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On February 23, 2006, Turner agreed to sell the regional entertainment channel Turner South to Fox Entertainment Group. [34] 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 ...
On March 4, 2019, AT&T would reorganize its broadcasting assets to effectively dissolve Turner Broadcasting System with its assets moving to the newly created WarnerMedia Entertainment with the unit consisting of HBO, TBS, TNT, TruTV, and an upcoming direct-to-consumer video service with Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, and Turner Classic Movies would be moved under Warner Bros ...
On September 22, 1995, Time Warner Entertainment—a New York City-based media company formed in 1989 through the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Bros. corporate parent Warner Communications—reached an agreement to acquire the Turner Broadcasting System and its associated properties (including TNT, TBS, CNN, Headline News and Cartoon Network ...
In 1996, Turner Sports became a division of Time Warner after it merged with Turner Broadcasting System. Turner Broadcasting also owned WPCH-TV, the former WTBS, which was the longtime television home for Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves. The relationship with WPCH ended after the 2013 season, and the station itself was sold in 2017.
TPS also held partial distribution rights to G-Force (along with King Features Entertainment) until all rights to the series reverted to license holder Sandy Frank Entertainment in 2003. In 1987, Turner Program Services expanded to build on the pre-May 1986 MGM library with various film packages, provided by Turner Entertainment Co. , as well ...
In September 2013, Turner Broadcasting System revealed its plans to close down the pan-European channel for the Benelux market. The channel closed on 1 January 2014. [2] On 1 June 2017, TCM Europe closed down in all of the Nordic countries. [3] In August 2018, The MENA feed dropped (Turner Classic Movies) tag and unveiled a new logo.
In 1985, Ted Turner would launch a European division in London, England, [5] which reached across the Middle East and African regional feeds, [6] Around the same time Discovery Channel would launch in April in Europe. In mid-2007, Discovery Networks Europe would be split into two various branches around Europe.
Boomerang logo, 2000–2015. The Turner Broadcasting System had built up an extensive catalogue of MGM and early Warner Bros. cartoons since the 1980s. The library made up much of the extensive children's programming on TBS and TNT, which was phased out after the creation of the Cartoon Network on October 1, 1992.