FitTV

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FitTV
Launched	1993
Owned by	Discovery Communications, Inc.
Formerly called	Cable Health Club, The Health Network
Sister channel(s)	Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Health Channel, TLC, Travel Channel, Discovery Times, Discovery Kids, The Science Channel, Discovery Home, Military Channel, Discovery en Español, Discovery HD Theater
Website	Official Site
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 368
Dish Network	Not Available
Cable
Verizon FiOS	Channel 130
Comcast	Channels Vary
Time Warner Cable	Channels Vary
Charter	Channels Vary
Cox Cable	Channels Vary
Cablevision	Channels Vary
Bright House Networks	Channels Vary

FitTV is a digital cable channel of Discovery Communications. The channel focuses on fitness and exercise-related programming. FitTV offers programming with such fitness celebries as: Cathe Friedrich, Sharon Mann, Gilad, Marilu Henner, Tamilee Webb and others. The network's logo is also known for its alternating colors.

The channel has approximately 35 million subscribers following Cablevision's April 2006 decision to drop FitTV resulting in the loss of 3 million New York subscribers.[1]

[edit] History

In 1993, FitTV was launched as "Cable Health Club" as part of Tim and Pat Robertson's International Family Entertainment Inc, which also then owned the Family Channel (now ABC Family). Jake Steinfeld, who had starred on the network's Big Brother Jake, was a constant presence on the channel in its early years.

In 1999, News Corp.'s Fox Cable Networks Group bought FitTV and merging it with "America's Health Network" naming the resulting network "The Health Network".

In September 2001, Discovery Communications bought "The Health Network" for $255 million in cash and equity.[2]

[edit] See Also

[edit] External link

Official Site

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