WarnerMedia exec Christina Miller, who oversees Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Boomerang, is to leave the company after 15 years. Miller is to depart at the end of the year, with her exit the latest in a flurry of senior management departures since AT&T took over Time Warner. She had headed up Turner’s kids […]
YouTube TV is set to up its price from US$35 to US$40 per month, has added a host of Turner channels, and plans to up its sports output. The news came as YouTube said it will also expand its over-the-top pay TV service to 100 US markets in the coming weeks. YouTube is adding TNT, […]
Altice-owned Portuguese service provider PT Telecom/Meo has launched new subscription video-on-demand service from Turner, Cartoon Network Premium, on its TV service. The deal makes Meo the exclusive distributor of the service in the country. Cartoon Network Premium will offer over 100 episodes of popular Cartoon Network series including Teen Titan Go!, O Incrível Mundo de […]
Middle Eastern satellite platform Yahlive is to broadcast Cartoon Network Arabic on its Middle East and North Africa beam. The new deal extends Yahlive’s long-term partnership with Turner Broadcasting Systems beyond the CNN flagship news channel, which has been with Yahlive since 2014. Thanks to the deal, viewers across the MENA region will be able […]
Ukrainian OTT TV service Divan.TV has added CNN and Cartoon Network to its channel line-up. The networks are available now in the Ukraine to Divan.TV’s Optimal, Prestige, VIP, and Children package subscribers. Divan.TV general director, Arkadiy Kanyuka, described the additions as a “huge step forward” and said: “We are constantly striving to add new channels […]
Turner has teamed up with Telekom Austria Group to distribute Cartoon Network on the latter’s white label DTH platform for central and eastern Europe on the Eutelsat 16A satellite. Telekom Austria will will act as a full technical contributor for the Cartoon Network CEE and Balkans feeds. The pair said that the deal would allow […]
Video technology provider You.i TV has adapted Turner’s Cartoon Network App for the Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV platforms. The Cartoon Network app is currently available on iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire devices. Originally launched by Cartoon Network in 2015, it gives kids access to shows on mobile and tablet devices. The app is […]
Turner-owned Cartoon Network is to launch a new virtual reality mobile game and branded VR viewer based on the Adventure Time animated series. The I See Ooo game and viewer will be launched in the UK and Nordic markets on September 29, available exclusively through a promotion with Google Play. The game features many of […]
Turner is launching high definition and dual language options for its Cartoon Network and Boomerang channels in the Middle East and North Africa. From this month the channels will be available in English and Arabic in the MENA region exclusively on beIN for DTH satellite customers and on compatible IPTV platforms. “We are thrilled to […]
Turner’s Cartoon Network and gaming culture site Machinima are joining forces to cover Adventure Time Card Wars Kingdom, a tournament in which competitors play a trading card game based on the hit Adventure Time cartoon series. Machinima will live stream Let’s Play Flooping Card Wars! as the tournament take place on July 15, with top gamers taking each other on […]
