Fusion (TV channel)
| Fusion | |
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| Launched | October 28, 2013 |
| Owned by |
Fusion Media Group (Univision Communications) |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTVs) |
| Slogan | Pop Culture. Satire. News. This is Fusion. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Spanish |
| Broadcast area | United States |
| Headquarters | Doral, Florida |
| Replaced | ABC News Now |
| Sister channel(s) |
Univision Univision Noticias Galavisión UniMás Univision Deportes Network Univision tlnovelas El Rey Network |
| Website | fusion |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Dish Network | Channel 244 (SD only) |
| DirecTV | Channel 342 (HD only) |
| Cable | |
| Verizon FiOS | Channel 108 (SD only) |
| Available on other select cable systems | (check local listings for channels) |
| IPTV | |
| AT&T U-verse | Channel 1206 (HD) Channel 206 (SD) |
| Google Fiber | Channel 105 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Available from select broadband Internet providers | Check with a provider for details |
| Apple TV | Fusion |
| Sling TV | |
| PlayStation Vue | |
Fusion is a television cable and satellite news and satire channel owned by Fusion Media Group, an American multi-platform media company that is owned by Univision Communications, which relies in part on the resources of its parent company's news division, Noticias Univision. In addition to conventional television distribution, Fusion is also streamed online and on mobile platforms to subscribers of participating cable and satellite providers.
Launched on October 28, 2013, the network's content features news, lifestyle, pop culture, satire and entertainment aimed at English-speaking millennials, including those of a Hispanic background; the channel is Univision's first major push into English-language programming. Fusion is based out of "NewsPort", a converted studio facility at 8551 NW 30th Terrace in the Miami suburb of Doral, Florida that it shares with Noticias Univision and Univision flagship station WLTV-DT; it maintains additional studios in Los Angeles and bureaus in Mexico City, New York City, and Washington, D.C.
Apart from being Univision Communications' 1st attempt in the world of English-language cable networks before El Rey Network, Fusion is ABC News' 3rd attempt in the world of 24-hour cable news. In 1982, ABC News and Group W (then a division of Westinghouse) first launched a 24-hour news channel called Satellite News Channel. But due to low clearance from cable systems, both of them sold the channel after just over a year on the air to CNN (a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System, which is currently under TimeWarner's control since 1996), which shut it down. 22 years later, in 2004, ABC News launched ABC News Now, which encountered the same problem.
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