ATLANTA — Bounce TV, the nation's first-ever over-the-air broadcast television network designed for African-American audiences, moves to Channel 2.2. Cable viewers can watch it on Charter 188 and Comcast 244. It will replace Escape.
Bounce TV airs programs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Viewers can CLICK HERE for show schedules. The network features a mix of theatrical motion pictures, live sporting events, documentaries, specials, inspirational faith-based programs, off-net series and original programming.
This fall, Bounce TV will premiere hundreds of African-American-skewing motion pictures including
- Jamie Foxx's 2004 Academy Award-winning performance as Ray Charles in Ray
- Denzel Washington's Academy Award-nominated role in The Hurricane and The Bone Collector, which pairs Washington with Angelina Jolie
- Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Mo' Better Blues
- The Nutty Professor I and II, starring Eddie Murphy
- Bowfinger starring Murphy and Steve Martin
- Michael Jackson and Diana Ross headlining The Wiz
- 1995's comedy Major Payne with Damon Wayans
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
- The 1976 classic Car Wash
Live sports and events will be part of the Bounce TV schedule and the network also has a multi-year rights agreement with Urban Sports Entertainment Group (USEG) to televise both football and basketball games from the nation’s largest African-American athletic conference, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA.)
Martin Luther King III and Ambassador Andrew Young are part of Bounce TV’s founding group and board of directors.
WHAT: BOUNCE TV
WHERE: Channel 2.2 seen on Comcast 244 and Charter 188
WHEN: Launching Sept. 25