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Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. was an American television and media conglomerate founded by Ted Turner in 1965. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it merged with Time Warner (later WarnerMedia) on October 10, 1996. As of April 2022, all of its assets are now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
In 1970, Turner's firm merged with Rice Broadcasting Company, Inc., a small Atlanta UHF television station. The transaction took the resulting company public, with Turner as majority stockholder, under the new name Turner Communications Corporation.
Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. Before the name was applied to a current network, TNT was the name of a syndication service.
Mar 12, 2019 · The name “Turner” won’t completely disappear, thanks to its usage in channel names (it’s the “T” in TNT, TBS and TCM, after all). But the quick purge of the corporate name is a signal ...
May 12, 2023 · In this article, we'll take a closer look at CNN's ownership history and its current parent company. Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, launched the network in 1980 under the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS). TBS later merged with Time Warner in 1996, resulting in Time Warner's ownership of CNN.
On October 6, 1987, Ted Turner announced the launch of Turner Network Television (TNT)—his fifth basic cable network venture, following SuperStation TBS, CNN, Headline News (now HLN) and the short-lived Cable Music Channel—in a keynote address at the opening day of the Atlantic Cable Show in Atlantic City, New Jersey, stating that the ...
Apr 2, 2014 · In 1976, Turner made a strategic move to reach an even larger audience through the use of satellite technology. He rebranded once again, changing his company’s name to Turner Broadcasting...
