multicast networks

Luken Communications today appointed Art Lanham senior vice president of sales and affiliate relations. In this newly created role, Lanham, a veteran of the television broadcast industry, will oversee management […]

The former GM of WPGA Macon, Ga., comes on board as Marquee Broadcasting’s Atlanta outlet adds MeTV as its primary affiliation.

The largest TV station group in the U.S. is ready to triple-down its status as multicast channel programmer, starting with a millennial-geared 24/7 showcase of Internet content. As Sinclair continues to build distribution, viewership and ad revenue for Comet TV, the science fiction network collaboration with MGM TV, open multicast space in a number of the company’s markets will be filled next month by TBD, a collection of short- and long-form web series supplied by various digital content makers.

Decades Network, the multicast TV network from Weigel Broadcasting and CBS Television Stations, remembers the comedic talent and the cultural influence of actress Mary Tyler Moore. Moore died Wednesday, Jan. […]

The new multicast network from Seals Entertainment will focus on a wide variety of original films with theme nights geared towards specific audiences with specials and live events. 

The new multicast network from Seals Entertainment will focus on “animals and the people who love them.”

Charge! will have access to more than 2,300 hours of MGM TV content and more than 2,000 movie titles. It is slotted to launch later in the first quarter.

The annual event is set to celebrate its 25th anniversary on Jan. 29. In addition, Jeff Johnson will oversee event relations and Bounce TV community affairs.

TeleXitos, the national Spanish-language multicast network featuring action-adventure series and feature films without subtitles, announced that Airwolf and Knight Rider will air on the network for the first time beginning Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. […]

Sinclair Broadcast Group says the new multicast network will be the first multiscreen TV network in the U.S. to offer premium internet-first content. Launching in early 2017, TBD will feature content curated from a range of digital producers.

To celebrate the launch of Bounce TV’s new subscription-video-on-demand service Brown Sugar and give viewers a taste of the new service, Bounce TV will present a 14-hour, seven-movie marathon of […]

Luken Communications has launched its multicast networks The Action Channel and The Heartland Network on KMCC Las Vegas (DMA 40). The station, owned and operated by Cranston II LLC, debuted both […]

Decades Network, the multicast network from Weigel Broadcasting and CBS Television Stations, is making additions to its lineup in December. First is comedy series Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In. This […]

The African-American focused diginet announces inaugural syndication licensing agreements with Viacom International Media Networks and Afrostream.

Light TV, a new, 24-hour faith and family entertainment network designed to tap into MGM’s library of titles, is being launched next month by Roma Downey, Mark Burnett and MGM in partnership with a number of Fox stations and affiliates.

ATLANTA (AP) — Reruns of “The Cosby Show” are returning to television, even as the comedian’s sexual assault trial looms next year. Bounce TV has announced in social media posts […]

In the universe known as multicast channels or diginets, Sinclair and MGM’s sci-fi focused Comet TV has gone from new player to leading player in its first year of existence.

Weigel Broadcasting’s classic television network MeTV salutes the comedy and quality of M*A*S*H with two exclusive, special events this November. First, actor Jamie Farr hosts his 10 favorite episodes of M*A*S*H in the […]

The Big Five plus Univision have all suffered ratings declines with 18-49s this season. But Telemundo and a host of smaller networks are growing.

Roseanne Barr and her television family the Conners are back on broadcast television as Roseanne premieres on the Laff multicast network Oct. 30 and 31. To celebrate the launch of the […]

Comet TV, launched a year ago by Sinclair Broadcast Group and MGM, is quickly becoming one of the most popular digital broadcast networks. Key to its success is a fan-driven community that keep the conversation about the sci-fi network going on social media. 

Luken Communications-owned diginet Retro TV returns to Oklahoma City (DMA 41) on KOHC-CD, owned by Sunshine State Television Network, on Monday, Oct. 17.  Area viewers will be able to find […]

Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting’s multicast network, said today that beginning Jan. 2, 2017, The Joey Bishop Show and Good Morning World will join Antenna TV’s schedule as the network continues to expand its programming […]

The syndicated political magazine show will debut this month on Estrella outlets in Florida, California and New Mexico.

The Spanish-language network is producing almost no new shows, leaving affiliates to air repeats. It’s expected to shut down completely in the coming months. It never found a path after Fox pulled out.

Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting’s multicast network, has surpassed 1 million likes. The page, which is maintained in-house by Kari Bellinger, Tribune Media’s affiliate relations and web market manager, was launched […]

Luken Communications announced today a multi-network affiliation agreement with Cocola Broadcasting’s KMBY-LD Monterey, Calif. (DMA 124). KMBY launched Luken’s Retro TV and Rev’n multicast networks on Sept. 28. Area viewers can […]

Nearly 30 stations and counting will run the HD series premiere episode of diginet Bounce TV’s first news magazine, Ed Gordon, on their primary channels starting this week. The opportunity allows stations to […]

“I’ve been in the business for 30 years,” said Neal Sabin, the president of Weigel Broadcasting’s classic TV diginet MeTV, “and it’s the first broadcasting entity that I’ve been associated with that gets fan mail for its promos.”

TeleXitos, Telemundo’s multicast channel for Spanish-language viewers that seek action adventure en Español, has the rights to air the iconic 1960’s television series, Batman, in Spanish. Viewers in the United States will […]

MeTV, Weigel Broadcasting’s classic television multicast network, aired a special Star Trek 50thanniversary programming event this past Saturday night, including a special episode of Svengoolie that featured the rarely seen original Star Trek pilot “The Cage.” […]

Journalist Ed Gordon returns to primetime television on Tuesday, Sept. 13, as Bounce TV premieres its first news magazine, Ed Gordon, at 10 p.m. ET. Gordon serves as executive producer and host of the new […]

Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting’s multicast network, is adding nine new programs to its schedule next year. Antenna TV currently airs in 131 TV markets across the U.S. reaching 87% of […]

Nexstar Broadcasting Group’s CBS affiliate WFRV Green Bay-Appleton, Wis. (DMA 68), said today it plans to introduce a new channel on Sept. 1. Katz Broadcasting’s Bounce TV will launch on […]

Comcast got welcome news from the FCC on Friday when the commission dismissed a complaint filed by Liberman Broadcasting, the owner of Estrella TV. The FCC agreed with Comcast’s contention that Liberman failed to establish a prima facie case of a program carriage violation because it has failed to prove that it is a “video programming vendor.” The regulatory agency deems Liberman instead to be a “broadcast licensee.”

As expected, the sci-fi multicast network Comet has reached licensing agreements to air episodes of the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 series and a package of classic Japanese Godzilla movies spanning the years 1954 […]

Classic TV diginet Cozi TV today announced Dr. Frasier Crane’s return to America’s airwaves this fall, with Frasier debuting on the multicast network on Monday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. ET. […]

Decades Network, the multicast TV network from Weigel Broadcasting and CBS Television Stations, has scheduled a special four-day tribute to the slapstick comic legacy of the Three Stooges. The event […]