Type | Broadcast television network (classic TV) |
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Country | United States |
Broadcast area | 93% OTA coverage[1] |
Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
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Ownership | |
Owner | Weigel Broadcasting |
Parent | Me-TV National Limited Partnership[2] |
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History | |
Launched | |
Links | |
Website | www |
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Terrestrial | |
See: List of affiliates | |
Streaming media | |
MeTV | Service(s): DirecTV Stream, DIRECTV, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse, Frndly TV, Philo |
MeTV Plus | Service(s): Frndly TV, Philo |
MeTV, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, is an American broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Marketed as "The Definitive Destination for Classic TV", the network airs a variety of classic television programs from the 1930s through the 1990s.
The concept began as a 1950s to 1980s programming block on Chicago's WFBT-CA in 2003, growing until becoming a national network in 2010. Since 2010, the network has spun off six sister networks: MeTV+, the action/adventure-oriented Heroes & Icons, the comedy-oriented Catchy Comedy, the film-centered Movies! (joint venture with Fox Television Stations), the drama-oriented Start TV (joint venture with CBS News and Stations), the history/documentary network Story Television, and the classic cartoon-centric MeTV Toons (in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery).
MeTV is carried on digital subchannels of affiliated television stations in most markets; however, some MeTV-affiliated stations carry the network as a primary affiliation on their main channel, and a small number of stations air select programs from the network along with their regular general entertainment schedules, with a few carrying the network in high definition. The network is also available nationwide on DirecTV and DirecTV Stream, on the C band satellite via SES-1 in the DVB-S2 format where it was free-to-air until being encrypted in December 2024,[4] and in some markets on AT&T U-verse and Verizon FiOS and cable television through cable TV providers nationwide.[5] As of March 28, 2022,[update] MeTV is available on the streaming service Frndly TV.[6] As of August 9, 2022,[update] MeTV is available on another streaming service Philo.[7] MeTV's operations are located in Weigel Broadcasting's corporate headquarters on North Halsted Street in Chicago, Illinois.
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