TCM (Gau)

Turner Classic Movies, commonly abbreviated as TCM, is a movie-oriented basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Turner International Gau, a Time Warner company. Historically, the channel's programming consisted mainly of featured classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment film library (consisting of Warner Bros. movies released before 1950 and MGM movies released before May 1986). However, TCM now has deals with other major and minor American movie studios, including Warner Bros. Pictures (which now controls the entire Turner Enetrainment library, as well as its own later movies). TCM also airs more contemporary movies released after 1970. TCM sometimes airs movies released during the 1970s and, TCM also occasionally airs movies released during the 1980s, 1990s, and the early 2000s.