Katz Networks has announced that it has bought the intellectual rights to defunct cable network Court TV and will relaunch it as an OTA channel, with additional distribution via cable, satellite and over-the-top internet (OTT).
Court TV had run as a cable/satellite channel from 1991 to 2007, when it rebranded as truTV, and brought trial coverage of OJ Simpson and the Menendez brothers to homes across America.
Katz Networks, owned by EW Scripps Co., will relaunch Court TV in May 2019 on Scripps stations in eight markets, including Tucson, where it owns KGUN 9 and KWBA 58. It also has agreements with Tribune stations in 22 markets, including all of the top markets, with Univision in three markets, with Entravision in ten markets and with Citadel Communications in one market.
https://www.multichannel.com/news/katz-networks-plans-to-relaunch-court-tv
KGUN 9 has already four subchannels (ABC, Laff, Antenna TV and Bounce), while KWBA 58 has three (CW, LATV and ThisTV), so Court TV will likely be added to KWBA.
Phoenix won't see Court TV just yet. Scripps' KNXV 15 already carries four subchannels, as does Univision's KTVW 33. Univision's KFPH 35 (Unimás) is being used for NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) testing.
Court TV had run as a cable/satellite channel from 1991 to 2007, when it rebranded as truTV, and brought trial coverage of OJ Simpson and the Menendez brothers to homes across America.
Katz Networks, owned by EW Scripps Co., will relaunch Court TV in May 2019 on Scripps stations in eight markets, including Tucson, where it owns KGUN 9 and KWBA 58. It also has agreements with Tribune stations in 22 markets, including all of the top markets, with Univision in three markets, with Entravision in ten markets and with Citadel Communications in one market.
https://www.multichannel.com/news/katz-networks-plans-to-relaunch-court-tv
KGUN 9 has already four subchannels (ABC, Laff, Antenna TV and Bounce), while KWBA 58 has three (CW, LATV and ThisTV), so Court TV will likely be added to KWBA.
Phoenix won't see Court TV just yet. Scripps' KNXV 15 already carries four subchannels, as does Univision's KTVW 33. Univision's KFPH 35 (Unimás) is being used for NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) testing.