Good news for fans of TruTV UK \u2013 Turner\u2019s free-to-air channel has been saved from the brink of closure by a surprise buy-out by Sony Pictures Television.<\/p>\n
The channel launched in 2014 on Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Virgin airing a mix of true crime and US reality shows, but despite acquiring top-rated shows such as America\u2019s Got Talent, Ink Master and talk show Conan, it has struggled to win viewers in a competitive market. Turner had been seeking a buyer since announcing the channel might have to close last December.<\/p>\n
Although it\u2019s fairly unusual for a US media giant to take on channels from a rival, Kate Marsh, \u200eSony Pictures Television\u2019s Executive Vice President, Western Europe, International Networks, said the acquisition would be, \u201ca great complement to our portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Good news for fans of TruTV UK \u2013 Turner\u2019s free-to-air channel has been saved from the brink of closure by a surprise buy-out by Sony Pictures Television. The channel launched in 2014 on Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Virgin airing a mix of true crime and US reality shows, but despite acquiring top-rated shows such as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-25"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t