Scripps-owned Katz Networks on Monday announced three major off-network series licensing agreements: Escape, the over-the-air network targeting women 25-54 with stories of crime and mystery, has acquired the television rights to Law […]
E.W. Scripps-owned Bounce, an African-American targeted network, will premiere its first Bounce Original Movie, A Stone Cold Christmas, on Sunday, Nov. 25, at 9 ET. Bounce also announced a new original series, Last Call, a […]
Olivia Pope is coming back to primetime. Scripps-owned diginet Bounce has licensed the broadcast television rights to all seven seasons and 125 episodes of the Peabody- and Emmy-winning series Scandal in a […]
WNET’s ambitious All Arts multicast channel and streaming service could develop into a package of cultural content available to stations nationwide. Some content, including an original show, is now available online. The complete network will launch Jan. 28.
Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting’s multicast network, has expanded to clearances on 135 stations across the country, bringing the network’s reach to 86% of U.S. TV households. In the new affiliate […]
Exclusives
The new multicast network will debut on Sept. 3 featuring procedural dramas focusing on strong women. At launch, it will reach 42% of U.S. TV households anchored by the CBS Television Stations.
Cozi’s Clever Promo Taps Into Shark Frenzy
Scripps-owned Laff diginet is adding 3rd Rock from the Sun to its sitcom hall of fame lineup on Monday, July 16. Laff will present two-full hours of the former NBC […]
The third season premiere of the Bounce multicast network’s original drama series Saints & Sinners on Sunday, April 8, at 9 p.m. ET averaged 681,000 total viewers, an increase of 20% over the show’s […]
The multicast network focused on adventure and exploration adds stations from Tegna, Univision, Nexstar and more to its growing list of affiliates.
Laff, the E.W. Scripps-owned comedy multicast network, has acquired the television rights to Home Improvement from The Disney/ABC Television Group. In the multi-year licensing agreement announced today, Laff acquires the rights […]
WNBC, Cozi TV: OTA Viewers Need To Rescan
With NBC O&O WNBC New York and its diginet Cozi TV preparing to move their broadcast signals from the Empire State Building to One World Trade Center next month, viewers […]
Bounce Lands ‘Wendy Williams Show’
Starting March 5, the multicast network will air that day’s episode at 11 p.m. ET in the first repurposing deal by a multicast network.
‘Bounce Trumpet Awards’ Seen By 2.4M
The multicast network’s telecast last Sunday was the No. 1 show on cable in African-American homes.
Brand strategist Tom Hill today was appointed creative director for NBCU’s multicast network Cozi TV. A former vice president of TV Land and creative director for Nick at Nite, Hill […]
NBC’s classic TV diginet Cozi TV has scheduled a special, 13-hour marathon tribute to the late actor John Mahoney this Saturday, Feb. 10, beginning at 9 a.m. ET (check local […]
Bruce Levinson will oversee negotiation of distribution agreements for the company’s portfolio of multicast networks: Bounce, Grit, Escape and Laff.
TeleXitos, the Telemundo Station Group’s Spanish-language multicast network, will feature romantic comedy movie marathons all February-long with Mes Del Amor (Month of Love). Starting Feb. 4, every Sunday afternoon TeleXitos […]
WKRP-LD Adds Movies, Heroes & Icons Diginets
The 2018 Bounce Trumpet Awards, which celebrate African-American achievements and contributions, will air exclusively on Bounce on Sunday, Feb. 11 at 9 p.m. ET. The honorees announced Wednesday are: Jermaine […]
Actress Pam Grier will host an evening of action-oriented, women-kicking-butt movies on Bounce Saturday, Jan. 6, in anticipation of the new motion picture Proud Mary, starring Taraji P. Henson, which opens in theaters on Jan. 12. […]
Cooper Media, owner of multicast networks Justice Network and Quest TV, the latter of which launches Jan. 29, has made two executive promotions. Brian Weiss has been promoted to VP of […]
WVTV, WCGV Dropping Get TV, Grit TV
Pittsburgh’s WTAE Adds Cozi’s Classic Shows
Cowboy Channel Launches On DirecTV
The western sports and lifestyle network from Rural Media Group is now available in more than 30 million homes.
Luken Communications-owned Heartland Network will present the network’s first original Christmas special. Christmas Songs and Stories, starring Grammy award winner John Berry. It will air nationally on Heartland this Christmas Eve […]
The Telemundo-owned Spanish-language multicast network’s programming is now available on Spectrum systems serving top Hispanic markets.
Katz-owned multicast network Escape has acquired the rights to drama series Without a Trace in a multi-year licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD). Escape will launch Without a Trace on New Year’s […]
Cozi TV Adds ‘The Nanny’ To Lineup
Fran Drescher’s sitcom The Nanny has a new television home. Kicking off with a special broadcast marathon on Jan. 1, 2018, Cozi TV viewers can plan to raise a glass and ring […]
EstrellaTV, LBI Media’s Spanish language network, announced today that it will broadcast the 2017 Spanish-language transmission of the Miss World competition on Saturday, Nov. 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. […]
Coach and Gimme A Break Join Tribune Broadcasting’s multicast entertainment network in January.
Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of the popular Me-TV Network, is suing Los Angeles-based Pervasive TV for using the name ReachMe.TV. In a lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court, Weigel is claiming trademark infringement, unfair competition and deceptive trade practices by Pervasive, which shows its ReachMe.TV mobile entertainment network online and on screens at airports and hotels across the country.
Tegna will be a charter broadcast launch partner in the new adventure and exploration multicast network set to debut in January and will hold a minority ownership stake.
Larenz Tate and Erica Ash will host the 2018 Bounce Trumpet Awards, celebrating African-American achievements and contributions. The gala black-tie ceremony will be held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on […]
