Quest (U.S. TV network)

Quest is an American digital multicast television network owned by Tegna Inc. The network specializes in travel, historical, science, and adventure-focused documentary and reality series aimed at adults between the ages of 25 and 54.

The network, which broadcasts in 480i standard definition, is available in several large and mid-sized markets via digital subchannel affiliations with broadcast television stations. Stations have the option of placing their Quest-affiliated subchannels on cable television providers serving their market (via existing carriage agreements for local broadcast stations) to provide additional local coverage.

History

The formation of Quest was announced on November 7, 2017, as a partnership between Cooper Media (a company formed at that same time to serve as the owner of Quest and its sister network, Justice Network) and Tegna Inc. The network was given an expected launch date of January 2018. Tegna tapped several of its 46 owned or operated television stations to serve as the network's charter affiliates, in exchange for maintaining a minority ownership stake in the network.

The network was officially launched on January 29, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time with an episode ("Air Ambush") of the 2006–08 History series '' Dogfights'' as the network's inaugural program.

In May 2019, it was announced that Tegna would be acquiring both the Justice Network and Quest.

Programming

Quest's program schedule consists of a mix of programs that originally aired on A&E, Discovery, History, Smithsonian, and truTV cable networks, as well as those which premiered in 3D (aired on Quest in traditional 2D) from the now-defunct DirecTV channel 3net:

* '' Bering Sea Gold''
* ''Brojects
* '' Canadian Pickers''
* '' Classic Cartoons''
* ''Combat Dealers''
* '' DragonflyTV Sports'' (E/I)
* '' Fast N' Loud''
* ''Food Factory USA''
* '' Full Throttle Saloon''
* '' Hardcore Pawn''
* '' Hardcore Pawn: Chicago''
* '' Lizard Lick Towing''
* '' The Liquidator''
* '' Most Daring''
* '' South Beach Tow''
* '' Speeders''
* '' Storage Hunters''
* '' Storage Wars: Northern Treasures''
* '' Survivorman''
* '' Swords: Life on the Line''

Former programming

* '' Auction Kings''
* '' Aussie Gold Hunters''
* '' Black Gold''
* ''Chasing Monsters''
* '' Doomsday Preppers''
* '' Dual Survival''
* ''Factory Made''
* ''Fish Tank Kings''
* ''Giant Lobster Hunters''
* ''Hunting Hitler''
* ''Machines: How They Work''
* ''Made by Destruction''
* '' Mayday: Air Disaster''
* '' Mega Builders''
* ''Mega Shippers''
* '' Modern Marvels''
* '' MonsterQuest''
* ''My Floating Home''
* ''Seconds from Disaster''
* '' Shipping Wars''
* ''Storm Chasers''
* ''The Ride That Got Away''
* ''What Could Possibly Go Wrong?''
* '' Yukon Gold''

Affiliates

, Quest has affiliation agreements with television stations in 67 media markets (including 24 of the top 30) encompassing 35 states, covering 60.81% of all households with at least one television set in the United States.

When its launch was announced, the network reached a charter affiliation agreement with network co-partner Tegna, which initially planned to debut the network on 22 of its television stations. On December 20, 2017, the network signed a multi-station agreement with Spanish-language broadcaster TelevisaUnivision USA to carry its programming on five of its Univision and UniMás owned-and-operated television stations as well as one station affiliated with Justice Network.

References

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