Type | Digital broadcast TV network (science fiction) |
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Country | United States |
Availability | Nationwide, via OTA digital (coverage: 72%), website & OTT TV |
Founded | June 29, 2015 |
Slogan | Space Out |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Owner |
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Key people
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Launch date
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October 31, 2015 |
Picture format
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480i (SDTV, widescreen) (downgraded to letterboxed 4:3 on some over-the-air affiliates) |
Affiliates | List of Comet affiliates |
Official website
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www |
Comet is an American digital broadcast television network that is owned by the Sinclair Television Group subsidiary of the Sinclair Broadcast Group and operated by the MGM Television division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The network focuses on science fiction with some supernatural, horror, adventure and fantasy series and films, sourced mainly from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film and television library.
On June 29, 2015, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Sinclair Broadcast Group's broadcasting and programming subsidiary Sinclair Television Group, Inc. announced the expected 4th quarter launch of the then-unnamed science fiction network. Sinclair chief operating officer David Amy, in announcing the partnership, noted that MGM "has an extensive collection of science fiction films and television movies that appeal to a vast audience who will now be able to access that content through broadcast television". Sinclair tapped its television stations in many of the 79 markets where the company owned and/or operated a broadcasting property at the time of the announcement to serve as the network's initial charter affiliates. On August 5, 2015, in its financial report for the second fiscal quarter, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that the new network would be named Comet.
The network formally launched on October 31, 2015, with Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot. The 1984 sci-fi/action film The Terminator and the 1979 sci-fi-themed James Bond film Moonraker were its premiere night programming. In early March 2017, the network started OTT streaming as a Roku channel and on Apple TV.