{"id":483,"date":"2012-03-19T11:33:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T15:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/?p=483"},"modified":"2013-04-14T13:49:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T17:49:55","slug":"time-warner-cable-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/2012\/03\/19\/time-warner-cable-channels\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Warner (cable channels)"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Melissa Gattuso<\/pre>\n
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TimeWarner was originally two\u00a0separate\u00a0companies, Warner Communications Inc. and Time Inc, which had assets of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. The merger\u00a0occurred\u00a0on March 4th, 1989. And as of mid 2010, it was the world’s second largest entertainment conglomerate in terms of revenue, only behind Disney, as well as the world’s largest media\u00a0conglomerate. It’s cable channels include Home Box Office (HBO) and all the channels under Turner Broadcasting System like CNN<\/a><\/em>, Cartoon Network<\/a><\/em>, TBS<\/a><\/em>, TNT<\/a><\/em>, and TruTV<\/a><\/em>. [2<\/a>]<\/p>\n
Major Competitors
\n<\/strong>Showtime<\/a><\/em>, owned by CBS
\n MSNBC<\/a><\/em>, owned by NBC
\n FoxNews<\/a><\/em>, Fox Entertainment Group
\n Nickelodeon<\/a><\/em>, owned by Viacom
\nA&E<\/a><\/em>, \u00a0owned by the Hearts Corporation, Disney, and NBC Universal<\/p>\n
Recent News<\/strong><\/p>\n
May
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\n05\/01 –\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Michael Wright has been promoted to President, Head of Programming for TNT, TBS <\/em>and Turner Classic Movies (TCM).<\/em> In this role, Wright will continue to oversee all programming and scheduling for TNT<\/em> and TBS<\/em>, along with original programming for TCM<\/em> and original content for all three networks\u2019 digital extensions. [3<\/a>]<\/p>\n
April<\/strong>
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\n04\/30 -TruTV<\/em>\u00a0has rebranded themselves as “Bigger, Bolder, and Broader”. With this new campaign slogan, they are going to add more original content to their programming. The channel has seen success this past year, posting it’s best quarter ever this year. With the youngest primetime audience of such direct non-fiction competitors as Discovery, History<\/em> and A&E,<\/em> the channel is hoping to continue to increase it’s viewers with the new content. [4<\/a>]<\/p>\n
04\/15- HBO’<\/em>s buzzed about show Girls <\/em>premieres. After a media frenzy of praise for the show created by Lena Durham who also stars, it experienced a flood of backlash. Most of the backlash and negativity resulted from the show’s lack of diverse characters as well as the character’s whining and unrealistic state of\u00a0entitlement. Despite all this, after the first three episodes aired, the show was renewed on April 30th for a second season of ten episodes. [5<\/a>]<\/p>\n
March<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>03\/20<\/em>– TBS<\/em> earned the number 1 spot for basic cable network with young adults.\u00a0\u00a0The win can be attributed to the syndication of the popular\u00a0The Big Bang Theory<\/em>, as well as TBS<\/em>‘ late night series, CONAN.<\/em> Also announced was that the overall\u00a0primetime audience has grown by\u00a033% to 2.1 million viewers. [6<\/a>]<\/p>\n
03\/14- <\/em>\u00a0After a third horse died during production, HBO<\/em> has decided to cancel its horse-racing drama Luck<\/em>. The show only drew 1.1 million viewers for its premiere and had since since struggled to attract 500,000 viewers\u00a0during its initial Sunday night broadcast. [7<\/a>]<\/p>\n
03\/01<\/em>–\u00a0Game Change<\/em>, a film about Sarah Palin’s role in the 2008 Presidential Election premiered on HBO on March 10th. Sarah Palin’s press released a response video to the original film trailer.<\/p>\n
Game Change<\/em>\u00a0Trailer:
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