Free TV Networks is an American specialized digital multicasting and advertising-supported video on demand network media company owned as a joint venture between Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate and

Gray Television Gray Television, Inc. is an American publicly traded television broadcasting company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1946 by James Harrison Gray as Gray Communications Systems, the company owns or operates 180 stations across the United St ...

. The company plans to launch two

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networks and four FAST streaming networks that each carry programming with specified formats targeted at individual demographics. The company was founded and will be led by broadcasting veteran Jonathan Katz, who previously launched what is now the Scripps Networks division of competitor

E. W. Scripps Company The E. W. Scripps Company is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps and his sister, Ellen Browning Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is he ...

. The venture launched with two

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s on January 1, 2024, each resembling networks Katz originally launched, which are THE365, a channel for Black audiences (similar to

Bounce TV Bounce TV is an American digital multicast television network owned by Katz Broadcasting, a subsidiary of E. W. Scripps Company. Promoted as "the first 24/7 digital multicast broadcast network created to target African Americans", the channel fe ...

) and Outlaw, a network for Western programming (similar to Grit). Other channels to launch at a later time on AVOD platforms include FAST streaming versions of the former two networks as well as VCR Action (similar to Ion Mystery), a channel for older action/ crime programming, and VCR Haha, a network for older comedic programming (similar to

Laff Laff (legal name: Laff Media, LLC) is an American digital multicast television network headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and is owned by the Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network specializes in comedy programmi ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Free TV Networks Companies based in Atlanta Mass media companies established in 2023 American companies established in 2023 Television broadcasting companies of the United States Mass media companies of the United States 2023 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Warner Bros. Discovery Lionsgate Gray Television