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.
DMAS 7, 20, 27, 44 & 46
Me-TV Adds Five More Hearst Stations
Me-TV, Memorable Entertainment Television, announced today that it has signed an affiliation agreement in which five additional Hearst markets will be adding the Me-TV Network. Joining Me-TV will be WCVB Boston (DMA 7); KCRA Sacramento Calif. (DMA 20); WBAL Baltimore (DMA 27); KOCO Oklahoma City (DMA 44); and WXII Greensboro, N.C. (DMA 46).
This brings the total of Hearst’s Me-TV affiliates to 13. In addition, Hearst has extended its commitment to the network with the renewal of its existing Me-TV affiliate agreements to 2015.
The Me-TV Network now clears more than 82% of the United States through more than 128 affiliates.
“The Hearst television stations are t errific affiliate partners, providing cable distribution, terrific promotion and outstanding ratings achievement for the Me-TV Network. Adding five top stations in top 50 markets deepens an already successful partnership,” said Neal Sabin, president of content and networks for Weigel Broadcasting Co.
Me-TV features a wide range of programming; its library includes almost 100 series from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, CBS Television Distribution, NBCUniversal Television as well as many independent series owners and producers. Me-TV’s lineup includes M*A*S*H, The Brady Bunch, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, Perry Mason, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gunsmoke, That Girl, I Love Lucy and Hawaii Five-O.
Comments (9)
Christina Perez says:
July 24, 2012 at 4:13 pm
Me-TV is RUINING classic TV shows like “The Honeymooners” and “M*A*S*H” by digitally speeding up playback to the point of absurdity, making the programs unwatchable. Is Hearst so greedy for an extra ad or two that it’s willing to drive viewers away with this digital mutilation?
John Murray says:
July 24, 2012 at 4:52 pm
Get a life
mike tomasino says:
July 24, 2012 at 5:00 pm
“Digitally speeding up playback to the point of absurdity, making the programs unwatchable.”
What on earth are you watching Philly? Or, what kind of drugs have you been doing? These shows play at the same rate on Me-TV they have always played at.
John Huff says:
July 24, 2012 at 6:55 pm
To Snap in reference to you comment pertaining to speeding up the programming. FYI, the programming on certain MeTV affiliate stations is in fact sped up, in order to make room for more advertising minutes. So, no one is on drugs. Learn what you are talking about before you comment.
Teri Keene says:
July 24, 2012 at 8:40 pm
@PhillyPhlash BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Typical Philadelphian response to EVERYTHING. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Hoping Santa Claus kicks your ass for booing him in the ’70’s. You suck and so does your city – hope it gets nuked by Michael Irvin PHILLY SUCKS!
Hans Schoonover says:
July 24, 2012 at 5:06 pm
It takes much more money than any one station can save with belt-tightening to pay for the key resources required to effectively compete against New Media. A single Group owners TV Stations with affiliation agreement is still a poor IP economies of scale, having only a few channels of OTA Content for user selection coupled with the Station’s small number of OTA/IP homes market reach in the face of established IP competition, is financially untenable. … You must be better! …. NEWS DEPT RATINGS ARE DOWN, Apple TV and Google TV Are Coming. … Today, TV Stations seem to be competing against each other with one web site per station. The real opponents are Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, Hulu Plus, Vudu, Google TV, Apple TV, Aereo, etc. Broadcasters must focus in on what grows the business by working tactically (national & local) to prevent OTA ad dollar migration to web competitors. …. The MPC plan: Provide much needed certainty for industry participants. The only reason not to believe what MPC Plan believes is: I am speaking from the heart when I say, “have your people contact me”. . It is a good story on the reasons why station groups have to open their minds (at the CEO level) to the broader world of the internet as a revenue model… Rich Lyons 818 516 0544 .. [email protected]
Charlotte Minnick says:
July 24, 2012 at 5:28 pm
I have not notice any digital speeding up of playback on Me-TV. I have notice the this on TV Land especially with I Love Lucy making Lucy and Ethel sound likie chipmunks during one episode.
Shenee Howard says:
July 24, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Too bad TV Land strayed from this format. I’m sure their ratings have suffered. Unfortunately, satcasters are not required to pass along the digital subchannels to subscribers.
Jack Dawson says:
July 30, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Wonder what’s going to happen to the current Me-TV station here in Boston WMFP-TV, maybe it will switch back to RTV or switch to something else (perhaps infomercials) Please reply with any ideas.