Turner Classic Movies

American television channel
Organization specialty_channel Q749719
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Turner Classic Movies is a specialty channel that was founded on April 14, 1994 . The channel is headquartered in Atlanta and operates as a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System .

Turner Classic Movies

Summary

Turner Classic Movies is a specialty channel[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of specialty_channel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,099 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Turner Classic Movies is in the country of United States[3].
  • Turner Classic Movies's instance of is recorded as specialty channel[4].
  • Turner Classic Movies's owned by is recorded as Turner Broadcasting System[5].
  • Turner Classic Movies's owned by is recorded as Warner Bros. Discovery[6].
  • Turner Classic Movies's logo image is recorded as TCM 2021.svg[7].
  • Turner Classic Movies's headquarters location is recorded as Atlanta[8].
  • Turner Classic Movies's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 142093207[9].
  • Turner Classic Movies's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 6913162669464955500003[10].
  • Turner Classic Movies's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2003045346[11].
  • Turner Classic Movies's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA14235578[12].
  • Turner Classic Movies's Commons category is recorded as TCM logos[13].
  • +1994-04-14T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Turner Classic Movies[14].
  • Turner Classic Movies's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qk5x[15].
  • Turner Classic Movies's parent organization or unit is recorded as Turner Broadcasting System[16].
  • Turner Classic Movies's official website is recorded as https://www.tcm.com[17].
  • Turner Classic Movies's official website is recorded as https://www.tcmuk.tv/[18].
  • Turner Classic Movies's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Turner Classic Movies[19].
  • Turner Classic Movies's main subject is recorded as film[20].
  • Turner Classic Movies's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Turner-Classic-Movies[21].
  • Turner Classic Movies's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2631[22].
  • Turner Classic Movies's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3056[23].
  • Turner Classic Movies's different from is recorded as Turner Classic Movies Asia[24].
  • Turner Classic Movies's X is recorded as tcm[25].
  • Turner Classic Movies's Cooper Hewitt person ID is recorded as 51676793[26].
  • Turner Classic Movies's Facebook username is recorded as tcmtv[27].

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Founding

+1994-04-14T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Turner Classic Movies[14].

Operations

Turner Classic Movies's headquarters location is recorded as Atlanta[8]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Turner Broadcasting System[16].

Ownership

Owners include Turner Broadcasting System[5], a business[28], in United States[29], founded in 1965[30], headquartered in CNN Center[31] and Warner Bros. Discovery[6], a business[32], in United States[33], founded in 2022[34], headquartered in New York City[35].

Why It Matters

Turner Classic Movies ranks in the top 4% of specialty_channel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,099 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . turner.com. turner.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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