Turner Classic Movies
American classic movie-oriented television channel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of Atlanta, Georgia.
Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English (imported feature films are broadcast in their native languages, provided with English subtitling) |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i letterboxed for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
Parent | Warner Bros. Discovery Networks |
History | |
Launched | April 14, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-04-14) |
Founder | Ted Turner |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Affiliated Streaming Service | Max |
TCM.com | Watch TCM (U.S. pay-TV subscribers only) |
Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV | |
The channel's programming consists mainly of classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment Co. film library – which comprises films from Warner Bros. (covering films released before 1950), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986), and the North American distribution rights to films from RKO Radio Pictures. However, Turner Classic Movies also licenses films from other studios and occasionally shows more recent films.
The channel is available in the United States, Canada, Malta (as Turner Classic Movies), Latin America, France, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, the Middle East & Africa (as TNT)