FitTV is a digital cable channel of Discovery Communications. The channel focuses on fitness and exercise-related programming. FitTV offers programming with such fitness celebrities as: Cathe Friedrich, Sharon Mann, Gilad, Marilu Henner, Tamilee Webb and others. The network's logo is also known for its alternating colors. Image File history File links FIT_TV.gif Summary FIT TV Logo Licensing This is a logo of a corporation, sports team, or other organization, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Discovery Communications LLC (DCI) is an American global media and entertainment company that began as a single channel, the Discovery Channel, launched in 1985. ... Discovery Communications LLC (DCI) is an American global media and entertainment company that began as a single channel, the Discovery Channel, launched in 1985. ... A standard DirecTV satellite dish with 1 LNB on a roof DirecTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service based in El Segundo, California, USA, that was founded in 1994. ... Digital cable is a term for a type of cable digital television that delivers more channels than possible with analog cable by using digital video compression. ... Discovery Communications LLC (DCI) is an American global media and entertainment company that began as a single channel, the Discovery Channel, launched in 1985. ... Sharon Mann is a voice actress whose work includes several video games such as Rama (1996), Dark Earth (1997), Syberia (2002), Egyptian Prophecy: Fate of Ramses (2004), and Indigo Prophecy (2005). ... Marilu Henner (born April 6, 1952) is an American actress and producer. ... Tamilee Webb (born 1960) is a fitness guru, who is best known for her work on the Buns of Steel and Abs of Steel series of videos of the late-1980s and 1990s which made over $10 million in video sales, as well as several infomercials. ...

The channel has approximately 35 million subscribers following Cablevision's April 2006 decision to drop FitTV resulting in the loss of 3 million New York subscribers.[1] For other uses, see Cablevision (disambiguation). ...

History

In 1993, FitTV was launched as "Cable Health Club" as part of Tim and Pat Robertson's International Family Entertainment Inc, which also then owned the Family Channel (now ABC Family). Jake Steinfeld, who had starred on the network's Big Brother Jake, was a constant presence on the channel in its early years. Marion Gordon Pat Robertson (born March 22, 1930) is a televangelist from the United States. ... ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company. ... Jake Steinfeld (born February 21, 1958) is an American actor and fitness personality. ...

In 1999, News Corp.'s Fox Cable Networks Group bought FitTV and merging it with "America's Health Network" naming the resulting network "The Health Network". 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: , LSE: NCRA) is an American media conglomerate company and the third worlds largest. ...

In September 2001, Discovery Communications bought "The Health Network" for $255 million in cash and equity.[2] Shortly afterward, Discovery reinstated the "FitTV" name.

See also

• List of DirecTV channels
• List of Dish Network channels

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External links

• Official Site