Bounce TV

Bounce TV is the new African American owned broadcast television network that will be launching this fall.  The network is based in Atlanta, GA and its impressive ownership and leadership team consist of Martin Luther King III, former U.N. ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, and former Turner Broadcasting executive Ryan Glover.  Bounce's founders also include Jonathan Katz and creators of Rainforest
Films ("Stomp the Yard," "Takers") Rob Hardy and Will Packer.  Bounce will be somewhat competing against Lanham, Md.-based Radio One, which operates TV One; and New York-based Viacom, which owns BET and Centric though these are cable networks.

The broadcast channel will aim at audience ages 25-54.  The programming will initially consists of movies such as "The Wiz" and "Car Wash"; several Spike Lee productions such as "Jungle Fever," "Mo' Better Blues" and "Do the Right Thing"; and films featuring Oscar winner Denzel Washington, such as "The Hurricane," the Civil War epic "Glory" and "Philadelphia."  Bounce also has a a multi-year rights agreement with Urban Sports Entertainment Group to televise football and basketball games from the country's largest black athletic conference, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, including the CIAA championship football game and select quarter- and semi-final CIAA tournament basketball games.