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Turner Broadcasting System
Type Subsidiary
Industry Entertainment
Cable Television
Interactive Media
Founded 1970
Founder(s) Ted Turner
Headquarters CNN Center
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Key people Philip I. Kent (Chairman and CEO)
Ted Turner (Founder)
Owner(s) Time Warner
Parent Time Warner
Divisions CNN
TNT
TCM
Cartoon Network
Boomerang
Cartoonito
Pogo
TruTV
TBS
CNN International
HLN
NBA TV
CNN IBN
CNN en Español
CNN Chile
CNN Arabic
CNNj
n-tv
I-Sat
CW Network
Website www.turner.com
Aerial view of the CNN Center, which houses the headquarters of Turner Broadcasting System

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks, TBS, Inc. or simply Turner) is the Time Warner subsidiary managing the collection of cable networks and properties started and acquired by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner starting in the mid-1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] TBS, Inc. merged with Time Warner on October 10, 1996, and now operates as a semi-autonomous unit of Time Warner. This would be Time Warner's second foray into cable broadcasting, after owning the Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Company through Warner Communications before selling it to MTV Networks in 1987.

The company's current assets include CNN, HLN, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, truTV, and Turner Classic Movies.

The current chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting is Philip I. Kent.

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[edit] History

[edit] 1970s

In 1970, Ted Turner, then head of a successful Atlanta-based outdoor advertising firm, purchased WJRJ-Atlanta, Channel 17, a small, struggling UHF station, and renamed it WTCG, for parent company Turner Communications Group. Through careful programming acquisitions, Turner guided the station to success. In December 1976, WTCG originated the "superstation" concept, transmitting via satellite to cable systems.

In 1979, the company changed its name to Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) and the call letters of its flagship entertainment channel to WTBS, now TBS.

[edit] 1980s

In 1980, the company launched CNN, the first 24-hour all-news network.

In 1984, Turner launched Cable Music Channel, his competition to WASEC's MTV. The channel was short-lived, but helped mold and launch the original format of VH1.

In 1986, Turner bought the pre-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library, the RKO Radio Pictures library, the a.a.p. library, and a few United Artists material (including some post-1952 UA material such as Gilligan's Island and its spinoffs and Bugs Bunny Superstar) from MGM/UA. Turner Entertainment is founded.

In 1988, the company launched TNT.

[edit] 1990s

Turner expanded its presence in film production and distribution, first with the 1991 purchase of the Hanna-Barbera animation studio.[2] New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment would be acquired three years later.[3][4] Turner launched Cartoon Network on Thursday, October 1, 1992.

In 1994, Turner Classic Movies launched.

On October 10, 1996, Turner Broadcasting merged with Time Warner and grew at a phenomenal pace and reached more than 200 countries and territories around the world.

[edit] 2000s

In 2003, Philip I. Kent succeeded Jamie Kellner as chairman. The former The WB Network was brought into the fold in 2001 during Kellner's watch, but returned to Warner Bros. in 2003 with the departure of Kellner.

In early 2006, the company sold Turner South to Fox Cable Networks creating SportSouth, a regional sports channel. Fox assumed control of the network on May 1, and at the beginning of the newest NHL season, rebranded it as SportSouth, coincidentally the former name of FSN South when Turner owned the network in partnership with Liberty Media, from its founding in 1990, until 1997.

In May 2006, Turner Broadcasting, which already owned 50% of Court TV, purchased the remaining half from Liberty Media.

Also in May 2006, Ted Turner attended his last meeting as a board member of Time Warner and officially parted with the company.

In August 2006, Turner Broadcasting Europe volunteered to edit or stop airing some Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry films after Ofcom UK received a complaint that the cigar smoking in a Tom & Jerry short was inappropriate.[5]

[edit] Channels

[edit] U.S. domestic

[edit] News

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Interactive/broadband sites

[edit] Animation

[edit] International

[edit] Latin America

The channels in Latin America are controlled by "Turner Broadcasting System Latin America", headquarted in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 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 Channel (owned by fellow Time Warner division Warner Bros. Entertainment) and for the Brazilian action sports channel Woohoo.

[edit] General

[edit] News and Information

[edit] Kids and Teens

[edit] Lifestyle

[edit] Music

[edit] Documentaries

[edit] Movies

[edit] Other regions

[edit] News
  • CNN International (3 Feeds: Americas (USA, Canada and Latin América), EMEA (Europe,Middle East and Africa) and Asia)
  • 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.
  • n-tv, a joint-venture between Turner (32%) and RTL Group that is only aired in Germany.
  • CNN Türk, a joint-venture between Turner and Doğan Medya Grubu that is only aired in Turkey.
  • CNN+, a joint-venture between Turner (50%) and Sogecable that is only aired in Spain, closed down in late 2010.
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] Animation

[edit] Television Production/Distribution companies


[edit] Former assets

* Now owned by sister company, Warner Bros.)

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "Contact Us." Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved on March 6, 2010.
  2. ^ Lippman, John (October 30, 1991). "Turner Is Buying Hanna-Barbera Film Library". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-30/business/fi-565_1_film-library. Retrieved September 8, 2010. 
  3. ^ Harris, Kathryn (August 7, 1993). "New Line Cinema holding merger talks with Turner". http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/2157288.html?dids=2157288:2157288&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+07%2C+1993&author=Harris%2C+Kathryn&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=New+Line+Cinema+holding+merger+talks+with+Turner&pqatl=google. 
  4. ^ Citron, Alan (August 18, 1993). "Turner gets nod to buy New Line and Castle Rock". http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/6359666.html?dids=6359666:6359666&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+18%2C+1993&author=Citron%2C+Alan&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Turner+gets+nod+to+buy+New+Line+and+Castle+Rock&pqatl=google. 
  5. ^ "Smoke's no joke for Tom and Jerry". BBC News. August 21, 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5271470.stm. 

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