E.W. Scripps Company to Launch Grit and Escape & Expand LAFF Distribution In New Multi-Network Agreement with Katz Broadcasting Deal Covers 18 Markets, Makes Grit Available in 93 Million Households, Escape in 70 Million HH & LAFF in 64 Million
ATLANTA (May 18, 2015) – The E.W. Scripps Company will carry the three emerging Katz Broadcasting television networks – launching Escape and Grit in multiple markets while expanding distribution of LAFF – as part of a major new affiliation agreement…
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP TO LAUNCH GRIT IN 47 MARKETS
DEAL DRIVES NEW BROADCAST NETWORK FOR MEN TO 73% OF U.S. JUST WEEKS AFTER LAUNCH ATLANTA (Oct. 9, 2014) – Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBGI), one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today,…
GRIT & ESCAPE ANNOUNCE LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH SONY PICTURES TELEVISION FOR 150 FEATURE FILMS FOURTH MAJOR STUDIO DEAL IN FOUR MONTHS FOR THE NATION’S FIRST OVER-THE-AIR MALE & FEMALE-TARGETED TV NETWORKS
ATLANTA (Sept. 3, 2014) – The newly-launched male-centric and female-centric over-the-air broadcast television networks — Grit (For Men) and Escape (For Women) — have concluded a multi-year licensing agreement with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) for television rights to 150 demo-targeted…
FIRST-EVER OVER-THE-AIR BROADCAST TELEVISION NETWORKS FOR WOMEN & MEN TO LAUNCH MON. AUG. 18 AT 12:00 NOON ET GRIT (FOR MEN) TO OPEN WITH OSCAR®-WINNING CLASSIC HIGH NOON, ESCAPE (FOR WOMEN) TO BOW WITH BODY HEAT
ATLANTA (Aug. 11, 2014) — Gary Cooper standing up for what’s right in High Noon and Kathleen Turner turning William Hurt down the wrong path in Body Heat. These two iconic motion pictures are how the country’s first-ever male-centric and…
BILL COX NAMED SVP, PROGRAMMING FOR MALE-SKEWING GRIT WALTER NAAR HIRED AS VP, PROGRAMMING FOR ESCAPE FOR WOMEN
ATLANTA (July 22, 2014) — Two television veterans have been tapped to oversee programming for the nation’s first-ever gender-targeted broadcast television networks – Grit (For Men) and Escape (For Women) – launching this summer. Bill Cox has been named Senior…
TWO NEW BROADCAST NETWORKS TO LAUNCH THIS SUMMER: ESCAPE TO BE FIRST-EVER BROADCAST NETWORK FOR WOMEN, GRIT TO TARGET MEN
Univision to Launch both ESCAPE and GRIT in 30% of the Country As a Multicast Channel, More Distribution Announcements Expected Shortly New Company from Bounce TV Co-Founder and Longtime Turner Broadcasting Exec Jonathan Katz ATLANTA (April 3, 2014) — Two…
ESCAPE & GRIT ANNOUNCE LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH PARAMOUNT PICTURES FOR NEARLY 200 FEATURE FILMS
Renowned Classics and Contemporary Favorites Featuring Some of Cinema’s Biggest Stars Headed to the First-Ever Over-The-Air Broadcast Television Networks Programmed Specifically For Women & Men ATLANTA (July 22, 2014) – The country’s first-ever female-centric and male-centric over-the-air broadcast television networks…
FIRST-EVER BROADCAST TV NETWORKS FOR WOMEN & MEN CONTINUE TO EXPAND: UNIVISION TELEVISION GROUP TO CARRY ESCAPE (FOR WOMEN) AND GRIT (FOR MEN) IN WASHINGTON D.C., SAN FRANCISCO AND PHOENIX
COX MEDIA GROUP TO LAUNCH GRIT IN ORLANDO, ESCAPE IN CHARLOTTE, BOTH IN TULSA KJWP-TV TO CARRY THE TWO NETS IN PHILADELPHIA CITADEL COMMUNICATIONS TO LAUNCH BOTH IN PROVIDENCE & LINCOLN, NE Both Networks Now Past 50% of U.S. ATLANTA…
ESCAPE & GRIT ANNOUNCE FIRST PROGRAMMING AGREEMENT, ACQUIRE RIGHTS TO 135 MOTION PICTURES FROM WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION
Some of Studio’s Best Mysteries, Thrillers, Westerns, Heroes & Stars Headed to the First-Ever Over-The-Air Broadcast Television Networks For Women & Men Launching This Summer ATLANTA (June 10, 2014) – The country’s first-ever female-centric and male-centric over-the-air broadcast television networks…
RAYCOM MEDIA AGREES to Carry new broadcast networks ESCAPE (For Women) and GRIT (For Men) IN major NEW distribution agreement WITH KATZ BROADCASTING
ATLANTA (June 17, 2014) — Raycom Media (http://www.raycommedia.com), one of the nation’s largest broadcasters, will carry the country’s first-ever female-centric and male-centric over-the-air broadcast television networks- Escape (For Women) andGrit (For Men) – in multiple markets as part of a…