Warner Bros. Discovery Fully Acquires Turkish Streaming Service BluTV
The acquisition expands on a previous partnership, bolstering WBD's global growth drive and enhancing BluTV's content offerings with award-winning shows and channels.
- Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired Turkish streaming service BluTV, expanding on a partnership that made WBD a 35% shareholder in BluTV.
- BluTV, launched in 2016, has shown rapid growth in original content and its content library, leading to the launch of Discovery+ on the platform in 2021.
- BluTV is also available globally to Turkish- and Arabic-speaking audiences, offering more than 10,000 hours of on-demand premium content and live channels.
- In February, HBO content and kids channels were added to BluTV, giving viewers access to award-winning shows and channels like Cartoon Network and Cartoonito.
- The acquisition is part of WBD's global growth drive, with Turkey being an important investment territory for the company for over 20 years.