E.W. Scripps buys ION Media for $2.65 Billion

[Ypsiguy]

There will be some interesting digital subchannel changes coming soon, especially in my DMA.

Scripps Buys ION Network, Increases National TV Network Footprint

Cincinnati's E.W. Scripps is buying ION Media, the national network originally called PAX TV, which distributes programming on its 71 stations in 62…

www.wvxu.org

Scripps already owns WXYZ and WMYD in Detroit. I suspect WPXD will be one of the stations spun off as an ION affiliate with Katz subchannels.

 

[FTA4PA]

There will be some interesting digital subchannel changes coming soon, especially in my DMA.

Scripps Buys ION Network, Increases National TV Network Footprint

Cincinnati's E.W. Scripps is buying ION Media, the national network originally called PAX TV, which distributes programming on its 71 stations in 62…

www.wvxu.org

Scripps already owns WXYZ and WMYD in Detroit. I suspect WPXD will be one of the stations spun off as an ION affiliate with Katz subchannels.

Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

 

[DJ Lon]

There will be some interesting digital subchannel changes coming soon, especially in my DMA.

Scripps Buys ION Network, Increases National TV Network Footprint

Cincinnati's E.W. Scripps is buying ION Media, the national network originally called PAX TV, which distributes programming on its 71 stations in 62…

www.wvxu.org

Scripps already owns WXYZ and WMYD in Detroit. I suspect WPXD will be one of the stations spun off as an ION affiliate with Katz subchannels.

Similar here...Scripps owns KNXV and KASW here in Phoenix and doubt they will be able to keep KPPX

 

[Phil T]

Scripps just bought K3 in Sterling, CO which also transmits from Lookout Mountain in Denver. They will have a ton of OTA channels and sub channels along the northern front range. RF7, RF19, RF23, RF26, RF30, and/or RF34.

 

[TNGuy84]

Maybe they can put some better programming in their line-up. I've never been a fan of crime dramas.

 

[zeebre12]

Wonder will they cull/rent and Ion Plus? All it really has is a few Canadian shows on loop.

 

[mgomrjsurfs]

Scripps has both KSHB/KMCI and all Kratz Sub channels. Fox4kc is the only station in KC without a secondary channel and has still the other Court TV station in KC area.

 

[Juan]

Similar here...Scripps owns KNXV and KASW here in Phoenix and doubt they will be able to keep KPPX

They could just sell the bandwidth

 

[localclassictvfan]

Yeah we have ION on Nexstar KLFY 10.3 and Scripps owns KATC so I’m thinking outside the box here and ION goes to KATC and AntennaTV to KLFY in the future

 

[mgomrjsurfs]

Some Ion Media Networks stations already added Laff TV meaning still have 2 in that city.

 

[localclassictvfan]

I messaged someone from Scripps and they are working on keeping all the Ion or mostly all of the ION O&O in markets where they have a Scripps station or two already except for a handful of cities. They kept the New Orleans one and sold the Phoenix and KC one (which New Orleans doesn’t have a Scripps but KC and Phoenix does already and I’m some cases they kept the Ion O&O where they have Scripps station ownership already like Milwaukee). If that makes sense

 

[mgomrjsurfs]

KSHB/KMCI will have to replace all of their Sub Channels because are Kratz ones and one will become Newsy and others so on.

 

[zippyfrog]

So does this mean that Discovery is essence owns ION now? Or is this Scripps different than the Scripps Discovery bought a handful of years ago?

 

[Peter Parker]

Discovery bought certain assets of Scripps. They did not buy the broadcast bchannels.