E.W. Scripps, one of the largest local TV broadcasters in the U.S., has hired a financial adviser to evaluate interest in acquiring Bounce TV, its over-the-air network geared toward African Americans, according to Scripps CEO Adam Symson.
Low-cost, family-oriented streaming service Frndly TV said it will add local TV stations to its lineup in six markets this month. The stations will give Frndly subscribers more access to local news and syndicated programming.
The police procedural diginet is now available on ABC Owned Television Stations that add more than 4 million new, over-the-air TV households as well as 3.73 million new pay TV/cable households.
Free TV Networks, the new company started by Jonathan Katz and backed by Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate and Gray Television, said it has added new carriage agreements for its The365 and Outlaw channels with Tegna, Sunbeam and HC2-owned stations. The new distribution puts The365 in 29 new markets with carriage now in 111 million homes, or 89% of U.S. households, by the second quarter of this year.
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Weigel’s Catchy Comedy diginet celebrates 50 years of the sitcom Happy Days with a weekend binge featuring 86 back-to-back episodes of the series, airing from Saturday, Jan. 13 at 11 a.m. ET […]
Comet and Charge! are now available on CBS Affiliates in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco while TBD and The Nest can be seen on KCAL Los Angeles.
Weigel Broadcasting Co. and DirecTV are making Weigel’s classic drama and action-adventure channel Heroes & Icons available nationwide to DirecTV satellite customers, complementing its ongoing availability to DirecTV streaming and […]
This Thanksgiving, Weigel Broadcasting’s Catchy Comedy diginet serves up a generous helping of nostalgia and laughs with 21 episodes of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. The will air from Thursday, Nov. 23, […]
The new company, Free TV Networks, targets value-conscious consumers with a portfolio of national ad-supported over-the-air and FAST channels. Two new diginets will launch in 80% of the U.S. on New Year’s Day
In recognition of Veterans Day, MeTV returns its annual special broadcast of one of the most powerful and riveting television events in history with MeTV Remembers the M*A*S*H Finale, Friday, Nov. 10, […]
The new multicast network premieres Oct. 30 with shows including Sell This House, Wahlburgers, Growing Up Gotti, Ice Road Truckers, Dog the Bounty Hunter and Cold Case Files.
David Hudson, head of original programming for Scripps Networks, explains the originality and authenticity powering Bounce’s breakout hit series Johnson and what he’s looking for in a potential hit against the intense competition coming from streamers. A full transcript of the conversation is included.
Retro TV announced that The Doctors episodes from 1980 are now available on It’s Real Good TV for audiences to watch on-demand, and in addition it will air a special […]
Comet, Sinclair’s diginet for fans of sci-fi and fantasy entertainment franchises, today announced the return of the Comet Fest fan festival in 2024. The on-air and digital event will return […]
Charge!, Sinclair’s free, over-the-air multicast television network, today announced a series of new distribution agreements effective July 1, resulting in “significant upgrades” to the network’s coverage in the New York DMA, especially in Manhattan. Charge!’s […]
Diginet Retro TV has renewed its original series Dracula’s Kung Fu Theatre for a third season. The show, described as “Elvira meets Enter the Dragon,” first aired on Aug. 13, 2021, […]
In this repeat of the Talking TV episode from April 7, Alyson Fouse, creator and showrunner of Bounce’s new sitcom Act Your Age, discusses the enduring value of classic sitcom tropes and why diginets are a great place to debut new comedies. A full transcript of the conversation is included.
Weigel Broadcasting said today that Murder, She Wrote joins its lineup of female heroines with a celebratory marathon 4th of July weekend, before the series moves to its regular Monday […]
Bounce TV, the broadcast and multiplatform entertainment network serving African Americans, will welcome back its hit series Act Your Age on Saturday, June 3, with two all-new episodes back-to-back starting […]
Digital Networks LLC is now offering five of its digital broadcast networks in Chico, Calif., over its KXCH-LD. The lineup: The Heartland Network (ch. 19.1) Retro TV (19.2) Rev’n (19.3) […]
The additions to the diginets include Law & Order Criminal Intent, Grimm and The Laugh List.
Sinclair Broadcast Group has set a distribution agreement with YouTube TV to add carriage of Tennis Channel, T2, Charge! and TBD to YouTube TV’s service offerings. The agreement also extends […]
Alyson Fouse, creator and showrunner of Bounce’s new sitcom Act Your Age, discusses the enduring value of classic sitcom tropes and why diginets are a great place to debut new comedies. A full transcript of the conversation is included.
Classic television diginet Retro TV has added San Diego, California to its footprint, launching on International Communications Network’s KSDY-LD on ch. 50.3. The station adds more than 2 million households […]
Weigel Broadcasting digital network Decades becomes Catchy Comedy March 27, featuring classic sitcoms such as I Love Lucy, Good Times and Night Court. Catchy Comedy features the tagline “Catch All the Laughs” and is set to be Nielsen-rated.
Weigel Broadcasting Co. today announced the March 27 launch of Catchy Comedy, an over-the-air national broadcast television network that will invite viewers to “Catch All the Laughs” with a deep […]
