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Court TV, the iconic TV brand known for broadcasting the trials of O.J. Simpson, the Menendez Brothers and Casey Anthony, will relaunch under its old name with a new backer. Katz Networks, a unit of the E.W. Scripps Co. which operates multicast networks like Bounce, Escape and Grit, will relaunch Court TV in May 2019…

A panel of three judges hearing the government’s appeal of its lawsuit aiming to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger peppered a Department of Justice lawyer with critical questions while going notably easier on the attorney for AT&T. This morning’s nearly two-hour session at the District of Columbia Circuit of the U.S. C…

Turner Ad Sales has followed up on a sneak peek at last spring’s upfront presentation to advertisers by officially launching a new brand studio linked to Adult Swim, TBS, TNT and truTV. Turner Ignite Studios, according to the formal announcement, “brings together entertainment creators to align with advertising…

WarnerMedia’s new minimalist logo won’t likely join the pantheon of Hollywood design, alongside, say, the 20th Century Fox’s searchlight or The Walt Disney Co.’s iconic mouse. “That’s obviously the intention,” said San Francisco-based type designer James Edmondson. “To go with something extremely utilitarian.” <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/att/" id="auto-tag_att"…

UPDATED at 4PM PT: A lawyer for Dish Network’s decision to furnish Warren Schlichting, group president of Sling TV, with transcripts from last Thursday’s proceedings earned a rebuke from the judge, a long delay to the exec’s testimony and a 90-minute blast of white noise via the courtroom PA system. Turner Broadcasting…

In order to close its suddenly less-than-certain, $85 billion deal to acquire Time Warner, AT&T would have to carve out CNN, all of Turner Entertainment or DirecTV, according to divergent reports this afternoon. The Justice Department’s ultimatum to sell CNN was reported by the Financial Times. A separate account by CN…

In what is likely its last quarter as a stand-alone company before merging with AT&T, Time Warner reported strong results across all of its divisions, especially HBO, Turner and Warner Bros., with operating income up 11% and revenue up 6%. Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes, who has led the company’s evolution into a film…

In addition to introducing new shows and schedules, Turner used its upfront presentation this morning to pitch advertisers on its ad-targeting data, opportunities to blend commercial messages with news and entertainment and efforts to cut commercial clutter. Following its decision last year to cut ad loads on channels…

Time Warner’s Turner Broadcasting is about to accelerate the effort by traditional media companies to offer subscription streaming services for their content. “Before the end of this year we’ll have at least a couple of direct-to-consumer products in the marketplace,” Turner CEO John Martin said today at a luncheon…

Turner Broadcasting plans to use this week’s CES consumer electronics confab in Las Vegas to promote its efforts to replace conventional commercials on its cable channels with ad-supported content lasting several minutes. Turner Ad Sales will introduce clients to Turner Ignite, a new unit to be run by Content…

Beginning in fourth-quarter 2016, truTV will extend the amount of programming time during each new hour of original, prime programming by more than 20%, which the network claims will give it the lowest average commercial and promo time in all of television. The network says it is going from about 19-20 minutes of…

Actor, comedian and writer Reece Shearsmith has been set as a guest star in a special episode of the upcoming season of Doctor Who. The League Of Gentlemen star previously played Patrick Troughton in the Doctor Who film An Adventure In Space And Time. He'll appear in what's deemed "a very scary episode" penned by Mark…