 Logo used since September 11, 2023 | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide coverage: 81%[1] |
| Affiliates | List of affiliates |
| Headquarters | Culver City, California |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sony Pictures Television Networks |
| Parent | CPE US Networks, Inc. |
| Key people | Tom Troy (senior vice president of U.S. Networks,SPT) Jeff Meier (senior vice president of U.S. Networks, SPT) |
| Sister channels | Game Show Network Sony Cine Sony Movie Channel Crunchyroll Channel |
| History | |
| Founded | April 22, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-04-22) |
| Launched | February 3, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-02-03) |
| Former names | GetTV (2014–2023) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Available in many markets viaDigital subchannel | SeeList of affiliates |
| Streaming media | |
| Service(s) | Amazon Freevee,Frndly TV,FuboTV,LocalBTV,Samsung TV Plus,Philo, Vidgo,YouTube TV |
| Footnotes/references [2][3][4][5] | |
Get (GreatEntertainmentTelevision, stylized asget. since 2023, and formerly stylized asgetTV) is an Americandigital multicast television network owned by thenetwork television division ofSony Pictures Television. Originally known asGetTV from 2014 until its rebranding in 2023, the network was initially formatted as amovie-oriented service, and over time transitioned into a general entertainment network featuring primarily classic television shows from the 1960s through the 2000s.
The network is available in manymedia markets via thedigital subchannels ofbroadcast television stations and on thedigital tiers of selectcable providers through a localaffiliate of the network.[3] It is also carried by several streaming services such asPhilo andAmazon Freevee, and broadcasts in480istandard definition.[4][6]
Sony Pictures announced the formation of getTV on April 22, 2013;[4] with an initial main focus on pre-1980s films, Sony scheduled the network's formal launch for that fall.[3] On its website, the network had originally announced that it would launch in October 2013; the premiere date was later pushed back to February 3, 2014. getTV launched at 4:00 p.m.Eastern Time on that date,[7] initially debuting on the subchannels of twelveUnivision and fourteenUniMás stations owned and/or managed byUnivision Communications; the inaugural program shown on the network was the 1957 comedy filmOperation Mad Ball.[8]
On May 2, 2016, getTV switched its programming format from a largely exclusive focus on movies to a general entertainment network featuring a mix of television series and feature films (with its film focus shifting more towards movies released after 1960, outside its core Saturday western block). With the addition of series to its weekday daytime schedule, the network separated these programs into three daily blocks, consisting of sitcoms during the early morning,Westerns during the mid- and late-morning, and action and crime drama series during the afternoon and prime access dayparts (programs of the latter genre were also incorporated into the network's early morning schedule, preceding the comedy block, in September 2016).[9]
getTV started Christmas programming in 2015 with two days. In 2016, the programming event expanded to 29 days starting on November 27 and was then named "The Most Wonderful Month of the Year".[10] The Most Wonderful Month event also featured the network's first original program,A Nashville Christmas music variety special, in 2017.[11]
Separate from the network's broadcast affiliation agreements, on December 17, 2015, Sony Pictures Television announced that the satellite provider would begin carrying getTV nationally on channel 373, available at minimum to subscribers of its "America's Top 120" programming tier. As a result of the deal, in which the network was added as part of a renewed carriage agreement withDish Network for sister networksSony Movie Channel and Cine Sony Television, getTV became the first digital multicast network to be carried by Dish, which (as with other satellite andIPTV providers) has typically refrained from seeking agreements to carry subchannels programmed by individual local television stations.[12]
In September 2023, the network completed a rebranding process involving the removal of the "TV" reference from its branding, as it had introduced abackronymed meaning for its branding asGreat Entertainment Television earlier in the year, identical to theMemorable Entertainment Television backronym used byMeTV.
Due to its ownership by Sony Pictures Entertainment, get's program schedule relies in part on a portion of theextensive library of films and television series currently owned by network sister companiesSony Pictures Television andSony Pictures Motion Picture Group (Columbia Pictures,TriStar Pictures,Screen Gems,3000 Pictures), which comprises more than 3,500 films and 2,000 television series (includingAll in the Family,Sanford and Son).[8] Sony Pictures already maintains programming distribution agreements with Antenna TV[13] (owned byNexstar Media Group) andMovies![14] (a joint venture betweenWeigel Broadcasting andFox Television Stations), which allows those networks to carry films from the Sony library, in addition to a distribution deal withAntenna TV to broadcast television series to which Sony'stelevision unit holds rights (mainly those produced by the various predecessors that existed prior to the company's 2002 consolidation ofColumbia TriStar Television,Columbia Pictures Television andTriStar Television).
In the fall of 2015, getTV began to break from its all-movie format (outside required children's programming content) to incorporate television series to its schedule, including series that have either not been syndicated in the past or have merely not been seen on broadcast television in decades.
Then on September 28, 2015, getTV announced that it had reached respective agreements with World Nation Live Entertainment and Reelin' In the Years Productions to acquire the rights toThe Judy Garland Show (which had not aired on television since it originally aired onCBS from 1963 to 1964) and a selection of about 50 episodes ofThe Merv Griffin Show, which would serve as the cornerstones of a new Monday night block of variety and talk programming (running from 8:00 to 11:00 pm. Eastern Time, with same-night replay after the initial airing). The block, which debuted on October 12, also features musical variety specials and episodes from variety series (helmed by performers such asAndy Williams,Carol Channing,Pearl Bailey,Dionne Warwick andJim Nabors) acquired through agreements with Legacy Entertainment and Paul Brownstein Productions.[5][15] As of 2021, variety shows are no longer included on the getTV schedule.
On January 1, 2018, the network began to air the most prominent sitcoms in the Sony Pictures Television library such asAll in the Family,Sanford and Son andGood Times as part of their primetime lineup, after the expiration of Sony's contract withTribune Broadcasting'sAntenna TV, along with the expiration six months prior with Rural Media Group where SPT programmed that company'sFamilyNet with sitcoms until they went in another programming direction as The Cowboy Channel.[16] Since 2021, the networks started airing game shows from its sister cable channelGame Show Network includingCatch 21,[17]Tug of Words,[18] andWinsanity.[19]
This annual event began in 2015 with only two days of special Christmas programming. In 2016, the event gained a name and expanded to 29 days starting on November 27, with Christmas programming in prime time and a marathon the last two days.[10] The event also featured the network's first original program,A Nashville Christmas in 2017. The music variety special, which aired on December 7, 2017, lasted 60 minutes and featured country stars, Wynonna, Emmylou Harris, Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tillis, Ashley Cleveland, and Dailey & Vincent.[11]
As of May 2016[update], getTV has current or pending affiliation agreements with 92 television stations in 87media markets encompassing 35 states (including stations in 47 of the 50, and all of the 25 largestNielsen markets), covering approximately 73.24% of the United States.[20][21] The network is offered to prospective affiliates throughleasing arrangements, in which the network pays a monthly license fee to its stations for subchannel carriage, and handles all responsibility in selling advertising inventory – instead of the typical method for multicast services by securing affiliation deals throughbarter deals, with a network's affiliates sharing the duty of selling ads (as such, advertisements carried by most getTV affiliates strictly are those broadcast by the network, with no locally provided content outside federally mandated hourlystation identifications).[22][23]
When the network was first announced, getTV entered into a channel lease agreement with Univision Communications, which launched the network in 24 markets served by a station owned by the group or operated throughlocal marketing agreements withEntravision Communications – giving getTV affiliates in 17 of the 20 largest U.S. television markets (including markets such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago,Dallas–Fort Worth and Miami).[7] The network immediately sought carriage on the digital subchannels of television stations owned by other broadcasting companies;[4][3] on April 1, 2014, theCox Media Group became the first station group outside the core Univision-owned outlets to sign select stations to carry getTV on their digital subchannels; Cox-ownedKIRO-TV inSeattle,WAXN-TV inCharlotte andKMYT-TV inTulsa began carrying the network on that date, with WTEV-TV (nowWJAX-TV) inJacksonville following suit that summer.[24]
Most notably, on June 23, 2014, the network reached a channel lease agreement with theSinclair Broadcast Group; the deal gave getTV affiliations with stations that Sinclair owns or operates fromDeerfield Media andCunningham Broadcasting (including several that formerly carriedTheCoolTV andThe Tube on a digital subchannel that had beensilent immediately prior to joining the network) in 33 markets, increasing getTV's reach to 70% of U.S. television households.[25][26] 29 Sinclair stations added the network on July 1, with the others beginning to carry getTV by the end of September 2014. Several stations involved in the Sinclair agreement have opted to preempt certain getTV programs to run to carry sports events from the company'sAmerican Sports Networksyndication service in place of the network's national schedule during prime time (with some even switching to ASN event programming while a film is in progress) to accommodate regular programming on the main channel.[27]
On February 1, 2016, Sony announced that it had reached a distribution agreement withMedia General (which had announced days prior that it would merge with theNexstar Broadcasting Group) for the network to be carried on stations owned and/or operated by the group in 20 markets (including San Francisco,Portland,Indianapolis,Grand Rapids andHarrisburg).WISH-TV in Indianapolis,WOTV in Grand Rapids andWHTM-TV in Harrisburg began carrying getTV on new or existing subchannels on that date, with additional Media General stations adding the network throughout the first quarter of 2016.[20][28]
