Turner Broadcasting System

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The Turner Broadcasting System (often abbreviated to Turner or TBS) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Ted Turner in the mid-1970s. Their current assets include CNN, TBS Superstation (and flagship station WTBS), Turner Network Television, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Turner South, Turner Classic Movies, and the WB Network. TBS is the biggest part of the Turner Entertainment holding company, which was sold to Time Warner in 1996; it now operates as a semi-autonomous unit of Time Warner.

Contents

1 Diversity 2 Current Assets 2.1 US Domestic 2.1.1 News 2.1.2 Entertainment 2.1.3 Animation 2.2 International 2.2.1 News 2.2.2 Entertainment 2.2.3 Animation 3 External links

Diversity

Turner Broadcasting System was named one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers in 2004 by Working Mothers magazine.

Current Assets

Information from "Turner Network & Businesses (http://www.turner.com/about/networks_and_businesses.html)

US Domestic

News

• CNN
• CNN Headline News

Entertainment

• TBS
• TNT
• TNTHD
• TCM
• Turner South
• Atlanta Braves
• PGA.com
• Nascar.com

Animation

• Cartoon Network
• Boomerang
• Adult Swim

International

News

• CNN International
• CNN en Español

Entertainment

• TNT (Custom programming to Brazil, Mexico, Argentina
• TCM (Custom programming to UK, France, Spain, Latin America

Animation

• Cartoon Network (Custom programming to Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Latin America, Europe, Taiwan, India, Japan
• Pogo
• Boomerang UK
• Toonami UK

External links

• Official homepage (http://www.turner.com)
• Home page of Time Warner, Inc. (http://www.timewarner.com/)

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