Bounce TV
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Country | United States |
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Affiliates | See List of affiliates |
Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
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Ownership | |
Owner | Bounce Media, LLC |
Key people |
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History | |
Founded | April 4, 2011 |
Launched | September 26, 2011 |
Founder | Martin Luther King III and Andrew Young |
Links | |
Website | www |
Bounce TV is an American digital multicast
History
The network was founded on April 5, 2011. The founding group and initial ownership team included
The network formally launched on September 26, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, with the 1978 musical film The Wiz as its inaugural broadcast followed by A Raisin in the Sun with Do the Right Thing in primetime.[2] The movie in primetime on the second day was Spike Lee's School Daze. This would be followed two days later with its first sports telecast, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football.[5]
The network added its first acquired sitcoms in January 2015, when it acquired the rights to four series.[6] On Friday, January 29, 2016, Bounce broadcast the 24th Annual Trumpet Awards, which honored history-making individuals.[7] The network started producing its first primetime news magazine, Ed Gordon, in late June 2016 for a Tuesday, September 13, 2016 premiere.[8]
On October 2, 2017, E. W. Scripps Company purchased Bounce TV along with Katz Broadcasting's three other networks.[9][10][11] A list of 2019 Nielsen Media Research ratings published by Variety indicated that Bounce averaged 275,000 viewers in prime time, down 1% from the 2018 average.[12]
Bounce and sister channel Grit TV were added to DirecTV on September 1, 2022.[13]
Programming
Bounce TV features programming geared toward an African-American audience that skews older than the demographic that its cable competitor
Unlike most digital multicast services (particularly with the January 2015 shutdown of Localish, which mainly carried first-run content), Bounce TV also carries original programming. The network added originally-produced inspirational and music programming, documentaries, and specials to its lineup in 2012, beginning with the broadcast television premiere of the documentary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective on January 16, 2012, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.[15] Bounce TV's first original weekly series debuted on June 18, 2012, with the series premieres of the sitcom Family Time and the stand-up comedy series Uptown Comic.[16]
In addition, shortly before its launch, Bounce TV reached an agreement with the
On May 7, 2015, Bounce TV announced that they would be airing live boxing events from Premier Boxing Champions under the title: PBC: The Next Round.[18]
On March 6, 2016, the debut of the primetime soap Saints & Sinners took in 1.3 million viewers, making it Bounce TV's most-watched program to date.[19]
Current programming
Original
- Bounce Celebrates Black History[20]
- Dying to Be Famous[20]
- Mann & Wife[20]
- Off the Chain[21]2
- Saints & Sinners (Drama)[21]2
- Trumpet Awards[20]
Sitcoms
- Act Your Age
- Finding Happy
- Johnson
Syndicated
- Couples Court with the Cutlers
- Everybody Hates Chris
- Greenleaf
- Hot Bench
- In the Heat of the Night
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
- Karamo
- Lauren Lake's Paternity Court
- Personal Injury Court
- Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
- Sherri
- Tamron Hall
Upcoming programming
Original
- Secrets of the Salon (Third Quarter 2021)[22]
Syndicated
Former programming
Original
- Ed Gordon
- Family Time
- Grown Folks
- In the Cut
- Last Call
- My Crazy Roommate
- One Love
- Uptown Comic
Syndicated
- America's Black Forum[20]
- A Different World[6]
- B. Smith with Style
- The Bernie Mac Show
- Black and Blue[20]
- Black College Quiz
- Catch 21
- The Cosby Show
- Cosby
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- Forgive or Forget
- The Game[20]
- Half & Half
- The Hughleys
- Judge Faith
- Judge Hatchett
- Judge Joe Brown
- Law & Order
- Living Single
- Moesha
- NCIS: New Orleans
- The Newlywed Game
- Nick Cannon
- OJ25[20]
- One on One
- The Parent 'Hood
- The Real (day-after repeats)
- Roc
- Scandal
- Soul Train
- The Wendy Williams Show[23] (day-after repeats)
- With Drawn Arms[20]
- Without a Trace
Affiliates
As of December 2014, Bounce TV has current or pending affiliation agreements with television stations in 43 media markets encompassing 22 states and the Washington, D.C., covering 73% of all households of at least one television set in the United States and 90% of African-American households.[6] The network encourages its affiliates to carry local news programming in place of regular programming on the Bounce-affiliated subchannel, as a way to attract additional viewers to that subchannel and serve the local market. Affiliates also broadcast local public affairs programs, political specials, and college football and basketball games played by predominantly black schools.[24] In Bounce TV's Home city Atlanta, ABC affiliate WSB-TV (channel 2), owned by Cox Media Group, is the Atlanta affiliate for Bounce TV.
Before its launch, Bounce TV actively sought affiliation agreements with various television station owners to make the network widely available throughout the United States. The network launched with clearance rate of, at minimum, 32% of overall American television households, in part due to affiliation agreements with stations owned by Raycom Media, Meredith Corporation, LIN Media, and Media General.[25][26]
In November 2011, Bounce TV reached a groupwide affiliation deal with Fox Television Stations to carry the network on the subchannels of its MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station in markets such as New York City (WWOR-TV) and Los Angeles (KCOP-TV).[27] The deal, which marked Fox Television Station's first multicasting arrangement, put Bounce TV over its earlier stated goal of reaching at least 50% of overall U.S. television households.[4][27]
In December 2012, the network signed a multi-station agreement with
On June 15, 2016,
, which will maintain their Bounce affiliations as-is.Following Scripps' acquisition of Ion Media on January 7, 2021, Scripps began to wind down the Univision deal, and Bounce TV was moved off those stations to Ion Media stations at the start of March, though it remains on a Univision station in markets were Scripps or Ion do not operate stations.[31]
Bounce Media
Company type | Parent Scripps Networks, LLC | |
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Footnotes / references [32] |
Bounce Media operates Bounce TV and is owned by its founding group plus
Originally, Bounce Media sold the network to affiliated TV stations via ad split but by October 2015 had moved to a carriage fee in exchange for the network get the ad inventory due to greater inventory with stations adding a third or fourth subchannel.
Bounce launched a companion SVOD service, Brown Sugar by November 17, 2016. Brown Sugar features '70s-era blaxploitation films. The service has access to start to a total of 111 films including Blacula, Cleopatra Jones, Foxy Brown, The Mack, Super Fly, and Shaft.[33]
On August 1, 2017, E. W. Scripps announced the purchase of Bounce and
Brown Sugar
Type of site | SVOD |
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Available in | en |
Owner | Bounce Media, LLC |
URL | www |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Yes |
Launched | 2016 |
Current status | active |
Brown Sugar is a video on demand service owned by Bounce Media, LLC. A companion to the main Bounce network, Brown Sugar was launched on November 17, 2016.
The service features '70s-era blaxploitation films via app, the web[33] and Chromecast.[35] The service has access to over 111 films including Blacula, Cleopatra Jones, Foxy Brown, The Mack, Super Fly, and Shaft.[33] On Friday, August 4, 2017, Brown Sugar launched on Roku; boxing matches and in-season original Bounce series have since been added.[35]
See also
- BET – an American basic cable and satellite channel a part of the Paramount Media Networks, currently owned by Paramount Global, which launched in 1980 as the first television network devoted to programming targeting African-Americans
- BET Her – spinoff network specifically targeting African-American women
- TV One – an American digital cable and satellite channel owned by Urban One
- Cleo TV – spinoff network specifically targeting African-American women
- Aspire TV – an American digital cable and satellite channel owned by Magic Johnson
References
- ^ Buckman, Adam (July 26, 2016). "Diginets Keep Growing, Despite Auction Cloud". TV News Check. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Molloy, Tim (September 25, 2011). "Black-Oriented Bounce TV Begins, Betting on Classic Movies". The Wrap. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ^ Lafayette, Jon (August 11, 2014). "Katz Shows True Grit Building Multicast Empire". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ a b Jessell, Harry (May 10, 2011). "Bounce Set To Jump Into the Multicast Game". TV News Check. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ^ Lafayette, Jon (August 24, 2011). "EXCLUSIVE: 'The Wiz' Will Lead Off Bounce TV Programming". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Jon Lafayette (December 16, 2014). "Bounce TV Acquires First Four Off-Net Series". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
Bounce TV is available in 73% of the U.S. and 90% of African American homes.
- ^ "Bounce TV To Air Trumpet Awards". TVNewsCheck.com. January 28, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ "Bounce TV's First News Mag To Debut Sept. 13". TVNewsCheck. June 29, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ Marszalek, Diana (August 1, 2017). "E.W. Scripps Buys Katz Networks in $302M Deal". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ Miller, Mark K. (October 2, 2017). "E.W. Scripps Closes $302M Katz Purchase". TVNewsCheck.com. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ "The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP)". SeekingAlpha.com. August 8, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (26 Dec 2019). "Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2019's Winners and Losers". Variety. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ^ (https://www.directv.com/binge/directv-adds-bounce-and-grit-to-channel-lineup/ )
- ^ Steiner, Amanda Michelle (July 7, 2015). "Bill Cosby reruns pulled from BET's Centric, Bounce TV". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ^ "Bounce TV Airing Martin Luther King Documentary". TV News Check. January 11, 2012.
- ^ "Bounce TV To Premiere First Two Original Series". TV News Check. June 14, 2012.
- ^ Umstead, R. Thomas (September 3, 2014). "Aspire To Air Live HBCU College Football Games". Multichannel News. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ^ "Bounce TV Unveils 2015-16 Upfront Programming Slate". Bounce TV. May 7, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ Petski, Denise (March 9, 2016). "'Saints & Sinners' Premiere Breaks Ratings Record For Bounce TV". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Shows". Bounce. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Jessell, Harry A. (October 13, 2015). "OTA The Bedrock of Katz's Growing Diginets". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ "Bounce Announces 2020-21 Slate of Bold New Originals from Top Names in Entertainment" (Press release). Bounce TV. August 11, 2020 – via The Futon Critic.
- ^ Evans, Greg (February 15, 2018). "Bounce Plans Weeknight Airings Of 'The Wendy Williams Show'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
- ^ Diana Marszalek (July 23, 2013). "News Finds A New Home Among Diginets". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ Mark Miller (May 23, 2011). "LIN Deal Means More Markets for Bounce TV". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ^ Jon Lafayette (June 6, 2011). "Bounce Gets Boost From Nexstar Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ^ a b "Bounce TV Lands on Fox MNT in NYC, LA". TV News Check. November 3, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ^ Goldsmith, Jill (December 10, 2012). "Univision pacts with BounceTV". Variety. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ Lafayette, Jon (March 4, 2014). "Exclusive: Bounce TV Extends Univision Deal". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ Jon Lafayette (June 15, 2016). "Bounce TV, Grit, Escape, Laff Multicast Deal Covers 81 Stations, 54 Markets". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- ^ January 2021, Michael Balderston 14 (2021-01-14). "Scripps Moving Multicast Networks onto Ion TV Stations". TVTechnology. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Marszalek, Diana (August 1, 2017). "E.W. Scripps Buys Katz Networks in $302M Deal". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c Spangler, Todd (November 17, 2016). "'Like Netflix, Only Blacker': Brown Sugar Blaxploitation-Movie Subscription VOD Service Launches". Variety. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
- ^ Miller, Mark K. (October 2, 2017). "E.W. Scripps Closes $302M Katz Purchase". TVNewsCheck.com. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ a b Roettgers, Janko (August 4, 2017). "Brown Sugar Streaming Service Launches on Roku (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved December 11, 2018.