Turner Broadcasting signs on as official sponsor for Telluride Film Festival
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the Time Warner subsidiary managing the collection of cable networks and properties launched or acquired by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner starting in the mid-1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. TBS, Inc. merged with Time Warner on October 10, 1996, and now operates as a semi-autonomous unit of Time Warner. This would be Time Warner's second foray into cable broadcasting, after owning the Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Company through Warner Communications before selling it to MTV Networks in 1987.
About Property:
The Telluride Film Festival was started in 1974 by Bill and Stella Pence, Tom Luddy, and James Card and the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities in the town of Telluride, Colorado, United States.[1] It is operated by the National Film Preserve.