Escape (TV network)
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| Type | Digital broadcast television network |
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| Country | United States |
| Availability | Nationwide via OTA digital TV (85% U.S. coverage) |
| Founded | April 3, 2014 by Jonathan Katz |
| Slogan | Slip Away. |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Owner | Escape Media, LLC |
| Parent | Katz Broadcasting |
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Key people
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Launch date
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August 18, 2014 |
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Picture format
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480i (SDTV) |
| Affiliates | List of Escape affiliates |
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Official website
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escapetv |
Escape is an American digital multicast television network that is owned by Katz Broadcasting. The network, which is targeted at women between the ages of 25 and 54 years old, primarily focuses on feature films, but also carries some true crime documentary series.
The network is available in several media markets via the digital subchannels of broadcast television stations and on the digital tiers of select cable providers through a local affiliate of the network. Although the network mainly competes with digital multicast networks such as This TV, Movies! and GetTV, the network's gender-targeted format is similar to that of cable channels such as Lifetime and Oxygen.
Originally, Katz sold the network to affiliated TV stations via ad split, but by October 2015 had moved to paying carriage fees in exchange for the network ad inventory.1 Escape used direct response advertising as a meter of viewers before switching to Nielsen rating C-3.3
Katz Broadcasting announced the formation of Escape and sister network Grit on April 3, 2014, with a formal launch scheduled for that summer. When the network was first announced, Katz Broadcasting entered into an affiliation agreement with Univision Communications, which planned to launch Grit in 22 markets served by a station owned by the group or operated through local marketing agreements with Entravision Communications – giving Grit affiliates in 17 of the 20 largest U.S. television markets (including markets such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth). The network immediately sought carriage on the digital subchannels of television stations owned by other broadcasting companies. On June 17, 2014, Katz signed group deals to carry Escape on stations owned and/or operated by Raycom Media in six markets.
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