.2 Network

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.2 Network
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TypePlanned but unlaunched broadcast television network
CountryUnited States
Programming
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
720p (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerGuardian Enterprise Group
Key peopleRichard Schilg, President and Founder
History
Former names GTN [1]

.2 Network (pronounced Dot-Two Network) was the name of a planned television network designed for digital television subchannels (hence the ".2") owned by Guardian Enterprise Group. [1] Announced in 2008, the network never ended up going to air due to financial and technical difficulties.

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History

The channel was originally scheduled for launch on December 8, 2008. [2] However, citing the planned 2009 conclusion of US digital TV transition, the launch of .2 Network was delayed until sometime in Spring 2009. [3] Network executives had announced an intention to delay the launch until the channel could reach at least 30% of US households, a milestone which at that time was predicted not to be reached until October 2009, almost a full year behind the original schedule. [4] Ultimately, this milestone was never reached. The network's website, which from 2008 to 2010 had previews and info of the network, was reduced to a logo and telephone number as of mid-2010. [5] As of 2011, plans for the network were "on hold." [6]

As of April 2013, the .2 website went offline, and with Sony announcing the fall 2013 launch of the GetTV network featuring the Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures film library through digital subchannels on Univision and UniMás stations, all of the network's announced film and television rights (detailed below) are now with other digital subchannel networks.

Programming

.2 Network had licensing agreements with Sony Pictures Entertainment, NBCUniversal, Disney, Hallmark Channel and Screen Media. [1] 2 Network's proposed programming included Gidget , The Flying Nun , and hundreds of blockbuster movies. The .2 network was also to be a source for multiple broadcast premieres, with the prime-time line-up following a movie channel like format. [7] Other programs were to include lifestyle-related, special-interest, and E/I programming, including Animal Rescue and Missing for its affiliated stations. [8]

After the announcement of .2 Network's plans, similar subchannel networks launched and usurped .2 Network's original programming rights. Antenna TV launched on January 1, 2011, utilizing the Sony Pictures Television library (itself later also used for Sony's own getTV). [9] NBC Universal would also later sell rights of its programming to another similar network, Retro Television Network (RTV), but under their new Comcast ownership, removed their programming from RTV in June 2011, then signed a new agreement with MeTV after that to provide them most of the same programming, and launched their own network with library content, Cozi TV, in January 2013.

Affiliates

.2 Network had confirmed carriage in the following markets: [10] [11]

MarketStationPrimary AffiliationCurrent Ownership
New York City TBD2TBDTBD
Los Angeles TBD2TBDTBD
Chicago TBD2TBDTBD
Philadelphia TBD2TBDTBD
San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose TBD2TBDTBD
Houston KHOU 6 CBS Tegna, Inc.
(Was owned at the time by Belo Corporation)
Detroit WDIV-TV 6 NBC Graham Media Group
(formerly Post-Newsweek Stations)
Tampa WTVT 6 Fox Fox Television Stations
Miami - Fort Lauderdale TBD2TBDTBD
Orlando - Daytona Beach WKMG-TV CBSGraham Media Group
(formerly Post-Newsweek Stations)
Portland, Oregon KPTV or KPDX 1Fox or MyNetworkTV Gray Television
(Was owned at the time by Meredith Corporation)
Kansas City, Missouri KCTV 4CBSGray Television
(Was owned at the time by Meredith Corporation)
Columbus, Ohio W23BZ-D (flagship) [1] 5,6 Independent/Bounce TV Urban One
(Was owned at the time by Guardian Enterprise Group)
San Antonio KSAT-TV ABC Graham Media Group
(formerly Post-Newsweek Stations)
Roanoke - Lynchburg, VA WDRL-TV
(now WZBJ)		Independent
(now MyNetworkTV)		Gray Television
(Was owned at the time by MNE Broadcasting) [12]
Lafayette, Louisiana TBD2TBDTBD
Marquette, Michigan TBD2TBDTBD
Alexandria, Louisiana TBD2TBDTBD
Alpena, Michigan WBKB-TV 3,6CBS Morgan Murphy Media
(Was owned at the time by The Marks Group)
Glendive, Montana KXGN-TV 3,6CBSThe Marks Group

Notes

HDTV

.2 Network had plans to offer a 720p HDTV feed to its affiliates for either the subchannel or as a cable offering, despite some engineers' skepticism at the time of carrying two HDTV channels on one DTV frequency. [11] This has since been rectified, but most digital subchannels not associated with the largest six English-language or two Spanish-language networks continue to carry their signals solely in 480i.

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