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TBS (American TV channel) TBS (originally an initialism of Turner Broadcasting System ), stylized as tbs, is an American basic cable television network owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). [1] It carries a variety of programming, with a focus on comedy, along with some sports events ...
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TBS, stylized as tbs, is an American basic cable television network owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). It carries a variety of programming, with a focus on comedy, along with some sports events, including Major League Baseball, Stanley Cup playoffs, and the NCAA men's basketball tournament. As of September 2018, TBS was received by ...
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Early history
Turner Broadcasting System traces its roots to a billboard company in Savannah, Georgia, purchased by Robert Edward Turner II in the late 1940s. Turner grew the business, which later became known as Turner Advertising Company. Robert Edward Turner's son, Ted Turner, inherited the company when the elder Turner died in 1963.After taking over the company, Ted Turner expanded the business into radio and television. Turner Broadcasting System as a formal entity was incorporated in Georgia on May 1...
1970s
In 1970, Ted Turner purchased WJRJ-Atlanta, Channel 17, a small, Ultra High Frequency (UHF) station, and renamed it WTCG, for parent company Turner Communications Group. During December 1976, WTCG originated the "superstation" concept, transmitting via satelliteto cable systems. 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 system...
1980s
On June 1, 1980, Cable News Network (CNN) was launched at 5:00 p.m. 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, then executive vice president of CNN, hired most of the channel's first 200 employees and 25-member staff including Bernard Shaw, the network's first news anchor. In 1981, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Brut Productions from Faberge Inc. Also in 1981, WTBS began its u...
Transferred to Warner Bros.
1. Castle Rock Entertainment— A film and television production company 2. Hanna-Barbera — An animation studio (Folded into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001) 2.1. Ruby-Spears Enterprises — An animation studio, and former sister company of Hanna-Barbera (Libraries are owned by Warner Bros. Animation) 3. New Line Cinema— A film production company (became separate unit of Time Warner upon close of sale; folded into WB in 2008) 4. Turner Entertainment Co. — A film holding company 4.1. Turner Picture...
Transferred to Warner Bros. Discovery Networks
Note: These assets were temporarily part of Turner Entertainment Networks & Warner Bros. under WarnerMedia Studios & Networkswithin the WarnerMedia era. An (*) indicates the assets was once part of Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics.
Shuttered
1. Cable Music Channel— A defunct television channel 2. CNN+, a joint-venture between Turner (50%) and Sogecablethat is only aired in Spain, closed down in late 2010. 3. CNNfn— A defunct television channel 4. CNN/SI— A defunct television channel 5. FilmStruck— A defunct film streaming service 6. HBO South Asia 7. Mondo Mah-jong TV (Japan) 8. Studio T — a defunct production company. 9. Super Deluxe— An defunct entertainment company 10. Tabi Tele (Japan) 11. TCM South East Asia 12. Toonami Chan...
Turner Broadcasting System on Twitter- May 12, 1965; 58 years ago
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