Retro TV

For the defunct Latin American channel, see Retro (TV channel).
Retro TV
TypeBroadcast television network
CountryUnited States
HeadquartersChattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Programming
Picture format480i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerGet After It Media
Key peopleJoel Wertman
David Leach[1]
History
LaunchedJuly 2005; 19 years ago (2005-07)
Former namesRetro Television Network
Links
Websitewww.getafteritmedia.com/retrotv

Retro TV (stylized as retrotv), formerly known as Retro Television Network, is an American broadcast television network owned by Get After It Media. The network mainly airs classic television sitcoms and drama series from the 1950s through the 1980s, although it also includes more recent programs from the 1990s and 2000s. Through its ownership by Luken, Retro TV is a sister network to several broadcast network properties that are wholly or jointly owned by the company, including the family-oriented Family Channel and country music-oriented network Heartland.

At its outset, Retro TV was designed to be broadcast on the digital subchannels of television stations; however in recent years, the network's affiliate body has been drawn down to primarily low-power stations, as many station groups have replaced the network on the subchannels of their full-power major network affiliates with similarly formatted networks such as Antenna TV and MeTV, which have assumed rights to many of the distributors that formerly held programming agreements with Retro. The network is also available nationwide on free-to-air C-band satellite via SES-2 in DVB-S2 format;[2][3] as individualized transmitter-ready feeds for each station are centrally generated using broadcast automation and delivered to the stations by satellite. In March 2020, Retro TV launched a live online feed, which carries a limited six-hour selection of the network's programming, looped four times each day.[4]

  1. ^ Buckman, Adam (July 26, 2016). "Diginets Keep Growing, Despite Auction Cloud". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  2. ^ SES-2 at 87.0°W, LyngSat Archived May 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Free TV from United States, LyngSat Archived December 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ https://www.watchretrotv.com/schedules [bare URL]