Turner Sports
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Owner |
Turner Broadcasting System (WarnerMedia) |
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Key people | Lenny Daniels (President)[1] |
Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
Major broadcasting contracts |
Turner Sports (TS) is the division of Turner Broadcasting System responsible for sports broadcasts on Turner channels including TBS, TNT, TruTV, and CNN en Español (for occasional Spanish language simulcasts), and for operating the digital media outlets NCAA.com, NBA.com, PGATour.com and PGA.com. Turner Sports also operates NBA TV on behalf of the NBA.
In August 2012, Turner Sports bought the sports news website Bleacher Report for an estimated $200 million.[2]
In March 2018, Turner Sports announced to launch B/R Live, a subscription video streaming service, featuring live broadcasts of several sports events.[3]
Turner also owned Peachtree TV, the former WTBS, which was the longtime home of Atlanta Braves Baseball. This relationship ended after the 2013 season. Peachtree was itself sold to its operator, Meredith Corporation in 2017.
Current properties
- NBA on TNT (1989–present)
- Regular season Thursdays and late season Tuesdays
- NBA All-Star Game
- Playoff coverage including one conference final alternating with ESPN and ABC
- Inside the NBA
- Spanish language simulcasts on CNN en Español in United States and Canal Space in Latin America.
- NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship (2011–present)
- Major League Baseball on TBS (2007–present)
- 13 Sunday games, alternating AL/NL Wild Card Playoff with ESPN, alternating ALDS/NLDS and ALCS/NLCS with Fox Sports 1/Fox
- Spanish language simulcasts on CNN en Español (2016–present)[4]
- Golf on TNT
- PGA Championship (through 2019)
- First and second rounds, early coverage of third and fourth.
- PGA Championship (through 2019)
- ELeague (Turner Sports/WME-IMG Partnership, since 2016)[5][6]
- Soccer
- UEFA Champions League (2018–present)[7]
- UEFA Europa League
- Final on TNT
- All matches on B/R Live for subscribers or pay-per-match.
- Select qualification stage matches on B/R Live
- UEFA Super Cup
- Select matches on B/R Live
Other television properties
- NBA TV (managed on behalf of the NBA)
- TNT Sports (Latin America), operated by Turner International Argentina
Turner Sports Interactive
- NCAA.com
- Starting with the 2010–11 academic year and continuing through 2031-32, Turner has digital rights to all NCAA championships across all divisions in all sports except football. Under the deal, Turner also manages NCAA.com.[11]
- NBA.com
- PGA.com
- Bleacher Report
Other
- Universal Wrestling Corporation - previously known as World Championship Wrestling, assets now owned by WWE, Inc.
Former properties
Turner South
- Atlanta Braves baseball
- Atlanta Hawks basketball
- Atlanta Thrashers hockey
CNNSI
TBS
- Atlanta Hawks basketball
- College Football on TBS (1982–2006)
- Goodwill Games (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001)
- Braves TBS Baseball (1973–2007)
- Gator Bowl (1993–1994)
- NASCAR on TBS (1983–2000)
- NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship (2016 & 2017)[12][13]
- WCW Thunder (1998–2001)
- World Championship Wrestling (1972–2001)
TNT
- NFL on TNT (1990–1997)
- Olympics on TNT (1992, 1994, 1998) co-produced with CBS
- Tennis on TNT (2000–2002)
- FIFA World Cup (1990)
- Women's United Soccer Association
- NASCAR on TNT (2001–2014) (co-produced with NBC from 2001–2006)
- WCW Monday Nitro (1995–2001)
Notable Turner Sports personalities (past and present)
^D denotes deceased.
- Kate Abdo
- Marv Albert
- David Aldridge
- Adam Alexander
- Brian Anderson
- Charles Barkley
- Rick Barry
- Brent Barry
- Allen Bestwick
- Eric Bischoff
- Bob Brenly
- Hubie Brown
- Chip Caray
- Skip CarayD
- Andrew Catalon
- Vince Cellini
- Doug Collins
- Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
- Ron Darling
- Spero Dedes
- Dennis Eckersley
- Ian Eagle
- Marc Fein
- Mike Fratello
- Rick Fox
- Kevin Garnett
- Greg Gumbel
- Pat Haden
- Grant Hill
- Kevin Harlan
- Scott Hudson
- Ernie Johnson, Jr.
- Ernie Johnson, Sr.D
- Gus Johnson
- Magic Johnson
- Lewis Johnson
- Steve Kerr
- Rick Kamla
- Allie LaForce
- Richard Lewis
- Verne Lundquist
- Kristen Ledlow
- Buck Martinez
- Larry McReynolds
- Cheryl Miller
- Reggie Miller
- Pedro Martínez
- Jim Nantz
- Steve Nash
- Bob Neal
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Brad Nessler
- Benny ParsonsD
- Phil Parsons
- Kyle Petty
- Cal Ripken, Jr.
- Vince Russo
- Craig SagerD
- Casey Stern
- Dennis Scott
- Steve Smith
- Tony Schiavone
- Ralph Sheheen
- Joe Simpson
- Kenny Smith
- John Smoltz
- Gary Sheffield
- Marty Snider
- Dick Stockton
- Don Sutton
- Mike Tenay
- Isiah Thomas
- Reggie Theus
- John Thompson
- Jeff Van Gundy
- Pete van WierenD
- Tom Verducci
- Bill Weber
- Chris Webber
- David Wells
- Matt Winer
- Tracy Wolfson
- Matt Yocum
- Adam Zucker
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/turner-sports-ups-lenny-daniels-to-president-1201259861/
- ↑ Bercovici, Jeff. "Turner Buys Bleacher Report, Next-Gen Sports Site, for $175M-Plus". Forbes.com.
- ↑ Turner Sports Unveils ‘Bleacher Report Live’ Pay-Streaming Service - Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 March 2017
- ↑ Ken Fang [@fangsbites] (October 7, 2016). ".@MLB has released the times for the League Division Series for Monday and beyond" (Tweet). Retrieved October 15, 2016 – via Twitter.
- ↑ http://adage.com/article/media/turner-wme-img-e-sports-game-league/300513/
- ↑ https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/turner-wme-img-esports-league-tbs-1201600921/
- ↑ Ourand, John (February 24, 2017). "Turner's Soccer Shocker". Sports Business Daily. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
- ↑ "Turner Sports to broadcast 46 Champions League matches on TNT, offer B/R Live subscription on per match basis". Awful Announcing. 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
- ↑ "Report: Turner secures US streaming rights for SPL". SportsPro. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
- ↑ http://worldsoccertalk.com/where-to-find-soccer-on-us-tv-and-streaming/
- ↑ Associated Press (September 21, 2010). "Turner wins NCAA digital rights". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ↑ "Turner Sports Reaches Multi-Year Agreement to Present NCAA National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship". NCAA. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ↑ "Turner Sports Reaches Multi-Year Agreement to Present NCAA National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship". Turner Sports. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.