Turner Japan
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Native name | ターナージャパン株式会社 |
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Parent | Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific |
Turner Japan K.K. (Japanese: ターナージャパン株式会社, romanized: Tānā Japan Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese commercial television broadcasting company operated as a part of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) through its International division. On 1 August 2023, its operations were absorbed into another WBD subsidiary, Discovery Japan.
History
The company was originally established as Japan Entertainment Network K.K. (Japanese: 株式会社ジャパン・エンターテイメント・ネットワーク, romanized: Kabushiki-gaisha Japan Entāteimento Nettowāku) on 8 May 1997, as a joint venture between Itochu and Time Warner (later known as WarnerMedia). On 1 September 1997, the company launched the Japanese version of Cartoon Network on PerfecTV (a forerunner to what is now Sky PerfecTV Premium Service). The company officially renamed itself as Turner Japan K.K. on 1 April 2013.
In July 2009, the company acquired
On 30 January 2018, Turner Japan launched three new channels, Boomerang (a spin off channel to Cartoon Network), Tabi Tele (a spin off to Tabi Channel) and Mondo Mah-jong TV (a spin off to Mondo TV), on
Following the April 2022 merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc. that led to the formation of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD),[2] Turner Japan's linear television channels were absorbed into Discovery Japan (a joint venture between WBD and JCom ) on 1 August 2023,[3] rendering its status as an inactive company.
Final operations
Channels on DTV Channel
- Boomerang
- Mondo Mah-jong TV
- Tabi Tele
References
- ^ "Turner Japan Launches Three New Brands on DTV Channel" (Press release). Turner Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Maas, Jennifer (8 April 2022). "Discovery Closes Acquisition of AT&T's WarnerMedia". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ JCOM、米ワーナーと提携拡大 「放送+配信」模索. The Nikkei (in Japanese). Nikkei, Inc. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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