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Time Life Television
Time Life Television was a division of Time Life Films and was the television production and distribution arm of Time Inc. With CBS, they led a partnership to export their shows overseas.
Time Life also owned several radio and TV stations in the United States beginning in the 1950s through to 1983.
By 1970, Time decided to sell its broadcasting operations and to concentrate in cable development.
Time-Life's television stations were sold to McGraw-Hill in early 1972 following FCC approval. Those stations included the following:
Except for KERO-TV, each of these television stations also had AM and FM radio operations; when most of its television stations were sold to McGraw-Hill in 1972, FCC regulations at the time required Time-Life to sell its radio stations to different parties. KERO's then-owners sold off its radio station in 1955, years before Time-Life acquired KERO-TV.
Time Life joined Sterling Manhattan Cable, owned by Charles Dolan and launched Home Box Office in November 1972, which eventually became the largest premium television service in the United States. But due to an early financial loss, Dolan eventually sold his stake of HBO to Time Inc. Time merged with Warner Communications, Inc. in 1989 to form Time Warner, but the Time-Life Television assets were sold to Columbia Pictures Television in 1981, while HBO currently holds of its library.
Time Life was also a financial backer for commercial TV broadcasting outside the United States, mostly in Middle and South America. With a joint venture between CBS and Goar Mestre they backed Proartel in Argentina, PROVENTEL in Venezuela (now VTV) and Panamericana Televisión in Peru. In Brazil, they backed Rede Globo, owned by the Marinho family.
Time Life's investments in the United States, Middle and South America in the 1950s and 1960s were largely unsuccessful, due to the stations' owners unhappy with their agreements. The only exception was TV Globo in Brazil, owned by the Marinho family, which was financially backed by Time Life until 1970.
Time Life Television
Time Life Television was a division of Time Life Films and was the television production and distribution arm of Time Inc. With CBS, they led a partnership to export their shows overseas.
Time Life also owned several radio and TV stations in the United States beginning in the 1950s through to 1983.
By 1970, Time decided to sell its broadcasting operations and to concentrate in cable development.
Time-Life's television stations were sold to McGraw-Hill in early 1972 following FCC approval. Those stations included the following:
Except for KERO-TV, each of these television stations also had AM and FM radio operations; when most of its television stations were sold to McGraw-Hill in 1972, FCC regulations at the time required Time-Life to sell its radio stations to different parties. KERO's then-owners sold off its radio station in 1955, years before Time-Life acquired KERO-TV.
Time Life joined Sterling Manhattan Cable, owned by Charles Dolan and launched Home Box Office in November 1972, which eventually became the largest premium television service in the United States. But due to an early financial loss, Dolan eventually sold his stake of HBO to Time Inc. Time merged with Warner Communications, Inc. in 1989 to form Time Warner, but the Time-Life Television assets were sold to Columbia Pictures Television in 1981, while HBO currently holds of its library.
Time Life was also a financial backer for commercial TV broadcasting outside the United States, mostly in Middle and South America. With a joint venture between CBS and Goar Mestre they backed Proartel in Argentina, PROVENTEL in Venezuela (now VTV) and Panamericana Televisión in Peru. In Brazil, they backed Rede Globo, owned by the Marinho family.
Time Life's investments in the United States, Middle and South America in the 1950s and 1960s were largely unsuccessful, due to the stations' owners unhappy with their agreements. The only exception was TV Globo in Brazil, owned by the Marinho family, which was financially backed by Time Life until 1970.