‘Dish Nation’ Partners With X17 Online

Dish Nation, the half-hour syndicated entertainment magazine from Twentieth Television featuring the drive-time personalities from across the nation, has teamed with celebrity news provider, X17 Online. The partnership will consist of branded television segments, breaking news alerts, enhanced cross-promotions and a consistent supply of entertainment news content to television station partners.

Dish Nation is a nationally syndicated program highlighting radio personalities who riff on current pop culture and celebrity news.

Entertainment news provider X17online.com averages more than 100,000 viewers per day

Stephen Brown, EVP of programming and development, Fox Television Stations, said: “Viewers are treated daily to the hilarious pop culture commentary of the four teams featured on Dish Nation. Now, thanks to our new relationship with X17 Online, we will further enhance the television program with exclusive and compelling, breaking celebrity news.”

Brandy Navarre, VP of X17 Online said: “Dish Nation is the perfect venue for bringing X17online’s exclusive reporting, photos and video to a TV and radio audience.  With X17’s insider view of Hollywood and our eyes and ears trained on all things celebrity, we’ll work with Dish Nation to provide our audience up-to-the-minute news, exclusive stories and engaging visual content; doubling the power of our reporting as we join forces.”

Dish Nation, according to Twentieth Television, ranks No. 1 with adults 18-34 and adults 18-49 among all freshmen and sophomore first-run syndicated programs. Additionally, Dish Nation, which is the youngest-skewing first-run program in all of syndication, has grown to 1.3 million viewers daily viewers this season marking an 8% increase over a year ago, Twentieth said.