How many television stations are owned by Turner Broadcasting?”
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, Inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward “Ted” Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. Their current assets include CNN, HLN, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, NBA TV, TruTV, Turner Classic Movies, and over-the-air Atlanta station WPCH-17 (formerly WTBS, a near-simulcast of the national TBS). Turner Broadcasting does not include The CW Television Network, HBO and Cinemax. TBS also manages Turner Entertainment Company, the holding company for Turner’s library of classic films from most of the pre-1986 MGM, pre-1950 Warner Bros. and US/Canadian, Latin American, and Australian rights to the RKO Pictures catalogs. Turner Broadcasting also owns PC gaming service GameTap, online comedy portal Super Deluxe, and online shopping service Bamzu. TBS, Inc. merged with Time Warner in 1996, and now operates as a semi-autonomous unit of Time Warne
Turner Broadcasting operates worldwide entertainment, animation and news networks and businesses whose performances continue to lead their respective industry segments. CNN’s multi-platform coverage of the 2008 election cycle culminated in record results for the Presidential Inauguration, with CNN/U.S. significantly out-delivering the cable news competition and CNN.com serving more than 26 million live video streams—five times its old record—making CNN.com’s coverage the largest online video event in Internet history. For the year, CNN.com remained the #1 news and information site on the Web and the CNN Political Ticker was the #1 political news blog. Anderson Cooper 360 was the #1 cable news show at 10 p.m. with viewers 25-54 and the landmark Black in America series was the top-rated documentary on cable news for the year. According to the latest survey of the Pew Research Center for the People and
