TNT Sports
 TNT Sports logo | |
| Product type | Trademark |
|---|---|
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Country | United States |
| Related brands | |
| Markets | Worldwide |
| Previous owners |
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TNT Sports is the brand name for sports television channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world that are owned and operated Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The name originates from the American cable television channel TNT, originally an abbreviation for Turner Network Television.
The brand was first used in the 1980's when then-owner Turner Broadcasting System initally used separate TNT Sports and TBS Sports brands for its separate American channels TNT and TBS, respectively, before introducing a unified Turner Sports brand in 1995. Turner Broadcasting merged into Time Warner in 1996, which in turn was acquired by AT&T in 2018 (which would become WarnerMedia). Turner Sports was then put into a new division known as WarnerMedia News & Sports.[1] In 2017, the company launched the TNT Sports channel in Argentina, then standardized the rest of its existing Latin American sports channels into the TNT Sports brand in 2021.
In 2022, WBD was formed with the spin-off of WarnerMedia by AT&T, and its merger with Discovery, Inc. Turner Sports was then renamed as Warner Bros. Discovery Sports after its merger with the sports divisions for WarnerMedia and Discovery, with the brand also being used for the division managing Discovery's existing European and international sports assets such as Eurosport, Golf Digest, and Global Cycling Network. In 2024, WBD officially rebranded the entirety of the division as TNT Sports.[2]
Channels and divisions
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- TNT Sports (Latin America)
- TNT Novelas
- TNT Series
- TNT Sports (Argentine TV channel), the sports channel in Argentina.
- TNT Sports (Brazil), the sports broadcast division for WBD's channels and networks in Brazil.
- Estádio TNT Sports[3]
- TNT Sports (Chilean TV channel), the sports channel in Chile.
- TNT Sports (Mexico), the sports channel in Mexico.
- TNT Sports (United Kingdom), 50% with BT Group[8]
- TNT Sports 1
- TNT Sports 2
- TNT Sports 3
- TNT Sports 4
- TNT Sports (United States) - The sports broadcast division for WBD's channels and networks in the United States, including its original namesake, the cable channel TNT.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Feiner, Lauren (March 4, 2019). "Layoffs expected as WarnerMedia reorganizes its leadership team after AT&T acquisition". CNBC. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Weprin, Alex (2024-01-18). "So Long WBD Sports, Hello TNT Sports". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ "Estádio TNT Sports". Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ "Programming Guide CDF HD". Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ "Programming Guide TNT Sports 2". Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ "Programming Guide TNT Sports 3 HD". Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ "Estadio TNT Sports". Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ Goldbart, Max (September 1, 2022). "Warner Bros. Discovery & BT Sport Close Joint Venture Transaction". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
