Good morning POU! It’s hump day. This week’s morning thread will highlight black-owned and black-oriented media outlets. Today’s channel Revolt. I know P. Diddy is being a colossal idiot these days, but he owns a media outlet called Revolt. Note: Diddy might not have started Revolt if it wasn’t for…. Maxine Waters.
Revolt TV is an American music-oriented digital cable television network founded by Sean Combs. It launched on October 21, 2013.As part of its arrangement to gain a minority interest in NBCUniversal, Comcast Corporation committed to carry several minority-owned networks. The arrangement followed pressure led by Maxine Waters in congressional hearings. In April 2011, Comcast solicited proposals for minority owned networks. In February 2012, Comcast announced distribution arrangements for four networks, including Revolt. The four announced networks and six forthcoming stations are being chosen from among over 100 proposals to air by 2020.
Comcast has committed to carrying the network on some of its cable systems. The network is to air on the digital basic service in some of Comcasts’ systems. Time Warner Cable is also considering carrying the network on its systems. On October 1, 2013, the network announced that it would debut in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago on October 21. AT&T U-verse added the SD channel on July 27, 2015 and the HD channel on November 24, 2015. DirecTV added it on December 24, 2015. Charter will add the network as part of its merger with Time Warner Cable, though only on newer “Spectrum” billing plans rather than legacy plans.
Revolt Films is a separate entity from Revolt TV, using the same name for brand association. It specializes in developing, producing, and financing films and original television content. Its first full-length feature film was Lawless. Other credits include Dope.