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Turner Broadcasting System
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CBS Studios Int’l clinches German sales for Instinct
CBS Studios International has secured licensing agreements with ProSiebenSat.1 and Turner Broadcasting System in Germany…
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AMC creates eSports SVOD network
AMC Networks International Iberia and gamer culture MCN Machinima have created an SVOD network dedicated…
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Warner Bros. creates OTT division
Warner Bros. has created a digital networks division that will house the Hollywood studio’s over-the-top…
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Turner launches first SVOD service
Turner Broadcasting System is going direct-to-consumer for the first time. The US media giant has…
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TNT officially revisits Tales From the Crypt
US cable channel TNT has officially greenlit a reworking of the classic television horror anthology…
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Boomerang flies into Turkey
Turner is launching kids channel Boomerang in Turkey on the D-Smart satellite service and Tivibù…
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ITV poaches Turner’s Eilenberg for key US role
Turner Broadcasting System veteran David Eilenberg has been tapped to run ITV Entertainment, the newly…
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Toonami makes mainland Europe debut
Turner Broadcasting System has launched its kids channel Toonami in France, marking the first time…
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Spotify begins video rollout
Spotify has begun rolling out video content on the music streaming service in partnership with…
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Icahn denies Time Warner stake build
Activist investor Carl Icahn has angrily denied he is quietly building a stake in US…
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Bewkes extends Time Warner term
Jeff Bewkes will remain chairman and CEO of US media giant Time Warner until at…
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McCann exits Nick UK, new GM installed
Tina McCann is exiting Nickelodeon UK as part of a “management handover” that sees VP,…
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NonStop, Submarine launch doc distributor
The newly-independent NonStop Entertainment and US film vendor Submarine have partnered to create a documentary…
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Time Warner may extend SVOD holdback window
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has indicated his media giant may begin holding back key…
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Turner poaches Studio 100 exec for CEE
Turner Broadcasting System has poached a Studio 100 Media executive to become its programming director…
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Turner greenlights ‘biggest’ Korean toon copro
Turner Broadcasting System has greenlit its biggest Korean-made animation project for its kids channels in…
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Aussie pay TV content spend nears A$800m
Australian pay TV content investment hit A$796 million (US$560.1 million) in 2014/15, new figures show….
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Turner, Burnett test wearable tech inventors
Turner Broadcasting System, IT firm Intel and unscripted producer Mark Burnett are jointly working on…
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Turner buys majority stake in iStreamPlanet
Turner Broadcasting System has bought a majority stake in live video streaming company iStreamPlanet, a…
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News brief: Boomerang boards Dinosaur Train
The Latin American feed of Turner Broadcasting kids channel Boomerang has acquired Dinosaur Train from…
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Turner poaches Viacom’s Brookman for UK
Turner Broadcasting System poached Viacom International Media Networks’s Vanessa Brookman to become VP, content and…
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New brief: New Asian Boomerang launch
Turner Broadcasting System’s animation network Boomerang has launched in Malaysia on HyppTV with a two-month…
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Turner poaches NBC exec, cable team grows
Turner Broadcasting System has poached an NBC drama executive to become a programming chief at…
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New Ben 10 for Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is looking to an old favourite to join attract a new generation of…
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Reilly promotes Bradley at Turner
Kevin Reilly has promoted Deborah Bradley to an executive VP post at Turner Broadcasting System….
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Spotify makes UK and US TV move
A new video platform from on-demand music app Spotify will run content from a variety of…
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Hulu scores Turner SVOD exclusive deal
US streaming service Hulu has snapped up exclusive subscription on-demand rights to Turner Broadcasting System…
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Hulu boards The Last Ship
US streaming service has acquired rights to TNT end-of-days drama The Last Ship. Under terms…
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Turner plays to Monster’s Jungle Beat
Turner Broadcasting System has acquired Monster Entertainment-sold non-verbal kids toon Jungle Beat for its Boomerang…
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Thai net bounces with Turner’s Pogo
Thai free-to-air network Channel 3 debuts a two-hour branded block from Turner Broadcasting System today….