FEARnet to Launch as Linear Network

LOS ANGELES: The multiplatform service FEARnet, currently available on demand, online and on mobile, is expanding its reach with a launch as a full HD linear network starting October 1.

From Sony Pictures Television, Lionsgate and Comcast, the service offers programming in the horror, thriller and suspense genres. FEARnet is currently available in more than 28 million homes on Comcast, Cox Communications, Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-Verse, Insight Communications, Bresnan and Guadalupe Valley Systems. 

"FEARnet’s unequalled content offering, combined with the genre’s broad devoted fan base, has made it the number one destination for horror and suspense," said Diane Robina, the president of FEARnet. "Now we’re taking the next step, bringing the best titles in the genre in HD and making them available on an ad-supported linear channel."