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TBS

American  

abbreviation

  1. Nautical. talk between ships: a radiotelephone for short-range communication between vessels.

  2. Trademark. Turner Broadcasting System: a cable television channel.


tbs. British  

abbreviation

  1. tablespoon(ful)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Unlike Netflix, Paramount also intends to buy Warner Discovery’s cable networks, which include CNN, TBS and Food Network.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Netflix’s proposal would see the cable television business, including channels CNN, TBS and the Discovery Channel. spun off into a separate company.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

Discovery, including its large portfolio of cable channels, including CNN, HGTV, TBS and Animal Planet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Unlike Netflix's offer, Paramount's bid includes the buyout of cable channels such as CNN, TNT, TBS and Discovery -- which would be added to its group of TV assets like CBS, MTV and Comedy Central.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

The answer came back on the TBS: "Nobody."

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.