CHARGE!, ABC owned TV stations enter into network affiliation agreement

Sinclair Broadcast Group, a subsidiary of Sinclair Inc., announced a new broadcast affiliate distribution agreement with ABC Owned Television Stations that will make CHARGE!, one of Sinclair’s free, over-the-air, national broadcast TV networks, available on ABC Owned Television Stations’ Diginet 3. CHARGE!’s move into the big 4 network channel positions in the country’s largest markets, adds over four million new, over-the-air TV households as well as 3.73 million new pay TV/cable households. “We are thrilled to launch CHARGE! and broaden our partnership with ABC Owned Television Stations. Sinclair continues to grow our multicast networks and securing big- 4 network row positioning for the launch of CHARGE! on all eight ABC powerhouse stations was a key strategic initiative,” said Lee Schlazer, SVP, of Distribution.