Great Entertainment Television
American digital multicast television network
Great Entertainment Television (stylized as great. and formerly get. from 2023 to 2026, and previously as getTV) is an American digital multicast television network owned by the network television division of Sony Pictures Television. Originally known as GetTV from 2014 until its rebranding in 2023, the network was initially formatted as a movie-oriented service, and over time transitioned into a general entertainment network featuring primarily classic television series from the 1970s to the 2010s.
The network is available in many 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. It is also carried by several streaming services.
History
Sony Pictures announced the formation of getTV on April 22, 2013, with an initial main focus on pre-1980s films, Sony scheduled the network's formal launch for that fall. On its website, the network had originally announced that it would launch in October 2013, the premiere date was later pushed back to February 3, 2014. getTV launched at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on that date, initially debuting on the subchannels of twelve Univision and fourteen UniMás stations owned and/or managed by Univision Communications, the inaugural program shown on the network was the 1957 comedy film Operation Mad Ball.
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