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Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
FoundedMay 12, 1965; 59 years ago (1965-05-12)
FounderTed Turner
FateAssets dispersed to other WarnerMedia divisions
Headquarters,
Key people
Brands
ParentIndependent (1965-1996)
WarnerMedia (1996-present)
DivisionsTurner Sports
Subsidiaries
  • WarnerMedia International
  • Studio T
  • Turner Private Networks
  • Beme

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (abbreviated as TBS) is an American television and media conglomerate, part of AT&T's WarnerMedia. Founded by Ted Turner and based in Atlanta, Georgia, it merged with Time Warner on October 10, 1996. Among its main properties were its namesake TBS, TNT, CNN, and TruTV. It also licensed or had ownership interests in international versions of these properties. The headquarters of Turner's properties are located in both the CNN Center in Downtown Atlanta, and the Turner Broadcasting campus off Techwood Drive in Midtown Atlanta, which also houses Turner Studios.

The company was known for several pioneering innovations in U.S. multichannel television, including its satellite uplink of local Atlanta independent station WTCG channel 17 as one of the first national "superstations", and its establishment of CNN—the first 24-hour news channel.

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  1. Stelter, Brian (15 June 2018). "Time Warner's new name: WarnerMedia". CNNMoney. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.