Type | Broadcast television network, satellite television network |
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Country | |
Availability | National |
Slogan | "Positively Entertaining" "Watch It Unfold." (Current promotional campaign) |
Headquarters | West Palm Beach, Florida |
Owner | ION Media Networks |
Key people | R. Brandon Burgess |
Launch date | August 31, 1998 (as PAX TV) July 1, 2005 (as i: Independent Television) January 29, 2007 (as Ion Television) |
Former names | Pax (1998–2005) i (2005–2007) |
Picture format | 480i (SD) 720p (HD) |
Official website | http://www.iontelevision.com |
Ion Television is a television network in the United States, which is owned by The E. W. Scripps Company and is available through a TV antenna, cable TV, or a satellite dish. It airs mainly many episodes of one crime drama or drama show per day, usually older episodes of shows which aired on networks now or in the past. It also carries the Scripps National Spelling Bee every year, starting to do so in 2022. The network is available in over 99 million houses, mixed between stations Ion owns and network affiliates, along with cable and satellite dish companies which carry it.