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Turner International India

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Type
  
Subsidiary

Website
  
www.turner.com

Founded
  
1994

Area served
  
South Asia

Headquarters
  
New Delhi

Turner International India httpscontentjdmagicboxcommumbai44022p84026

Industry
  
Entertainment Cable Television Interactive Media

Key people
  
Siddharth Jain (MD - Turner, South Asia)

Divisions
  
Cartoon Network (India) Pogo CNN-IBN WB Channel Toonami (India)

Parent organizations
  
Time Warner, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific Inc

Turner International India Pvt. Ltd. is the Indian subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System and one of Turner's international divisions. It manages the sales and marketing of Turner’s news and entertainment services in India and other South Asian countries.

Services

The company offers the Indianized version of the Turner's content, across multiple genres and partnerships that including

  • Kids' TV and interactive entertainment brands
  • Cartoon Network (India)
  • POGO
  • Boing (India)
  • Boomerang(replaced by Boomerang India in 2012)
  • Toonami (India)
  • English entertainment channels
  • WB Channel
  • HBO South Asia
  • TCM India

    • Turner also has several successful partnerships in India, including:

  • CNN-IBN, a 24-hour English news channel in partnership with GBN (a TV18 company)
  • Zee Turner Limited, a TV distribution company, in partnership with Zee Entertainment Enterprises
  • Media Pro Enterprise India Pvt. Ltd., in partnership with Star Den Media Services Pvt. Ltd. Formed in May 2011, the company distributes the largest channel bouquet covering a total of 65 channels.

    • In 2010, Turner India took over the Imagine TV channel from NDTV for $117 million. This channel was later shut down in 2012.

    References

    Turner International India Wikipedia
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