Warner Bros. Television Distribution (WBTD) is an American television distribution arm of Warner Bros. Television, itself a part of Time Warner formed c. 1960. In 1989, the studio formed Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) after acquiring Lorimar-Telepictures when both distribution arms folded into WBTD.
The company currently distributes the library from its television library, including television programming material acquired from Turner Broadcasting System (includes Turner Entertainment Co. (the pre-May 1986 MGM TV library, the holdings of Associated Artists Productions, Gilligan's Island and it's two animated spin-offs The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet) Turner Program Services (Captain Planet and the Planeteers and The New Adventures of Captain Planet (both produced by DiC Entertainment and Hanna-Barbera)), and most of the Hanna-Barbera and pre-1991 Ruby-Spears cartoons), Lorimar Television, Telepictures, post-1974 Rankin-Bass, HBO (except for non-US rights to certain shows), and Wolper Productions. WBTD also handles its Warner Bros. Pictures library including those by Turner Entertainment Co., Castle Rock Entertainment (excepting those currently owned by MGM and Sony Pictures Entertainment), most films by Lorimar Motion Pictures, most of the HBO Films (includes HBO NYC, HBO Films, and HBO Pictures), New Line Cinema, and Warner Independent Pictures, among others.
In 1994, Warner Bros. Television Distribution formed Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV Cable & Network Features. In 2000, however, Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV Cable & Network Features was folded back into WBTD.
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