Tag: The CW
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The Recap: A New Monster Sports Bundle, YouTube TV’s Big Number, and More
This week gave us a big shocker with Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery unveiling plans to form a Voltron-like sports streaming service made up of its different cable and broadcast networks. It’s an announcement that shook up the industry, raising questions ranging from everything to potential pricing to its impact on the…
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The CW Quietly Launched a Free, Live Streaming Platform With 12 Channels
With little fanfare, The CW has launched a free, ad-supported live streaming service with 12 channels. The service is available on The CW’s website under the “Channels” section. Clicking on it will bring you live feeds from a dozen channels, ranging from Ion to the Game Show Channel and Mystery Science Theater 3000. Cord Cutters…
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DIRECTV STREAM Adds Three New The CW Affiliates to its Lineup
DIRECTV on Tuesday said it added three new The CW affiliates to its live-TV streaming service, DIRECTV STREAM. The channels are KGCW-CW in Quad Cities, Iowa, WWLP-CW in Springfield-Holyoke, Massachusetts, and KXMA-CW in Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson, North Dakota. The three channels are just the latest affiliates to be added to DIRECTV STREAM’s lineup as the company works…
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The CW Partners With Range Sports to Bring New Live Sporting Events to The Network
The CW Network has partnered with Range Sports to create new content and event franchises in an effort to expand its live sports content. The deal brings college-level and other progressional sports to The CW as part of a larger strategic shift by parent company Nexstar Media Group. CW Sports and Range Sports will collaborate…
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Netflix Now Streams a Weekly News Show About the NFL Called Inside The NFL
Netflix now streams Inside The NFL, giving sports fans another way to watch analysis and footage from the games leading up to Super Bowl weekend. The deal stems from a partnership with The CW for the licensing rights for the final five episodes of Inside The NFL. The show offers previously unseen coverage of each…
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DIRECTV STREAM Adds Two New The CW Affiliates
DIRECTV on Wednesday said it added two new The CW affiliates to its live-TV streaming service. WSAV-CW, the affiliate in Savannah, Georgia, and WCBD-CW, the affiliate in Charleston, South Carolina, went live on DIRECTV Stream on Tuesday. DIRECTV has been steadily working to bring more The CW affiliates to DIRECTV STREAM in an effort to…
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The CW Finally Drops “The” And Goes Red-Orange in Spicy Rebrand
The CW is changing its logo in time for the Critics Choice Awards this Sunday. The network will drop “The” from its title and add what it calls “CW hot sauce” to its branding color palette. While fans of the network have been calling it CW for quite some time, the channel has caught up…
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Phoenix is Getting a New The CW Network Affiliates
Today Nexstar Meia Group and Londen Media Group announced a deal that will see KAZT-TV channel 7 add The CW Network programming. This partnership will see KAZT-TV air CW programming including LIV Golf, ACC college sports, WWE NXT beginning this fall, and NASCAR Xfinity Series Racing starting in 2025. “We’re pleased to enter into this…
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The Conners is Coming to The CW Next Year
The CW has acquired the first five seasons of ABC’s comedy series The Conners following a distribution deal with Lionsgate. This marks a rare strategy to expand the show’s reach by broadcasting the show simultaneously on rival networks. The deal with Lionsgate brings The Conners to The CW starting January 4, 2024, followed by back-to-back…
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The CW Picks Up Cancelled Hallmark Series, Ride
Hallmark Channel western series Ride, a family drama focusing on rodeo life, was canceled after only one season. The CW said on Wednesday the network will pick up the first season in 2024. The CW will start airing repeats of the show next year on January 22 at 8:00 p.m. ET followed by a new…