Turner Sports
Encyclopedia
Turner Sports is the division of Turner Broadcasting System
(a subsidiary of Time Warner
) responsible for sports broadcasts on Turner channels including TBS, TNT
, and TruTV, and for operating the interactive properties NCAA.com, NASCAR.COM, NBA.com, PGATOUR.COM and PGA.com. Turner Sports also operates NBA TV
on behalf of the league
.
Turner also owns Peachtree TV, which continues to carry some local broadcasts of Atlanta Braves
games. However, as of the 2011 season, the production of these games has been delegated to Fox Sports South, and Turner Sports is no longer involved in these broadcasts.
Turner Sports was previously responsible for the Braves broadcasts on Peachtree TV, as it had been for TBS. However, Turner announced on January 18, 2011 that operations for WPCH would be taken over by Meredith Corporation, owner of CBS affiliate WGCL-TV, though Turner will retain the broadcast license. In addition, production of the station's 45 Atlanta Braves broadcasts will be transferred from Turner Sports to Fox Sports South.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the Time Warner subsidiary managing the collection of cable networks and properties started and acquired by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner starting in the mid-1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. TBS, Inc...
(a subsidiary of Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
) responsible for sports broadcasts on Turner channels including TBS, TNT
Turner Network Television
Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
, and TruTV, and for operating the interactive properties NCAA.com, NASCAR.COM, NBA.com, PGATOUR.COM and PGA.com. Turner Sports also operates NBA TV
NBA TV
NBA TV is a television specialty channel that is dedicated to showcasing the sport of basketball in the United States. The network is financially backed by the National Basketball Association , which also uses NBA TV as a way of advertising their out of market package NBA League Pass, and partner...
on behalf of the league
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
.
Turner also owns Peachtree TV, which continues to carry some local broadcasts of Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
games. However, as of the 2011 season, the production of these games has been delegated to Fox Sports South, and Turner Sports is no longer involved in these broadcasts.
Current properties
- NBA on TNT (current contract: 2008-2016)
- TNT NBA Thursday doubleheaders
- NBA All-Star Game
- Playoff coverage including one conference final
- Inside the NBAInside the NBAInside the NBA is the five-time Emmy Award-winning postgame show for NBA on TNT broadcasts. The program features host Ernie Johnson with analysts Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and starting in 2011, they will be joined by Shaquille O'Neal...
- NCAA Men's Division I Basketball ChampionshipNCAA March Madness (CBS/Turner)NCAA March Madness is the title of the coverage of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament jointly produced by CBS Sports and Turner Sports, with coverage airing on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV, beginning with the 2011 tournament.Initially, CBS will continue to have coverage during most rounds,...
(current contract: 2011-2024)- Coverage of the First Four, Second, Third, and Sweet 16 rounds on TNT, TBSTBS (TV channel)TBS , stylized in the logo as tbs, is an American cable television channel owned by Time Warner that shows a variety of programming, with a focus on comedy. TBS was originally known as WTCG, a UHF terrestrial television station that broadcast from Atlanta, Georgia, during the late 1970s...
, and TruTV; co-produced with CBS SportsCBS SportsCBS Sports is a division of CBS Broadcasting which airs sporting events on the American television network. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.CBS...
- Coverage of the First Four, Second, Third, and Sweet 16 rounds on TNT, TBS
- Major League Baseball on TBS (current contract: 2007-2013)
- 26 Sunday games, All-Star Selection Show, Division Series, and alternating ALCS/NLCS.
- NASCAR on TNTNASCAR on TNTNASCAR on TNT is the tagname for any NASCAR series race that has been broadcast on Turner Network Television by Turner Sports.-Prior to 2001:...
(current contract: 2007-2014)- 6 races including Coke Zero 400Coke Zero 400The Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona is a 160 lap, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held annually, beginning in 1959, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida; the second major stock car event held at Daytona on the Sprint Cup circuit...
- 6 races including Coke Zero 400
- Golf (through 2019)
- PGA ChampionshipPGA ChampionshipThe PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...
and PGA Grand Slam of GolfPGA Grand Slam of GolfThe PGA Grand Slam of Golf is an annual off-season golf tournament contested by the year's winners of the four major championships of regular men's golf, which are the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship , and the PGA Championship...
- PGA Championship
Turner Sports Interactive
- NCAA.com
- Starting with the 2010–11 academic year and continuing through 2023–24, Turner has digital rights to all NCAA championships across all divisions. Under the deal, Turner also manages NCAA.com. (This does not include the Division I FBS football championshipNCAA Division I FBS National Football ChampionshipA college football national championship in the highest level of collegiate play in the United States, currently the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , is a designation awarded annually by various third-party organizations to their selection of the best...
, which is not officially sanctioned by the NCAA.)
- Starting with the 2010–11 academic year and continuing through 2023–24, Turner has digital rights to all NCAA championships across all divisions. Under the deal, Turner also manages NCAA.com. (This does not include the Division I FBS football championship
- NASCAR.COM
- Turner has managed and operated NASCAR.COM in partnership with NASCAR for more than a decade. Their current partnership agreement runs through the end of 2014.
- NBA.com
- PGATOUR.com
- PGA.com
Peachtree TV
- Atlanta BravesAtlanta BravesThe Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
baseball (current contract: 2008-2013)- 45 Braves games
- SEC NetworkSEC NetworkThe SEC Network, or SECN is a syndication package featuring college football and basketball events from the Southeastern Conference. The package is owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television and is shown in more than 50 percent of households in the United States, mostly Southeastern United...
football and basketball (syndicated by ESPN PlusESPN PlusESPN Plus, the popular name of ESPN Regional Television, is an American television program syndicator. ERT is based along with sister network ESPNU in Charlotte, North Carolina...
)
Turner Sports was previously responsible for the Braves broadcasts on Peachtree TV, as it had been for TBS. However, Turner announced on January 18, 2011 that operations for WPCH would be taken over by Meredith Corporation, owner of CBS affiliate WGCL-TV, though Turner will retain the broadcast license. In addition, production of the station's 45 Atlanta Braves broadcasts will be transferred from Turner Sports to Fox Sports South.
Turner South
- Atlanta Braves baseball
- Atlanta HawksAtlanta HawksThe Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
basketball - Atlanta ThrashersAtlanta ThrashersThe Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season...
hockey
TBS
- Atlanta Braves baseball
- Atlanta Hawks basketball
- College Football on TBSCollege Football on TBSCollege Football on TBS is the presentation of the Turner Broadcasting System cable channel's regular season college football television package.-Initial coverage:...
- Goodwill GamesGoodwill GamesThe Goodwill Games was an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s...
- Braves TBS BaseballBraves TBS BaseballBraves TBS Baseball or Braves Baseball on TBS is a Major League Baseball broadcast on the TBS cable network by Turner Sports, featuring Atlanta Braves regular season games...
- Gator Bowl
- NASCARNASCAR on TBSNASCAR on TBS is the name of former television program that broadcast NASCAR races on the TBS cable network. Select NASCAR Winston Cup Series , Busch Series , and Craftsman Truck Series races were aired on TBS up to the 2000 season.Races were switched to TNT in 2001 as part of the then-new NASCAR...
Key people
- David Levy, President
- Lenny Daniels, EVP & Chief Operating Officer
- Craig Barry, SVP, Creative Services
- Jeff Behnke, SVP & Executive Producer
- Matthew Hong, SVP & General Manager, Sports Operations
- Christina Miller, SVP, Strategy and Marketing
- Shaquille O'Neal, Retired 15-Time NBA All-Star