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2 unusual facts about Turner Broadcasting System


Lumiere Movies

Lumière Movies is an Indian 24-hour movie channel dedicated to foreign films owned by Turner Broadcasting System based in Mumbai.

On 8 December 2009, it was announced that Turner Asia Pacific Ventures (a wholly owned subsidiary Turner Broadcasting System) had acquired a 92 per cent stake in NDTV Imagine Ltd.


1994 in Singapore

The slogan/motto/tagline/crest of arms "No Sex, No Violence, No News" (Chinese: "無色情、無暴力、無新聞") whose shares are 60% owned by Time Warner (the conglomerate that is owned by Ted Turner who owns Turner) and 40% owned by News Corporation (the conglomerate that is owned by Rupert Murdoch that owns STAR TV) with programming similar to that of STAR TV.

1996 Indianapolis Colts season

This game has the distinction of being the first NFL on TNT broadcast after TNT's parent Turner Broadcasting System completed its merger with Time Warner, only 3 days earlier.

Gary Michael Cappetta

Cappetta is familiar to TV wrestling fans who watched him on World Wrestling Federation broadcasts from 1974 to 1985, followed by stints on ESPN with the American Wrestling Association or the AWA and Turner Broadcasting System’s World Championship Wrestling shows.

Ha Ha Tonka

The song "Usual Suspects" was also used by Turner Broadcasting System as a lead-in for the beginning of Game 3 of the 2011 National League Championship Series featuring the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Marc Zumoff

Zumoff has done play-by-play for NBA-TV and for Turner Sports' coverage of the NBA, including both regular season and playoff games, the network's coverage of the Goodwill Games.

Scott James Meyer

He was also chosen to host the entertainment news show "The Two Minute Talk Show" on the now-defunct Turner Broadcasting System web station Super Deluxe.

The Clean Air Campaign

Past PACE Award winners have included major Georgia-based employers such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Porsche Cars North America, Turner Broadcasting System, Cox Enterprises, and Georgia Power.

Turner Program Services

Founded in 1982, the company was originally responsible for syndicating Turner-produced programs (such as the syndicated game show Starcade) as well as developing programming for TBS such as Night Tracks.


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