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Article: Fox Cable Adds Turner South.(Brief article)
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- May 8, 2006
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By Mike Reynolds
The ownership transfer of Turner South has been completed, and some tweaking has begun, but the regional channel's full transformation won't be finished until the fall.
FSN South vice president and general manager Jeff Genthner, who last week added day-to-day management of the 8.3 million-subscriber sports and entertainment service, said a name change and a shifting of professional game programming are in the offing for autumn.
Fox Cable Networks completed the buyout -- valued at $375 million and first announced in February -- and assumed operational control of the network from Turner Broadcasting System Inc. on May 1.
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