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What’s In a Name Change? Reading Into a WBD Sports Rebrand

  • Rebranding creates a more unified global presence for the company’s sports assets.
  • Shift happening as TNT Sports potentially nears big changes with its programming.
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At a time of significant change across sports media, and possibly within Warner Bros. Discovery, the company is rebranding its sports division.

What had been known for corporate purposes as WBD Sports—and which only existed for less than two years following the WarnerMedia-Discovery merger—will now operate under the name of TNT Sports. The renamed division includes not only its cable sports operations within the TNT and TBS networks but also Bleacher Report, Golf Digest, and its other owned-and-operated assets. The company’s sports operations in the U.K., Ireland, and Latin America had already been using the TNT Sports name, so the rebranding creates a more unified global presence.

Beyond just an internal reworking, the move to align beyond TNT Sports brings a clearer public presence for the company as potentially big changes approach for its sports programming. WBD is reportedly discussing a large-scale merger with CBS parent Paramount, one in which sports would assume a central role and perhaps put the company back in the business of showing live NFL games. 

TNT Sports is also actively pursuing a renewal of its long-running NBA rights, even as it shows greater discomfort with non-owned content properties, and continues to place more live sports programming on the Max streaming platform.

The new branding will be used for sports content airing across TNT, TBS, truTV, and Max. The plan is not unlike how ESPN branding appears on ABC game broadcasts or NBC Sports branding features on USA Network telecasts. The change takes effect immediately and has already shown up in areas such as social media

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