Continuing to assemble programming assets as it prepares to debut on April 15, t Katz Broadcasting’s over-the-air broadcast television network devoted to comedy —Laff — today announced film licensing agreements […]
Cox To Carry Laff Diginet In Seven Markets
Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Charlotte and Dayton are the latest additions to the Katz Broadcasting network that debuts on April 15.
The Soul of the South diginet, which launched nearly two years ago pledging an unprecedented five hours of daily news programming, has laid off about 12 news employees and curtailed all original news production.
African-American multicast network Bounce TV has signed a multi-year deal to televise live boxing events of the new Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) series. PBC The Next Round will be a […]
Selma: A March to Remember focuses on the personal accounts of people who were there. Leaders, participants and witnesses recount their experiences, in their own words and talk about the challenges that still persist. It will air on 42 Raycom Media owned or managed stations starting Friday, Feb. 27, and on the African-American diginet Bounce TV on March 4.
Exclusives
In recent years, at the far end of the channel lineup, a slew of upstart broadcast diginets, or subchannels, quietly started popping up thanks to changes in FCC regulations that let TV stations broadcast multiple channels. And while much of their programming — news, weather and lifestyle content characterized by low production values — would hardly be considered Emmy-worthy, some are stealing a page from cable networks like USA and TBS in their early days by leaning on reruns of classic TV shows.
The Drew Carey Show and Ellen will be among the sitcoms the Katz Broadcasting-owned comedy network will air when it launches on April 15. LAFF currently has distribution deals with the ABC Owned and Scripps station groups.
Bounce TV Honors Black History Month
Bounce TV will honor Black History Month in February with a month-long programming tribute featuring African-American stories, motion pictures and performances. The tribute will also include a new original short-form […]
Luken Signs Multi-Net Deals In D.C., Denver
WWTD Washington and KHDT Denver are both adding Luken diginets Retro TV and Rev’n.
Diginets Proliferate And Possiblities Expand
With multiple introductions of new multicast networks at this week’s NATPE, and no shortage of existing ones, it gets one to wondering how they can all survive. The added capabilities of the upcoming next-gen broadcast standard will mean more space for them. And with smart, gradual investments in originals, some diginets could become great businesses and real contributors to the top lines of TV stations.
Justice Network, a crime and investigation entertainment multicast network is now airing on Gannett CBS affiliate WFMY Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, N.C. (DMA 46) The diginet is available on WFMY’s ch. […]
Next Diginet Entry: MGM’s The Works
The new multicast network from MGM and Titan Broadcast Management will include TV and movie content from the MGM library plus news, including three hours of content from Huffington Post, stand-up comedy specials, games and sports.
Sinclair-owned CBS affiliate WPEC West Palm Beach, Fla. (DMA 38), is adding WeatherNation TV’s multi-format, local, regional and national television weather news service. It will air on ch. 12.2 and […]
Combat Report is a World War II action drama that follows an elite team of enlisted men as they fight their way across France. It debuts Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. ET.
Fox O&Os Game For Latest Diginet: Buzzr TV
The new multicast network from FremantleMedia North America and Debmar-Mercury will feature iconic game shows. It’s set for a summer launch.
Justice Network Debuts With John Walsh
The new multicast network launches today with the former America’s Most Wanted host as on-air spokesman and part owner. Gannett stations are among those on board, covering 40% of U.S. households. The lineup will include a range of criminal justice programming, with viewer involvement solicited.
Movies! Network Adds Six New Affiliates
The classic movie multicast network is now cleared in 55% of the U.S.
The comedy-driven broadcast television network will debut on April 15 on ABC Owned Television Stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, Raleigh, N.C., and Fresno, Calif., as well as Scripps stations in 13 markets. The ABC O&Os will also continue to air the Live Well Network.
Live Well Network, the digital subchannel carried by ABC O&Os, won’t be signing off today after all. ABC Owned Television Stations Group announced last June that it would cease operation of the network at the end of this week. But the company now says it will continue to air reruns of Live Well programming for at least the next two months on its eight owned stations, which launched the network in 2009.
The one-hour Through the Decades premieres in May 2015 on the new Weigel-CBS Television station multicast network.
Digital subchannels and a seemingly insatiable appetite for vintage television series are igniting an explosion of nostalgic programming that goes well beyond M*A*S*H and I Love Lucy.
WDJT Replacing TouchVision With Decades
Minds Gate Communications launched Luken Communications’ new diginet Rev’n on Jan.1 on its KPHE-LD Phoenix (DMA 11). Phoenix area viewers can now find Rev’n over-the-air on ch. 44.3, in addition […]
Luken Communications-owned diginet Retro TV has added A1A TV’s WQXT Jacksonville, Fla. (DMA 48) to its station lineup. WQXT began broadcasting Retro TV on Jan. 9. Viewers in St. Augustine […]
Luken Communications Heartland diginet has added a new affiliate: WBQC-LD Cincinnati (DMA 36). Heartland airs over-the-air on ch. 25.5 and on Cincinnati Bell Fioptics ch. 293. WBQC, owned and operated by […]
WBIN To Launch Classic TV Subchannel
The Boston independent is launching WBIN Classics, comprising Antenna TV programming as well as local productions.
More movie entertainment choices are coming soon to viewers in Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, S.C. (DMA 37) with the addition of diginet Movies! Network. Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WYFF will debut Movies! Carolina on […]
The multicast network bolsters its lineup with Roc and The Parent ’Hood from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, A Different World from Carsey-Werner and The Hughleys from Twentieth Television. They will form a new programming block starting Mon., Jan. 5.
The Gazette Co.-owned ABC affiliate KCRG Cedar Rapids, Iowa (DMA 90), is launching the classic TV diginet Antenna TV on Jan. 19, 2015, on its ch. 9.3 subchannel. It will […]
TeleXitos features TV series from the 1970’s on, including Miami Vice, The A-Team and Ripley’s Believe It or Not, as well as action flicks like Hulk, The Interpreter and The Musketeer. All content will be in Spanish with no subtitles. Debuting today, TeleXitos is available in 16 markets and replaces Exitos, which aired telenovelas.
WBXZ-LP In Multi-Net Affiliation Deal With Luken
Ritchie Broadcasting’s WBXZ-LP Buffalo, N.Y. (DMA 52), has signed a multi-network affiliation agreement with Luken Communications. WBXZ will begin broadcasting Luken’s Retro TV and Rev’n networks on Dec. 1. “The WBXZ […]
Barry Wallach, Lonnie Cooper, Steve Schiffman are among the leadership team of Justice Network, which will feature entertaining programming with stories of true mystery set to launch in January 2015. It will enlist viewers to track down criminals and missing children. Gannett Broadcasting’s stations give it coverage of almost one-third of the U.S.
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Luken Communications, in cooperation with One Eighty Films and X Factor Entertainment Group, will present the broadcast premiere of the feature film Everyman’s War. This primetime […]
CBS O&Os, Weigel To Launch Decades Diginet
Decades will feature originals and more than 100 television series, plus theatrical and made-for-TV movies. Original programming to include Decades Retrospectical, a daily topical show. It is expected to debut during the second quarter of 2015, with the 16 CBS-owned stations that are part of the CBS Television Network serving as the new service’s launch group.
The classic TV diginet signs affiliates in Dayton, Ohio; Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, Mich.; Eugene, Ore.; Bakersfield, Calif.; and Utica, N.Y.
KAXT-CD San Francisco Adds Retro TV
The classic TV diginet from Luken Communications will debut on ch. 1.2 on Oct. 15 in the Bay Area.
The deal drives the new broadcast diginet for men to 73% of U.S. coverage following its August launch.
African-American targeted broadcast TV network Soul of the South Network (SSN TV) has signed a content agreement with Arise TV that will result in five-and-a-half hours of co-branded news programs […]
