Scripps Networks
| Formerly | Katz Broadcasting (2014–2021) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | February 3, 2014 |
| Founder | Jonathan Katz |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | |
| Products | Television networks |
Number of employees | 130 (2017) |
| Parent | E. W. Scripps Company |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | scrippsnetworks |
| Footnotes / references | |
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 2024) 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