Sinclair To Create Content With Tornante

Sinclair and Tornante Co., founded by Michael Eisner, are forming a joint venture to create and distribute first-run syndicated TV programs, they said in a news release Monday. Tornante-Sinclair LLC will be owned 50 percent by Tornante and 50 percent by Sinclair Television Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast, they said. The joint venture is to develop projects for the 2016 broadcast season and will be based in Los Angeles, said Sinclair and Tornante.