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Originally Posted by Media Boy
That not right.
Warner Bros was took over by Turner in the late 1980s.
Turner is now own by AT&T.
All channels in UK are now run by Turner Broadcasting System Europe (WarnerMedia)
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It look like Star Wars is coming back to Sky Cinema from September 2nd on Virgin Channel 402 (Sky Cinema Select HD) [Source TiVo].
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Turner merged with Time Warner in 1996, but remained as a separate subsidary to Warner Bros within in the Time Warner group.
When AT&T purchased TimeWarner it became WarnerMedia, at the moment and as announced this year, Turner is undergoing a separation and will be defunct very soon, with the kids channels and TCM under the control of Warner Bros and Turner's entertainment channels under WarnerMedia Entertainment (which includes HBO). CNN is now under WarnerMedia News and Sports.
The changes mean that TCM has unfettered access to Warner Bros. movie library with no transaction needed between the two subsidiaries, same for Cartoon Network and Boomerang, where Turner used to pay Warner Bros. for Warner Bros. Animation's/Hanna-Barbera's new and archived shows, but being sister subsidaries, Turner usually got the content at a special rate.
Also next month WarnerMedia Europe (ex-Turner) will be moving to their new HQ in London.