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New Black Heritage Network Being Shopped

 WASHINGTON - A group of investors including former FCC Commissioner Tyrone Brown, TIAA-CREF CEO Roger Ferguson, syndicated columnist Clarence Page and former GE and NBC exec Paul Besson, are backing the launch of a new nonfiction programming based African American-targeted cable and satellite net, the Black Heritage Network, Broadcasting & Cable reports. 

According to former WUSA-TV GM Richard Reingold, who will be CEO of the new net, BHN is in "serious" talks with the major distributors and expects to have about seven million subs at launch, which is targeted for December of this year. 

One series already in the works is Basketballs' Best in cooperation with the NBA. "We have the strong support of [NBA] Commissioner David Stern," said Reingold. It also has a licensing agreement with CBS News. "We have access to a large portion of the CBS News library," he says, but it will also put that content in context with updated commentary. "So, if it is the march on Washington somebody knows what was going on in America in 1963." BHN is branding the content as "life in the moment."

The network will combine original programs with updated "classic material," all of it reality and/or history programming rather than scripted--it will have some "classic movies" with "cultural relevance." Reingold describes it as a mix of Discovery and History Channel targeted at a "slightly older, educated, affluent audience" than its competition." He calls its target the upper end of the 25-54 African demo and 50-plus, which he says is where the money is. 

Unlike the just-launched Bounce TV, the network will is targeted at cable and satellite operators rather than digital multicast channels, says Reingold.

TV producer Charles Grinker is co-founder and creative director; Genia Edelman formerly of the Gospel Music Channel, will be senior VP of national distribution; and Tony Ducret will be director of programming and production. 

Reingold likened the channel to Fox News, but only in the sense that it is targeting an audience he thinks is not currently being served.


STORY TAGS: Black Heritage NetworkBlack News, African American News, Minority News, Civil Rights News, Discrimination, Racism, Racial Equality, Bias, Equality, Afro American News

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