Scripps Networks

Scripps Networks, LLC
Formerly	Katz Broadcasting (2014–2021)
Company type	Division
Industry	Media
Predecessor	Ion Media
Founded	February 3, 2014
Founder	Jonathan Katz
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Key people	Jonathan Katz (President/CEO); Jeffrey Wolf (Chief Distribution Officer);
Products	Television networks
Number of employees	130 (2017)
Parent	E. W. Scripps Company
Subsidiaries	Bounce TV (broadcast); Bounce XL (FAST streaming); Brown Sugar (streaming service); Court TV (broadcast and FAST streaming); Court TV Legendary Trials (FAST streaming); Grit (broadcast); GritXtra (FAST streaming); Laff (broadcast); Laff More (FAST streaming); Defy TV (broadcast); Scripps News (broadcast and FAST streaming); Ion Television (broadcast and FAST streaming); Ion Mystery (broadcast and FAST streaming); Ion Plus (FAST streaming);
Website	scrippsnetworks.com
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Scripps Networks, LLC, formerly known as Katz Broadcasting, is an American specialized digital multicasting network media company and a division of the E. W. Scripps Company. The company owns (as of 2023) eight broadcast television networks, nine FAST streaming networks and a streaming service that each carry programming with specified formats targeted at individual demographics.

Originally, Katz sold the network to affiliated TV stations via ad split, but by October 2015, had moved to carriage fees in exchange for the network getting the ad inventory due to greater inventory with stations adding a third or fourth subchannel.^:1 Their networks used direct response advertising as a meter of viewers before switching to Nielsen rating C-3.^:3

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