Turner Broadcasting System

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is an American former

Turner Broadcasting
television and media conglomerate, part of AT&T's
System, Inc.
WarnerMedia. Founded by Ted Turner, and based in Atlanta,
Georgia, it merged with Time Warner on October 10, 1996.
Among its main properties were its namesake TBS, TNT, CNN,
Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, and
TruTV. It also licensed or had ownership interests in international
versions of these properties. The headquarters of Turner's
properties are located in both the CNN Center in Downtown
Atlanta, and the Turner Broadcasting campus off Techwood
Drive in Midtown Atlanta, which also houses Turner Studios.

The company was known for several pioneering innovations in

U.S. multichannel television, including its satellite uplink of local One of Turner's several locations in
Atlanta independent station WTCG channel 17 as one of the first Atlanta is CNN Center
national "superstations", and its establishment of CNN—the first Type Subsidiary
24-hour news channel. Industry Entertainment

On June 14, 2018, Time Warner was acquired by telecom firm Cable television
AT&T and renamed WarnerMedia. On March 4, 2019, AT&T Mass media
announced a major reorganization of WarnerMedia that Interactive media
effectively dissolves Turner as a business unit, by dispersing Founded May 1965
some of its properties into two new divisions—WarnerMedia
Founder Ted Turner
Entertainment (consisting of Turner's entertainment cable
channels and HBO, but excluding TCM) and WarnerMedia News Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia,
U.S.
& Sports (CNN, Turner Sports, and the AT&T SportsNet regional
sports networks)- while transferring others to fellow Key people Coleman Breland
(President, Turner
WarnerMedia division Warner Bros. (Cartoon Network, Adult
Network Sales)
Swim, and TCM), and phasing out the Turner brand in relation to
those networks. David Levy
(Company President)

Chris Linn
(President, truTV)
Contents Christina Miller
(President, Cartoon
History
Network/Adult
Early history
Swim/Boomerang)
1970s
1980s Kevin Reilly
(President, TNT/TBS;
1990s
CCO, Turner
2000s
Entertainment
2010s Networks)
Properties
 U.S. domestic Gerhard Zeiler
International (President, Turner

Other regions International)[1]

Jeff Zucker
Former assets
(President, CNN
References Worldwide)
External links Brands CNN · CNN
International · HLN ·
TBS · TNT · TruTV ·
History Turner Classic
Movies · Cartoon
Network · Pogo TV
Early history · Adult Swim ·
Boomerang · CNN
Turner Broadcasting System traces its roots to a billboard Airport · AT&T
company in Savannah purchased by Robert Edward Turner II in SportsNet ·
the late 1940s.[2] Turner grew the business, which later became Audience
known as Turner Advertising Company.[2] Robert Edward Parent WarnerMedia
Turner's son, Ted Turner, inherited the company when the elder
Divisions Turner Sports
Turner died in 1963.[2] After taking over the company, Ted
Turner expanded the business into radio and television.[2] Subsidiaries WarnerMedia
International
Turner Broadcasting System as a formal entity was incorporated Networks &
in Georgia in May 1965.[3] Distribution
Cartoon Network
Studios
1970s Studio T
In 1970, Ted Turner purchased WJRJ-Atlanta, Channel 17, a Turner Private
small, Ultra High Frequency (UHF) station, and renamed it Networks
WTCG, for parent company Turner Communications Group.[4][5] Williams Street
During December 1976, WTCG originated the "superstation" Beme
concept, transmitting via satellite to cable systems.[4] Cartoon Network
Productions
On December 17, 1976 at 1:00 pm, WTCG Channel 17's signal
was beamed via satellite to its four cable systems in Grand Island,
Nebraska; Newport News, Virginia; Troy, Alabama; and Newton,
Kansas. All four cable systems started receiving the 1948 Dana
Former Turner Broadcasting System
Andrews - Cesar Romero film Deep Waters already in progress.
logo, used from 1979 until 2015
The movie had started 30 minutes earlier. WTCG went from
being a little television station to a major TV network that every
one of the 24,000 households outside of the 675,000 in Atlanta was receiving coast-to-coast. WTCG
became a so-called Superstation and created a precedent of today's basic cable television.

HBO had gone to satellite transmissions to distribute its signal nationally in 1975, but that was a service
that cable subscribers were made to pay extra to receive. Ted Turner's innovation signaled the start of the
basic cable revolution.

In 1979, the company changed its name to Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) and the call
letters of its main entertainment channel to WTBS.
1980s
On June 1, 1980, Cable News Network (CNN) was launched at 5:00pm EDT becoming the first 24-hour
news cable channel. The husband and wife team of Dave Walker and Lois Hart news anchored the first
newscast, Burt Reinhardt the then executive vice president of CNN, hired most of the channel's first 200
employees & 25-member staff including Bernard Shaw, the network's first news anchor.

In 1981, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Brut Productions from Faberge Inc.[6]

In 1984, Turner initiated Cable Music Channel, his competition for WASEC's MTV. The channel was
short-lived but helped influence the original format of VH1.

In 1986, after a failed attempt to acquire CBS, Turner purchased the film studio MGM/UA Entertainment
Co. from Kirk Kerkorian for $1.5 billion. Following the acquisition, Turner had an enormous debt and
sold parts of the acquisition. MGM/UA Entertainment was sold back to Kirk Kerkorian. The MGM/UA
Studio lot in Culver City was sold to Lorimar/Telepictures. Turner kept MGM's pre-May 1986 film and
TV library as well as the Associated Artists Productions library (the pre-1950[7][8] Warner Bros. film
library and the Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios Popeye cartoons originally released by Paramount
Pictures), and the U.S./Canadian distribution rights to the RKO Pictures library. Turner Entertainment
Co. was founded on August 4, 1986.

On October 3, 1988, the company launched Turner Network Television (TNT).[9]

1990s
Turner expanded its presence in movie production and distribution, first with the 1991 purchase of the
Hanna-Barbera animation studio during a competitive bid with MCA/Universal Studios, Hallmark Cards,
and several other corporations.[10] On December 22, 1993, Turner acquired Castle Rock Entertainment.
Turner purchased New Line Cinema a month later.[11][12][13]

Turner launched Cartoon Network on October 1, 1992, followed by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on
April 14, 1994. On October 10, 1996, Turner merged with Time Warner, a company formed in 1990[14]
by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.[15] Through this merger, Warner Bros. had
regained the rights to its pre-1950 library, while Turner gained access to the company's post-1950 library
and other properties.

2000s
In 2003, Philip I. Kent succeeded Jamie Kellner as chairman. Operational duties for The WB were
transferred by Time Warner from Warner Bros. to Turner Broadcasting during 2001, while Kellner was
chairman, but were returned to Warner Bros. in 2003 with the departure of Kellner.

On February 23, 2006, the company agreed to sell the regional entertainment channel Turner South to
Fox Entertainment Group.[16] Fox assumed control of the channel on May 1, and on October 13
relaunched it as SportSouth - coincidentally, the former name of Fox Sports South when Turner owned
this channel in partnership with Liberty Media between 1990 and 1996.[17]

In May 2006, Time Warner, which had owned 50% of Court TV since 1998, purchased the remaining
50% from Liberty Media and began running the channel as part of Turner Broadcasting. The channel was
relaunched as TruTV on January 1, 2008.
Also in May 2006, Ted Turner attended his last meeting as a board member of Time Warner and
officially parted with the company.[18]

On October 5, 2007, Turner Broadcasting System completed the acquisition of Claxson Interactive Pay
Television Networks in Latin America.[19]

2010s
On August 26, 2010, Turner Broadcasting took full control of Chilevisión, a TV channel owned by the
President of Chile Sebastián Piñera.[20]

On September 8, 2011, Turner Broadcasting System acquired LazyTown Entertainment, the producer of
the TV series LazyTown.[21]

On January 1, 2014, John K. Martin succeeded Phil Kent as chairman and CEO of Turner
Broadcasting.[22]

In August 2014, The Wrap reported that Turner was preparing to offer buy-outs to 550 employees as part
of plans to restructure the company heading into 2015. The ratings performance of CNN and HLN were
cited as a factor, while CBSSports.com reported that the rising rights fees Turner pays for its NBA
broadcasts on TNT may have also been a factor.[23][24] It was further reported in October 2014 that the
company planned to reduce its workforce by 10% (1,475 people) through layoffs across a wide set of
units including corporate positions.[25]

On August 14, 2015, it was announced that Turner Broadcasting had acquired a majority stake in
iStreamPlanet, a Las Vegas-based video streaming services company, in an effort to bolster its over-the-
top programming and shift its core technology infrastructure to the cloud. iStreamPlanet is a direct
competitor of Major League Baseball Advanced Media. The deal was reported to be in the neighborhood
of $200 million.[26] In October 2015, Turner launched a streaming-video network named Great Big
Story.[27]

In April 2017, in order to expedite the sale of Time Warner to AT&T by shedding FCC-licensed
properties, WPCH-TV was sold to Meredith Corporation, which had already been operating WPCH
under a local marketing agreement since 2011 as a sister to its local CBS affiliate WGCL-TV.[28] Turner
Podcast Network was formed within Turner Content Distribution in June 2017 with Tyler Moody being
named general manager and vice president of the unit.[29]

On March 22, 2018, Six Flags and Riverside Group announced a partnership with Turner Asia Pacific to
bring attractions based on Tuzki and other Turner-owned IPs to its theme parks in China.[30]

On June 15, 2018, it was announced that John Martin would be leaving as CEO following AT&T's
completed acquisition of Time Warner.[31] By September, AT&T had transferred its Audience channel, a
group of regional sports networks plus stakes in Game Show Network and MLB Network to Turner from
AT&T Communications.[32]

In December 2018, Turner Broadcasting sold the rights to the brand and its pre-2008 original
programming library of defunct cable network Court TV (which relaunched as truTV in 2008) to Katz
Broadcasting, with plans to re-launch it as an over-the-air digital network in May 2019.[33][34]
On March 4, 2019, AT&T announced a major reorganization of its broadcasting assets to effectively
dissolve Turner Broadcasting System. Its assets are to be dispersed across multiple units of
WarnerMedia, including the newly-created WarnerMedia Entertainment and WarnerMedia News &
Sports. WarnerMedia Entertainment would consist of HBO, TBS, TNT, TruTV, and an upcoming direct-
to-consumer video service (led by former NBC entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt), while
WarnerMedia News & Sports would consist of CNN, Turner Sports, and the AT&T SportsNet regional
networks (which would be led by CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker). Cartoon Network, Adult
Swim, Boomerang, and Turner Classic Movies would be moved under Warner Bros. Entertainment via
the new "Global Kids & Young Adults" business unit.[35][36] Although AT&T did not specify any
timetable for the changes, WarnerMedia had already begun to remove references to Turner Broadcasting
in corporate communications, with press releases referring to its networks as being "divisions of
WarnerMedia".[37]

Properties

U.S. domestic
Turner Entertainment Networks
TBS
TNT
TruTV
Turner Classic Movies
Now Playing magazine
Audience
Studio T
Turner Studios
CNN News Group
CNN
HLN
CNN Films
CNN en Español
The Cartoon Network Inc.
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network Studios
Cartoon Network Productions
Cartoon Network Studios Europe
Adult Swim
Adult Swim Games
Williams Street
Williams Street Records
Williams Street West
Boomerang
 Turner Sports
AT&T Sports Networks
AT&T SportsNet
Bleacher Report
NBA.com
PGA.com
NCAA.com/March Madness Live
NBA TV (Owned by the National Basketball Association, operated by Turner)
Other assets
iStreamPlanet

International
Latin America
The channels in Latin America are controlled by Turner Broadcasting System Latin America,
headquartered in Atlanta. It broadcasts Latin American versions of U.S. channels, and also channels that
are exclusive for the region. TBS LA also handles advertising sales for Warner TV (owned by fellow
WarnerMedia division Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.) and for the Brazilian action sports channel
Woohoo.

Chilevisión (Free-to-air, Chile)

News and Information

CNN en Español
CNN en Español Pan-regional
CNN en Español México
CNN Chile
CNN Indonesia (co-owned with Trans Media)
CNN International
Channel SD
(Latin America, Asia, Europe, Africa)
Channel HD
(Asia, Middle East and North Africa)
CNN Philippines (co-owned with Nine Media Corporation and Radio Philippines Network
through a brand licensing agreement)
CNN Türk (co-owned with Doğan Media Group)
CNN HD (USA)
HLN International
Channel SD
(Asia, Middle East and North Africa)
Indian

CNN-News18
CNN International South Asia
 Cartoon Network (India)
Pogo TV
HBO India
WB India
Zee Turner Limited (Joint venture with Zee Entertainment Enterprises)
Kids and Teens

Boomerang Australia and New Zealand

Boomerang MENA
Boomerang Arabic
Boomerang CEE
Boomerang France (HD and SD)
Boomerang Italy
Boomerang Latin America (HD and SD)
Boomerang Nordic
Boomerang Southeast Asia (Multiaudio option)
Boomerang Turkey
Boomerang UK & Ireland (HD and SD)
Cartoon Network Latin America (HD and SD)
Cartoon Network Colombia
Cartoon Network Panregional (South and Central Americas)
Cartoon Network Argentina
Cartoon Network Mexico
Cartoon Network Brazil
Cartoon Network Poland (HD and SD)
Cartoon Network (Central and Eastern Europe)
Cartoon Network Nordic
Cartoon Network Italia
Cartoon Network Nederland
Cartoon Network Türkiye
Cartoon Network Pakistan
Cartoon Network France (HD and SD)
Cartoon Network Canada
Cartoon Network Australia
Cartoon Network India (HD and SD)
Cartoon Network Hindi
Cartoon Network UK & Ireland (HD and SD)
Cartoon Network +1
Cartoon Network Japan
Cartoon Network Taiwan
Cartoon Network Russia and Southeast Europe
Cartoon Network (Middle East & Africa)
Cartoon Network Arabic (HD and SD)
Cartoon Network Arabic +2
Cartoon Network Deutschland
 Cartoon Network Korea
Cartoon Network Southeast Asia
Cartoon Network Philippines
Tooncast (Latin America)
Tooncast Pan-regional
Tooncast Brasil
Cartoonito (UK & Ireland)
Cartoonito (Middle East & Africa)
Toonami Channel (France)
Pogo (India)
Lifestyle

Glitz* (Latin America)

TruTV Latin America (Also in High Definition)
TruTV Pan-regional
TruTV Brasil
TruTV
TABI Channel (Japan)
Tabi Tele (Japan)
MONDO TV (Japan)
Mondo Mah-jong TV (Japan)
Music

HTV (Latin America)

MuchMusic (Latin America)
Imagine Showbiz (India)
Movies & Entertainment

TNT (Also in High Definition)

TNT México
TNT Brasil
TNT Argentina (Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay)
TNT Chile (Chile,Bolivia,Venezuela,Peru,Ecuador)
TNT Colombia
TNT Panama (Central America and Caribbean)
TNT Series (Latin America, HD and SD)
TNT Africa
TNT Polska
TNT România
TNT Spain
TNT Comedy (Germany, previously Glitz* and TNT Comedy)
TNT Serie (Germany)
TNT Film (Germany)
TNT Nordic
 I-SAT (Latin America)
I-SAT Pan-regional
I-SAT Argentina
I-SAT Brasil
Space (Latin America, Also in High Definition)
Space Pan-regional
Space Argentina
Space Brasil
TCM (Latin America)
TCM Pan-regional
TCM Argentina
TCM Brazil
Turner Classic Movies UK (HD and SD)
Turner Classic Movies Middle East
Turner Classic Movies Africa
TCM Spain (HD and SD)
TCM Cinema (France) (HD and SD)
TBS (Latin America)
TBS Pan-regional
TBS Argentina
TBS Brazil
Warner TV South East Asia (HD and SD)
Warner TV India (HD and SD)
Warner TV Latin America (Also in High Definition)
Warner Mexico
Warner Brazil
Warner Argentina (Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay)
Warner Chile
Warner Pan America (South and Central America)
Warner Colombia
Sports

TNT Sports (Argentina)

CDF (Chile)
Chinese

Phoenix Chinese Channel

Phoenix InfoNews Channel
Phoenix North America Chinese Channel
Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Channel
Phoenix Hong Kong Channel
Oh!K
Other regions
Regional News

CNN Chile, a joint-venture between Turner Latin América and VTR Globalcom that is only
aired in Chile.
CNN IBN, a joint-venture between Turner, TV18 and Global Broadcast News that is only
aired in India.
CNN Türk, owned by Doğan Medya Grubu that is only aired in Turkey.
Entertainment

CETV (36%, joint venture with TOM Group)

QTV (50%, joint venture with IS Plus, an affiliate of JoongAng Ilbo) (South Korea)
Showtime Scandinavia through Turner NonStop Television in the Scandinavian countries.
Silver (TV channel), independent and international movies, through Turner NonStop
Television in the Scandinavian countries.
Star, showbiz news programming, through Turner NonStop Television in the Scandinavian
countries.
Animation

Boomerang UK, various Boomerang channels around Europe

Boing (Italy) (Mediaset 51% and Turner 49%)
Boing (France)
Boing (Africa)
Boing (Spain)
Movies

Lumiere Movies : 92%

Former assets
Note: (*) - Now owned or absorbed by sister company, Warner Bros.

Cable Music Channel — A defunct television channel

Castle Rock Entertainment — A film production company*
CNN+, a joint-venture between Turner (50%) and Sogecable that is only aired in Spain,
closed down in late 2010.
CNNfn — A defunct television channel
CNNSI — A defunct television channel
FilmStruck — A defunct film streaming service
Game Show Network (42%)
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons — An animation studio*
Hulu (10%)
SportSouth — A regional sports network (Now owned by Diamond Sports Group as Fox
Sports South)
Super Deluxe — An defunct entertainment company
New Line Cinema — A film production company*
Toonami Channel (Asia)
 Toonami India
TCM South East Asia
Turner Entertainment Co. — A film holding company*
Turner Pictures — An defunct in-house production company*
Turner Pictures Worldwide Distribution — An international distribution sales unit*
Turner Feature Animation — A defunct animation unit*
Turner Home Entertainment — A defunct home video distributor (Merged into Warner
Home Video)
Turner Program Services — A former syndication arm − (Merged into Warner Bros'
Telepictures Productions)
Turner South — A regional television channel (Now owned by Fox Sports Networks as Fox
Sports Southeast)
The WB - A defunct broadcast television network* (With Tribune Broadcasting, 2001-2003)
Woohoo (Brazil)
Universal Wrestling Corporation - A professional wrestling promotion formerly known as
World Championship Wrestling. Currently a non-operational company, select assets are
now owned by WWE through WCW, Inc.[38]
WPCH-TV - A terrestrial broadcasting station in Atlanta and a former superstation (now
owned by Meredith Corporation)

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