Free TV Networks, LLC is an American specialized digital multicasting and advertising-supported video on demand network media company. The company owns and operates four

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networks. The company was founded and is led by broadcasting veteran Jonathan Katz, who previously launched what is now the Scripps Networks division of competitor E. W. Scripps Company.

Structure

The venture launched with two

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s, The365 and Outlaw, on January 1, 2024. The365 (since renamed 365BLK) targets an

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audience. Outlaw airs

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films and series. Programming on 365BLK and Outlaw is similar to that of

Bounce TV Bounce TV is an American digital terrestrial television, digital broadcast television network owned by Scripps Networks, a subsidiary of E. W. Scripps Company. It launched on September 26, 2011, and was promoted as "the first 24/7 digital multic ...

and Grit, respectively; the latter two broadcast networks were founded by Katz as part of Katz Broadcasting, which was later acquired by the E. W. Scripps Company, and became Scripps Networks. On July 1, 2021, Scripps' network

Defy TV Defy (also known by its original name Defy TV) is an American digital multicast television network owned by Free TV Networks in partnership with A&E Networks, airing primarily reality shows from the latter company, having launched on July 1, ...

debuted, primarily airing

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from the library of

A&E Networks A&E Television Networks, LLC, doing business as A+E Global Media (formerly A+E Networks) is an American multinational broadcasting company owned and operated as a 50–50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company th ...

. On July 1, 2024, Scripps' ownership of Defy TV ended as the network was relaunched (renamed simply as Defy) as a joint venture of Free TV Networks and A&E Networks. Busted logo 2025

Free TV Networks launched a fourth network, Busted, on March 1, 2025. Its programming consists of reality series observing law enforcement.

Programming

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