HC2 Broadcasting Announces Carriage Of Dabl – A New Lifestyle Network
22 February 2020 - 12:00AM
HC2 Broadcasting, the broadcasting subsidiary of HC2 Holdings, Inc.
(NYSE: HCHC), announced today that it is now carrying
Dabl, CBS Television Distribution’s new
ad-supported multi-platform lifestyle network, on its free
over-the-air (OTA) stations in seven U.S. markets, including San
Diego, Hartford-New Haven, and Memphis.
Dabl is a multicast digital
network that features informative, project-based, feel-good
lifestyle programming, including notable world-renowned names such
as Martha Stewart, Gordon Ramsay, Emeril Lagasse, Bob Vila and
Jamie Oliver. Programs that currently air or are slated to air on
Dabl later this year include Martha, Kitchen
Nightmares USA, Emeril Live, The F Word, 60 Minute Makeover, Nanny
911 and The Instant Gardener.
HC2 Broadcasting’s Chairman & CEO Philip
Falcone announced that they will launch Dabl on
their free over-the-air distribution platform in seven markets. HC2
Broadcasting has built a best-in-class OTA distribution platform,
with over 205 operational stations carrying over 70 networks in 130
markets, that provides popular content to the rapidly growing
audience that have “cut the cord” and watch television programming
over-the-air and on their mobile devices. HC2 creates opportunities
that connect and engage households to content partners and
advertisers.
Dabl features a vast archive of
popular daytime television programs coveted by advertisers, and
showcases some of the most famous names in cooking, home
renovation, DIY and design. Dabl has cleared
over 90% of U.S. households.
Dabl will be available in the
following markets with the corresponding station call sign and
channel position:
- San Diego, CA, KSKT, Channel 43.3
- Hartford & New Haven. CT, WRNT, Channel 32.3
- Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsvillle-McAllen, TX, KRZG, Channel
35.1
- Charlottesville, VA, WUDJ, Channel 31.1
- Memphis, TN, W15EA, Channel 42.1
- Macon, GA, W21DA, Channel 21.2
- Corpus Christi, TX, K23OC, Channel 29.3
About HC2 BroadcastingHC2 Broadcasting Holdings
Inc. is the broadcasting subsidiary of HC2 Holdings, Inc. As of
December 2019, HC2 Broadcasting owns and operates 195 operational
stations. In addition, HC2 Broadcasting has approximately 350
silent licenses and construction permits. The total HC2
Broadcasting footprint, excluding construction permits, covers over
130 U.S. markets, including 34 of the top 35 markets across the
United States. For more information, please visit
www.hc2broadcasting.com.
About DablDabl
(dab·ble) is CBS Television Distribution’s multiplatform,
advertiser-supported lifestyle network that launched on the digital
spectrum of television stations nationwide on Sept. 9. Anchored by
the CBS Television Stations group, Dabl is cleared
in 90% of the country, including all of the top 25 markets.
Dabl features informative, project-based,
feel-good content for viewers to indulge their passions for
cooking, home renovation and design, DIY, pets and travel. The
network showcases programming from the libraries of popular,
world-renowned lifestyle experts including Martha Stewart and
Emeril Lagasse. For more information and where to watch, go to
www.dabl.com.
CONTACTS:
Investor RelationsGarrett Edson HC2 Holdingsir@hc2.com (212)
235-2691
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