Generally speaking, although the network is the direct descendant of the original "classic television" channel, Retro Television Network (which dates back to 2005), its original owner, Equity Media Holdings, had a bad financial tumble in 2008. That was when the current owner, Henry Luken, purchased the network from them.
Unfortunately, in the process their relationship with the major syndication companies -- notably NBCUniversal and CBS Paramount -- soured and for the last few years the schedule has consisted of programs available through lesser syndication companies such as Classic Media and the Peter Rodgers Organization, plus the handful of old shows that have fallen into the public domain. Their late night schedule now includes such non-retro fare as *Cold Case Files* and *DaVinci's Inquest*. Meanwhile, the more "popular" retro shows moved to Antenna TV and MeTV (and more recently, Cozi), which as a result has gotten those networks a lot of carriage, often at the expense of Retro. The move to carry the classic *Doctor Who*, plus the previously announced *Mystery Science Theatre 3000*, is a good one as it starts to reposition Retro as a channel with content you can't find elsewhere. I think they should pursue *Dark Shadows* next, as SciFi never did make it all the way through the series before cancelling it ... and that was more than ten years ago anyway. On Thursday, May 29, 2014 6:03:17 AM UTC-7, BigOShowtime wrote: > > RTV aired on 50.2 in RDU for a spell... before they flipped to MeTV. > > ... Why. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
