Turner Broadcasting System


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 for its new mid-season drama Instinct. The show, which debuted on CBS in the US on March 18, will premiere on May 23 on TNT Serie, then air on free-to-air channel SAT.1. Instinct is averaging 10.7 million viewers in the […]

AMC creates eSports SVOD network

AMC Networks International Iberia and gamer culture MCN Machinima have created an SVOD network dedicated to eSports and gaming. The platform, billed as a “many2many service”, will be available on pay TV platforms, smart TVs and as iOS and Android apps in Spain and Portugal. Programming will include Machinima original productions such as Street Fighter: […]

Warner Bros. creates OTT division

Warner Bros. has created a digital networks division that will house the Hollywood studio’s over-the-top assets and lead a push into OTT services. Craig Hunegs will lead Warner Bros. Digital Networks as president, a role he will fulfil alongside his Warner Bros. Television Group president of business and strategy post. Warner Bros.’s sister companies HBO […]

Turner launches first SVOD service

Turner Broadcasting System is going direct-to-consumer for the first time. The US media giant has created FilmStruck, an SVOD platform that Turner Classic Movies will oversee in collaboration with the film specialist Criterion Collection. Turner’s sister company in the Time Warner stable, premium cable channel HBO, did launch a direct-to-consumer service, HBO Now, in 2015, […]

TNT officially revisits Tales From the Crypt

US cable channel TNT has officially greenlit a reworking of the classic television horror anthology Tales From the Crypt. The M. Night Shyamalan-developed ten-parter will comprise part of a new horror block for the Turner Broadcasting System network, which is slated to launch in 2017. A reversioned Crypt Keeper will present the show, which is […]

Boomerang flies into Turkey

Turner is launching kids channel Boomerang in Turkey on the D-Smart satellite service and Tivibù IPTV platform. The channel, which will launch on April 23, will bring animated shows including The Tom & Jerry Show, Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes, Inspector Gadget, Mr Bean (pictured) and Garfield to Turkish viewers.Boomerang’s Turkish debut will see the channel joining Cartoon […]

ITV poaches Turner’s Eilenberg for key US role

Turner Broadcasting System veteran David Eilenberg has been tapped to run ITV Entertainment, the newly named reality production division of ITV America. As president, Eilenberg (pictured) will run the unit, which was known as ITV Studios America until Brent Montgomery was named CEO of a consolidated ITV America in December. In part, Eilenberg replaces Orly […]

Toonami makes mainland Europe debut

Turner Broadcasting System has launched its kids channel Toonami in France, marking the first time the network has been broadcasted in Europe in almost a decade. The network, which comprises entirely of superhero-themed programming, will also debut in all French-speaking territories, including in Belgium and Africa, Turner France, Portugal and Africa general manager Pierre Branco […]

Spotify begins video rollout

Spotify has begun rolling out video content on the music streaming service in partnership with major media brands like the BBC and Vice Media. As of this week, Shows on Spotify is being introduced on the music service’s Android app, with an iOS launch to follow next week. The programming will initially go live in […]

Icahn denies Time Warner stake build

Activist investor Carl Icahn has angrily denied he is quietly building a stake in US media giant Time Warner. Reports emerged in recent days suggesting Icahn was building an equity stake in the company, which houses HBO, Warner Bros. Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting System. However, Icahn told CNBC: “I don’t own one share of Time […]

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