PhillyWatch 240 Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 I'm curious as to the status of LightTV. I have heard the FOX O&O's (including WTXF here in Philly) are currently running color bars with "COMING SOON - THE GRIO", but the LightTV website still has an active "watch now" stream
nathannah 2493 Posted December 6, 2020 Posted December 6, 2020 9 hours ago, PhillyWatch said: I'm curious as to the status of LightTV. I have heard the FOX O&O's (including WTXF here in Philly) are currently running color bars with "COMING SOON - THE GRIO", but the LightTV website still has an active "watch now" stream Equity/Luken situation? MGM is still sending out their programming, but Allen isn't putting it out for stations to air, but unlike Retro TV at its peak, so few people care about the Light TV schedule, that it's not getting any attention.
Guest Posted December 8, 2020 Posted December 8, 2020 In light of Allen acquiring the also-ran ThisTV, it must be said. It doesn't get better... Than THIS.
tyrannical bastard 4018 Posted December 8, 2020 Posted December 8, 2020 MGM has probably one of the most tortured existences of any movie studio, and that includes United Artists. They really lost their soul after Ted Turner bought them in 1986, and KEPT virtually all of the products produced prior to them, only to flip the studio back to Kirk Kerkorian, who further dismantled it for parts. It's very confusing to have pre-1986 films owned by WarnerMedia, the movie studio itself and it's post-1986 output, and MGM Resorts, another spinoff of the original MGM. United Artists was it's own dumpster fire culminating in their exodus of executives in 1978 to form Orion, and the new management being taken down by Michael Cimino and his bomb Heaven's Gate. Orion would later end up under the combined MGM/UA. UA itself was sold off by then-owner Transamerica after the Heaven's Gate disaster into MGM. It's definitely not a top-of-mind company, just one that produced a lot of old movies and other things found in history's dumpster bin.
Big Rollo Smokes 261 Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 Byron Allen has made it official: TheGrio.TV is coming to the Fox O&Os next month. https://deadline.com/2020/12/thegrio-tv-strikes-fox-oo-deal-in-11-markets-ahead-of-rebrand-1234653329/
CircleSeven 1960 Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 Then I don't understand this. The Fox O&Os drop Light. And they signed the deal to carry TheGrio (which will be the successor of Light). Wouldn't it been wise to keep the channel running until TheGrio launches?......
zeebre12 4 Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 Wonder what they will do with This TV? I presume that they don't still have the content deal with MGM?
tyrannical bastard 4018 Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 47 minutes ago, CircleSeven said: Then I don't understand this. The Fox O&Os drop Light. And they signed the deal to carry TheGrio (which will be the successor of Light). Wouldn't it been wise to keep the channel running until TheGrio launches?...... Sounds like MGM dropped the ball....and Byron Allen is launching it when he officially gets it built out. Seems like the whole Equity to Luken mess years back, except Byron Allen is launching it when he's ready. RTN was at least a continuous service, while this is two totally different channels with no continuity between the two.
Adam MadMan 285 Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 I just checked the Light TV website, and the live feed is still up and running. I've heard it theorized that Allen only bought the satellite space and not the channel as a whole...which raises about as many questions as it answers. I guess The Hollywood Reporter wasn't kidding when they said that MGM is a mess right now.
tyrannical bastard 4018 Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 I could see that being the case, where Byron Allen only gets the satellite space and carriage agreements, so it's up to him to start up the new channel's infrastructure. Meanwhile at MGM, the channel they are running is homeless, so they keep it up but it has no distribution or carriage agreements at this time ...
Jakob 21 Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 LightTV is shutting down on Friday. I believe MGM will still use it as a live stream on there website.
hmaxhanson 650 Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 What I want to know is, what will MGM plan to do with its stakes in Sinclair's Comet and Charge? I'd assume that they will soon sell their shares to Sinclair?
Adam MadMan 285 Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 11 hours ago, hmaxhanson said: What I want to know is, what will MGM plan to do with its stakes in Sinclair's Comet and Charge? I'd assume that they will soon sell their shares to Sinclair? MGM doesn't actually own any of Comet or Charge. It's basically just a content provider. Sinclair owns and operates the actual channels, and has from day one.
hmaxhanson 650 Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Adam MadMan said: MGM doesn't actually own any of Comet or Charge. It's basically just a content provider. Sinclair owns and operates the actual channels, and has from day one. That could still change though. But MGM does own the Epix and Screenpix networks. Who knows if they'll be keeping them for long.
ABC 7 Denver 1729 Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 On 12/5/2020 at 12:00 PM, PhillyWatch said: I'm curious as to the status of LightTV. I have heard the FOX O&O's (including WTXF here in Philly) are currently running color bars with "COMING SOON - THE GRIO", but the LightTV website still has an active "watch now" stream I misread that as "THE GRINGO".
Jakob 21 Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 It looks like TheGiroTV is coming to my area tomorrow, because the schedule that's listed on my cable guide list the schedule. It looks like there going to license movies from MGM.
Jakob 21 Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 And Light TV is now The Giro TV! The site address changed, but for some reason the LightTV shows on the webpage are still there.
Action Newsroom 1299 Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Bumping: This TV is coming to the ABC Owned Television Stations. https://deadline.com/2021/04/this-tv-expands-abc-owned-stations-deal-byron-allen-1234728196/amp/
CircleSeven 1960 Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 34 minutes ago, Action Newsroom said: This TV is coming to the ABC Owned Television Stations. https://deadline.com/2021/04/this-tv-expands-abc-owned-stations-deal-byron-allen-1234728196/amp/ It has already launched on April 1st.
Action Newsroom 1299 Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, CircleSeven said: It has already launched on April 1st. That was not mentioned in the article. I just thought the move was on the way from how it was written.
CircleSeven 1960 Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 54 minutes ago, Action Newsroom said: That was not mentioned in the article. I just thought the move was on the way from how it was written. They should've posted it on the day of the launch instead of a few days later.......
Action Newsroom 1299 Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, CircleSeven said: They should've posted it on the day of the launch instead of a few days later....... I know... right? I'm just more surprised no one who knew mentioned it here either.
ColtFromGulfcoast 715 Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 I wonder if Disney will license any programming to ThisTV now that the ABC O&Os are carrying it.
zeebre12 4 Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Has anything changed with This TV's programming since it was sold? Wonder what is planned for it?
24994J 5619 Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Action Newsroom said: I know... right? I'm just more surprised no one who knew mentioned it here either. We touched on it and all the other additions to the ABC line-ups in one of the Ion discussions, but it wasn't in a dedicated thread.
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