000 | 2 |
| Comcast | Donation — $1,500,000 | 4 |
| Fox | Donation — $1,000,000 | 2 |
| Paramount | Donation — $1,000,000 | 4 |
| Take-Two Interactive | Donation — $379,000 | 3 |
| CNN | Operations in Israel | 1 |
| Disney+ | Operations in Israel | 1 |
| DraftKings | Acquisition | 3 |
| EA | Acquisition | 2 |
| Mattel | Public statement | 2 |
| Meta | Public statement | 3 |
| Netflix | Government contract — $9,145 | 3 |
| PlayStation | Operations in Israel | 2 |
| Playtika | Acquisition — $700,000,000 | 6 |
| Reuters | Government contract — $33,525 | 3 |
| Snap Inc. | Acquisition | 3 |
| Sony | Acquisition — $212,000,000 | 2 |
| Spotify | Operations in Israel | 2 |
| Taboola | Operations in Israel | 4 |
| Tencent | Investment / program | 1 |
| TikTok | Operations in Israel | 3 |
| Unity | Acquisition — $4,400,000,000 | 2 |
| Universal Pictures | Partnership | 2 |
| Warner Bros. Discovery | Public statement | 3 |
| X (Twitter) | Public statement | 2 |
Researched — no records found
Frequently asked questions
Which studios and networks donated to Israel after October 7?
The documented donors are Disney ($2 million, split between Magen David Adom and children's nonprofits), Comcast/NBCUniversal ($2 million across relief organizations), Fox ($1 million to UJA-Federation's Israel Emergency Fund) and Paramount ($1 million plus an employee match). Each figure links to its source on the company's page.
Does Netflix support Israel?
There are no recorded Netflix donations or support statements. The widely shared October 2023 claim that Netflix would double-match donations to United Hatzalah was retracted — the offer came from a private jewelry company. Netflix's only documented tie is commercial: it commissions and licenses Israeli series, an investment Israeli industry figures have criticized as too small.