Me-TV Adds Five More Hearst Stations
The diginet will now be carried on subchannels of WCVB Boston, KCRA Sacramento, WBAL Baltimore, KOCO Oklahoma City and WXII Greensboro, N.C. The group owner also extended affiliation deals with Me-TV in nine additional markets.
The lifestyle diginet adds WKRN Nashville, WBAY Green Bay, Wis.; KLFY Lafayette, La.; WLNS Lansing, Mich.; WRIC Richmond, Va., WATE Knoxville, Tenn.; and WTEN Albany, N.Y.
Fisher Communications-owned KATU Portland, Ore. (DMA 22), will begin airing diginet Me-TV on June 24 on its ch. 2.2 as well as on Comcast ch.l 302, Charter ch. 292 and […]
Uptown Comic to debut Monday, June 18, immediately after the series premiere of the network’s original sitcom Family Time.
The addition of the diginet owned by the ABC Owned Television Stations Group brings its national coverage to 60% of U.S. households.
The Post-Newsweek ABC affiliate will begin airing the classic TV programming service on April 24 on its OTA ch. 10.2.
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Bounce TV Adds WEYI Flint, WDEF Chattanooga
Bounce TV, the broadcast TV network for African Americans, today announced the additions of Barrington Broadcasting Group’s NBC affiliate WEYI Flint, Mich. (DMA 68), and Morris Network CBS affil WDEF […]
Me-TV Adds KXLY Spokane, KAPP Yakima
Morgan Murphy Media-owned KXLY Spokane, Wash. (DMA 73) and KAPP Yakima, Wash. (DMA 123), are the latest stations to add classic TV diginet Me-TV. ABC affiliate KXLY will carry Me-TV […]
The African-American targeted multicast network can now be seen on the Fox-owned MNT affiliate’s ch. 27.2.
Me-TV Lands Affiliations In Three More Markets
Grant Broadcasting-owned WLAX-WEUX, LaCrosse-Eau Claire, Wis. (DMA 128); WZDX Huntsville, Ala. (DMA 79); and KGCW Davenport, Iowa (DMA 100), are the latest stations to add classic TV diginet Me-TV. WLAX-WEUX […]
WDSU New Orleans Adds Me-TV
Hearst Television-owned NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 52) will launch classic TV diginet Me-TV on April 1. The station will carry Me-TV over the air on ch. 6.2 and […]
KSAT San Antonio Adds Me-TV
Post-Newsweek-owned ABC affiliate KSAT San Antonio, Texas (DMA 36) will launch classic TV diginet Me-TV on April 2. The station will carry Me-TV over the air on ch. 12.2 as […]
Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting’s classic TV multicast network is coming to Paxton Media’s NBC affiliate WPSD Paducah, Ky. (DMA 81), on its ch. 6.3 starting April 2. The network features […]
Post-Newsweek’s CBS affiliate WKMG Orlando, Fla. (DMA 19), is the newest affiliate of Luken Communications’ diginet Retro Television (RTV). Retro TV showcases classic television shows from the 1960s, ’70s and […]
WAXC-LP Alexander City, Ala., Adds RTV
Low-power WAXC Alexander City, Ala. (DMA 119), is the newest affiliate of Luken Communications’ diginet Retro Television (RTV). Owned and operated by Lake Broadcasting, WAXC will begin carrying RTV’s classic […]
Raycom Adds Me-TV In Richmond, Toledo
Raycom Media-owned WWBT Richmond, Va. (DMA 57), and WTOL Toledo, Ohio (DMA 74) have added diginet Me-TV to their subchannel lineups. The addition of these two stations brings bring the […]
KARE Adds WeatherNation To Subchannel
The Gannett NBC affiliate in Minneapolis will air the 24/7 weather diginet on its ch. 11.2.
Diginets Hope To Boost Affil Counts In Miami
Multicast programmers will be at this month’s NATPE exhibition hoping to expand and improve their affiliate lineups. And their growing importance to the industry is reflected in the show’s scheduling of a panel dedicated to the business on Monday afternoon (Jan. 23) featuring representatives of Me-TV, Antenna TV and Live Well.
Live Well Adds Five Citadel Stations
These affiliates in Providence, Des Moines, Davenport, Lincoln and Sioux City bring the ABC diginet’s U.S. clearance to about 55%.
Low-power WKSY-TV Summerville, Ga., will become the newest affiliate of of Luken Communications’ diginet RTV. WKSY, which offers My Family TV on its primary channel, will begin airing RTV’s lineup […]
The classic TV diginet is adding affiliates in Atlanta; Las Vegas; Buffalo, N.Y.; Lexington, Ky.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; and Idaho Falls in January.
The diginet is unusual in that its content is tailored to each city where it’s carried. Each affiliate has its own playlist that reflects TheCoolTV’s research into the community’s musical tastes, favorite genres and hometown bands.
The 24-hour regional multicast channel targeting southern African Americans plans a first quarter launch. Plans include five hours of news a day.
Bounce TV Adds Chicago, Milwaukee
The new broadcast network targeted to African Americans adds Weigel Broadcasting’s WWME Chicago and WBME Milwaukee as it approaches its Sept. 26 launch.
Diginets Struggle For Place On TV’s Frontier
It’s a little like the Wild West as proliferating multicast channels scramble for carriage on coveted TV station subchannels. And those that win carriage still have to prove they can attract viewers and advertisers. TVNewsCheck’s roundup of these pioneering programming providers turned up 23. In our exclusive listing, we sum up what kind of programming they offer, what their basic proposition to potential affiliates is and how far along they are in distribution.
