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Sling TV Adds Cheddar, TheBlaze, Sling Kids VOD Channel

Jeff Baumgartner — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 15:34:00 +0000

Sling TV, Dish Network’s OTT-TV service, has expanded its programming slate with the addition of Cheddar, Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze, and a Sling Kids VOD channel.

Cheddar, a 24/7 streaming service based in New York from former BuzzFeed exec Jon Steinberg that’s focused on business, media, and cultural news, is being added to Sling TV’s two core services—Sling Orange and Sling Blue.

TheBlaze is now part of Sling TV’s News Extra, a $5 per month add-on pack (formerly called World News Extra) that also features BBC World News, HLN, euronews, Fusion, France 24, NDTV 24x7, News 18 and RT Network.

The Sling Kids VOD channel, which features more than 200 titles from partners such as Kabillion, Kaboom and Splash, is part of the Kids Extra add-on pack ($5 per month) for Sling Orange and Sling Blue subs. Kids Extra also offers Disney Junior, Disney XD, Nick Jr., NickToons, Boomerang, BabyTV, ducktv, and TeenNick.

TheBlaze Secures Vubiquity, NRTC Carriage Deals

MCN Staff — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 02:27:00 +0000

Conservative news channel TheBlaze has reached distribution deals with Vubiquity and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, the network said Tuesday.

Vubiquity will distribute the Glenn Beck-founded network through its managed linear distribution platform, while the NRTC co-op will distribute the network to its members, according to network officials.

The network did not provide subscriber numbers for either the Vubiquity or NRTC deal. The agreements come two months after Altice USA dropped the service in its New York area systems.

“Our agreement with Vubiquity will provide video distributors with a turn-key method of receiving and distributing TheBlaze’s highly popular content to our deeply loyal and engaged audience,” said Stewart Padveen, President of TheBlaze in a statement. “Our agreement with NRTC provides its members with a quick and simple way to add TheBlaze to their channel lineups, and offer our highly popular content to our deeply loyal and engaged audience.”

Newsmax TV Taps Eric Pearce for SVP Role

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Mon, 18 May 2015 16:15:00 +0000

Newsmax TV has hired former CNN and TheBlaze TV executive Eric Pearce for the newly created position of network senior vice president of broadcast operations and strategy.

In his new position, Pearce will oversee all key operational aspects of the channel, including production, programming development, content acquisition, talent development, multi-platform distribution activities and budget management, said network officials.

Most recently Pearce served as senior vice president of television at TheBlaze and prior to that he was a producer at CNN where he was involved in the creation of four prime time news programs and produced 20 pilots.

“Eric Pearce has already proven himself to be an accomplished, can-do and creative executive who knows what it takes to present an audience-appealing news and information channel, and we’re looking forward to him enjoying even more success with Newsmax TV,” Newsmax Media CEO Christopher Ruddy said in a statement. “Our partners in distribution and advertising, as well as our growing audience, have told us they’re excited about what we’re building, and we know we’ll be able to accomplish so much more, and with greater speed, with Eric joining the team.”