TNT Sports (United States) (Redirected from Warner Bros. Discovery Sports)

TNT Sports
FormerlyTurner Sports (1995–2022)
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports (2022–2023)
Company typeDivision
IndustryBroadcasting
GenreSports
PredecessorDiscovery Sports (2001–2022)
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia
Key people
Luis Silberwasser (Chairman, WBD Sports)
Andrew Georgiou (President, WBD Sports Europe)
BrandsTNT Sports (with BT Group)
Eurosport
Services
ParentWarner Bros. Discovery
SubsidiariesWarner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe
Websitepress.wbd.com/us/brands/tnt-sports
(United States)
discoverysports.com
(Europe)

TNT Sports (formerly known as Turner Sports and briefly as Warner Bros. Discovery Sports) is the division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) that is responsible for sports broadcasts on its parent company's streaming service Max and on their various cable channels in the United States, including TBS, TNT, and TruTV. It also operates the online digital media outlets for the NCAA, NBA, PGA Tour, and PGA of America. TNT Sports also operates the sports news website Bleacher Report, as well as NBA TV on behalf of the NBA. It also owns a minority share in the MLB Network. Internationally, the division is branded as Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe, which operates Eurosport.

Turner also owned WPCH-TV, the former WTBS, which was the longtime television home for Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves. This relationship ended after the 2013 season. WPCH-TV was itself sold to Meredith Corporation in 2017 (which operated the station under a local marketing agreement since 2011 with CBS affiliate WGCL-TV), then to Gray Television in 2021.

Following AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner in 2018, it was announced in March 2019 that the Turner Broadcasting System would be dissolved, and its assets dispersed into Warner Bros. and two new units. Turner Sports was combined with CNN and AT&T SportsNet into a new division known as WarnerMedia News & Sports, led by CNN president Jeff Zucker. In October 2020, Turner Sports announced a partnership with DraftKings to be the exclusive provider of daily fantasy and sports betting information for most Turner Sports and Bleacher Report properties, excluding the NBA due to its league-wide deal with competitor FanDuel.

Beginning in fall 2023, the division was rebranded to TNT Sports.

History

Former Turner Sports logo

The division began in the 1970s as the sports division of Turner Broadcasting System's basic cable networks, with separate TBS Sports and TNT Sports brands for TBS and TNT, respectively. In 1995, a unified Turner Sports rebranding began to be used, accompanied by an intro and outro sequence featuring the voice of CNN Headline News anchor Don Harrison and music from Edd Kalehoff. In 1996, Turner Sports became a division of Time Warner after it merged with Turner Broadcasting System.

In August 2012, Turner Sports acquired the sports news website Bleacher Report for $175 million.

In 2018, Turner Sports launched a subscription streaming service as a branch of Bleacher Report, known as B/R Live; it would be anchored by Turner's recently-acquired rights to the UEFA Champions League, while also featuring content from the NCAA, NBA League Pass, and others.

Following AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner in 2018, it was announced in March 2019 that the Turner Broadcasting System would be dissolved, and its assets dispersed into Warner Bros. and two new units. Turner Sports was combined with CNN and the AT&T SportsNet regional sports networks into a new division known as WarnerMedia News & Sports, led by CNN president Jeff Zucker.

In October 2020, Turner Sports announced a partnership with DraftKings to be the exclusive provider of daily fantasy and sports betting information for most Turner Sports and Bleacher Report properties, excluding the NBA due to its league-wide deal with competitor FanDuel.

In 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery 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, with the brand also being used for the division that manages Discovery's existing European and international sports assets such as Eurosport, Golf Digest, and Global Cycling Network.

In January 2024, WBD officially rebranded the entirety of the division as TNT Sports; the brand had already been used for Turner Sports' networks in Latin America, and had also recently been introduced to the United Kingdom as a rebranding of BT Sport after WBD acquired a controlling stake in the broadcaster.

On February 6, 2024, WBD announced a joint venture with ESPN Inc. and Fox Sports to offer an as-yet-unnamed sports streaming bundle, including the three organizations' main linear sports channels and associated media rights, beginning in fall 2024.

Current properties

Other properties

TNT Sports Interactive properties

Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe properties

Former properties

AT&T SportsNet

Turner South

CNN/SI

TBS

TNT

Turner Sports Interactive

  • NASCAR.com (2001–2013)
    • NASCAR.COM, and the organization's other digital and social media platforms, were managed by Turner Sports from 2001 to 2013.
  • PGATOUR.COM (2006–2012)
    • Turner Sports New Media partnered with the PGA Tour to operate PGATOUR.com, the official site of the tour.
  • GolfTV

truTV

B/R Live

First-run syndication

Prime Sports

Notable TNT Sports personalities (past and present)

^D denotes deceased.

See also


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