Sinclair Expands Multicast Network Footprint In Top 10 DMAs

Comet and Charge! are now available on CBS Affiliates in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco while TBD and The Nest can be seen on KCAL Los Angeles.

Sinclair To Add Add Tennis Channel, T2, Comet and Charge! To Hulu

Sinclair today announced a distribution agreement with Hulu to add carriage of Tennis Channel, T2, Comet and Charge! to Hulu + Live TV, beginning January 2024. Tennis Channel, the only television-based multiplatform destination dedicated to […]

Charge! Diginet Secures Full Coverage In New York DMA

Charge!, Sinclair’s free, over-the-air multicast television network, today announced a series of new distribution agreements effective July 1, resulting in “significant upgrades” to the network’s coverage in the New York DMA, especially in Manhattan. Charge!’s […]

Sinclair’s Comet, Charge! And TBD Nets Add Series

The additions to the diginets include Law & Order Criminal Intent, Grimm and The Laugh List.

YouTube TV To Carry Sinclair’s Tennis Channel, T2, Charge! & TBD

Sinclair Broadcast Group has set a distribution agreement with YouTube TV to add carriage of Tennis Channel, T2, Charge! and TBD to YouTube TV’s service offerings. The agreement also extends […]

Sinclair Says Its Digital Networks Will Add 2.4 Million Homes This Year

Sinclair Broadcast Group said its free, over-the-air multicast networks Comet, Charge! and TBD have made deals that will add 2.4 million TV households to their distribution footprint by the end of the second quarter. The added distribution reflects new broadcast affiliation agreements with Nexstar Media Group, Gray Television and Entravision in markets including San Francisco, Phoenix, San Diego and Hartford-New Haven, Conn.

Sinclair’s Multicast Networks Charge!, Comet Add New Stations

Beginning September 1, Charge!, Sinclair Broadcast Group’s action and adventure multicast network, and Comet, Sinclair Broadcast Group’s science fiction multicast network add several new stations to their lineup, replacing MeTV […]

Sinclair’s Charge! Gains Carriage With Dish Network And Optimum

Charge!, one of Sinclair Broadcast Group’s over-the-air multicast networks, has added carriage with Dish Network and Altice USA’s Optimum cable systems, adding distribution to about 10 million homes. Subscribers to Dish with an internet connected box will be able to watch Charge!, as will subscribers to Dish’s Sling TV streaming service.

Sinclair Pushes Its ‘Stack’ Of Diginets

While many in the TV business are investing billions in subscription streaming services, big broadcasters are focusing on free over-the-air digital channels. Sinclair Broadcast Group has been investing in its digital channels — Comet TV, Charge and TBD — and is seeing a healthy increase in advertising revenue since getting ratings from Nielsen and upgrading their programming. In June, for example, Charge is adding CSI: Miami to its schedule. “What we’ve tried to do with these networks is level up the programming to make them general-market worthy,” Scott Ehrlich, Sinclair SVP, growth networks and content, said.

Sinclair Upgrades Digital Channels Comet, Charge!, TBD

Sinclair Broadcast Group announced “significant changes” to the content of three, company-owned multicast networks: Comet, Charge! and TBD. The channels, which are available to the vast majority of households across […]

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MGM, Sinclair Unwrap New Action Diginet

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.