New Diginet on CBS O&Os?

[Adam MadMan 285]

I was going through the AVS Forums, and learned that certain owned and operated CBS stations have lit up a fourth subchannel with the name "FaveTV" in the PSIP. Sounds like CBS is planning another diginet. Thoughts?

 

And in case you don't believe me...

[rkolsen 1685]

Can’t wait to see the PQ.  The two channels Start and Dabl, look poor on cable. 

[ABC 7 Denver 1729]

3 hours ago, Adam MadMan said:

I was going through the AVS Forums, and learned that certain owned and operated CBS stations have lit up a fourth subchannel with the name "FaveTV" in the PSIP. Sounds like CBS is planning another diginet. Thoughts?

 

And in case you don't believe me...

 

There is already this: http://favetv.com/

[nathannah 2493]

33 minutes ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

There is already this: http://favetv.com/

Not to be confused with that; that's a dead site for a SkyAngel network that no longer exists, and if LightTV is currently flailing off the Fox O&O's without notice, this 'Fave TV' won't make the same scheduling mistake.

[TexasTVNews 1378]

I'd rescan my TV this morning and there was a black screen on my station (KTVT 11.4) meaning that Fave is coming on my station.

[Requiere 51]

So I rescanned today and found that WFOR in Miami does have 4.4 with FAVE TV live. I don't know when it went live since I live in West Palm Beach and don't frequently look at the Miami stations.

[zeebre12 4]

It hardly is a brand new subchannel? Wasn't Dabl announced long before it even launched? Probably just some religious/foreign type channel.

[tjt24 315]

Rescanned my TV yesterday, and KDKA does have 2.4 active, but it only has color bars as of right now. 

[Yankees4life 561]

Same over here with WFOR. 4.4 is blank ATM.

 

I guess FaveTV is a retro channel?

[qunewsguy 378]

My guess? It's probably a retronet using the Viacom classics library now that CBS and Viacom are back under one roof.

[Adam MadMan 285]

48 minutes ago, qunewsguy said:

My guess? It's probably a retronet using the Viacom classics library now that CBS and Viacom are back under one roof.

Going to cbs(dot)com(slash)fave does redirect to the CBS All Access subsite, so it is plausible.

[zeebre12 4]

CBSViacom recently launched a new free to air channel in Australia called 10 Shake with programming sourced from MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. Why is OTA so developed in Australia but not in the US? You'd never see CBSViacom launching an OTA subchannel like this in the US?  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Shake

[DMA 135]

Colorbars on WCBS 2.4, I wish it would be something more valuable like CBSN or CBSN New York...even a simulcast of WLNY would be useful since it's not available OTA in the five boroughs. 

[Samantha 2898]

4 hours ago, zeebre12 said:

CBSViacom recently launched a new free to air channel in Australia called 10 Shake with programming sourced from MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. Why is OTA so developed in Australia but not in the US? You'd never see CBSViacom launching an OTA subchannel like this in the US?  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Shake

 

Because cable/satellite pay TV is so underdeveloped there. In 2012, pre-streaming services, penetration was a shockingly low 28 percent.

[PhillyWatch 240]

Just as I was getting itchy that I hadn’t seen a 3.4 yet on KYW, FaveTV is now LIVE here in Philly as of this morning. Currently airing- an episode of Run’s House. 
 

I haven’t seen any spots for the network itself but have seen one for Paramount Net and one for CMT. I feel like with as much cable content that Viacom has shuffled onto their online Pluto TV service,  why not cycle some of those series in and out of a new diginet? I have a feeling that may be the case here. 

[TexasTVNews 1378]

FAVE TV is officially on the air!

[zeebre12 4]

So it's basically a rerun channel of very old Viacom reality shows with a few old movies thrown in? CBSViacom seem to have more newer reruns on Pluto. I thought they may have launched a Spike type channel as a male-orientated version of Dabl with reruns of Spike series like they have on Pluto (almost like the old Spike on cable). Even re-establish the brand on OTA?

[Adam MadMan 285]

Not gonna lie, this service already sounds really underwhelming. There are a lot of niches still left unfilled by diginets, but no, let's just put in another reality show channel, but with movies.

 

I can imagine the migration of the Katz networks to Ion/Scripps spectrum will lead to some opportunities for the spectrum those brands currently occupy, so hopefully we may get some better new diginets as time goes on. In fact, I can see The Grio TV filling in at least some of the soon-to-be vacated subchannels.

[Jakob 21]

I wonder what the full schedule looks like.

[zeebre12 4]

32 minutes ago, Adam MadMan said:

Not gonna lie, this service already sounds really underwhelming. There are a lot of niches still left unfilled by diginets, but no, let's just put in another reality show channel, but with movies.

 

I can imagine the migration of the Katz networks to Ion/Scripps spectrum will lead to some opportunities for the spectrum those brands currently occupy, so hopefully we may get some better new diginets as time goes on. In fact, I can see The Grio TV filling in at least some of the soon-to-be vacated subchannels.

All The Grio TV will be is reruns of his cheap syndicated shows he has on his 'cable' channels. If he hasn't put proper content onto them before, he is not going to do it with The Grio TV.

[PhillyWatch 240]

Remember folks- we have no schedule, no website, no anything to know just what kind of channel this is going to be.

 

However, in addition to Run’s House, they’ve also aired a few hours of The Jamie Foxx Show and are currently in the middle of a block of The Wayans Bros. 
 

Could this be Viacom’s attempt to muddy the waters for The Grio while they’re still running color bars? 
 

edit: Total Recall is on next (5pm eastern)... 

[zeebre12 4]

You'd think there would have been someone kind of an announcement like there was with Dabl if this was a proper channel launch?

[PhillyWatch 240]

1 hour ago, zeebre12 said:

You'd think there would have been someone kind of an announcement like there was with Dabl if this was a proper channel launch?

I agree, this definitely feels like a rush job. So what's their rush to get this on the air?

 

Also, Total Recall just wrapped, and now we've got Bar Rescue

[channel2 982]

Isn't ViacomCBS kind of a trash fire? The leadership from when Start TV and Dabl were launched mostly got canned by Bakish, didn't they?

[Newsjunkie24 506]

4 hours ago, PhillyWatch said:

Remember folks- we have no schedule, no website, no anything to know just what kind of channel this is going to be.

 

However, in addition to Run’s House, they’ve also aired a few hours of The Jamie Foxx Show and are currently in the middle of a block of The Wayans Bros. 
 

Could this be Viacom’s attempt to muddy the waters for The Grio while they’re still running color bars? 
 

edit: Total Recall is on next (5pm eastern)... 

 

Reminds me a little of MTV2.