Turner Entertainment

Turner Entertainment Company
Turner
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedAugust 2, 1986 (1986-08-02)
FoundersTed Turner
Area served
Worldwide
Products
  • Films
  • Television shows
Number of employees
137+ (2020)
Parent
Divisions
  • Turner Home Entertainment (1986–1996)
  • Turner Pictures (1989–1996)
Subsidiaries

Turner Entertainment Company[1] is an American multimedia company founded by Ted Turner on August 2, 1986. Purchased by Time Warner on October 10, 1996 as part of its acquisition of Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), the company was largely responsible for overseeing the TBS library for worldwide distribution. In recent years, this role has largely been limited to being the copyright holder, as it has become an in-name-only subsidiary[1] of Warner Bros., which currently administers their library.[2]

  1. ^ a b "EX-21 (Subsidiaries of Time Warner Inc.)". www.sec.gov. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "Warner Archive Podcast (4/8/14)". Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. April 8, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2019.