{"id":21674,"date":"2024-07-02T11:14:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T15:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/defy-begins-broadcasting-across-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T11:14:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T15:14:17","slug":"defy-begins-broadcasting-across-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/defy-begins-broadcasting-across-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"DEFY Begins Broadcasting Across the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free TV Networks\u2019 new over-the-air, ad-supported network DEFY, announced earlier in the year as DARE, has begun broadcasting across 85 percent of the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>DEFY features unscripted hit series from A+E Networks such as <em>American Pickers<\/em>, <em>Storage Wars<\/em>, <em>Pawn Stars<\/em>, <em>Alone<\/em>, <em>Swamp People<\/em>, <em>Counting Cars<\/em>, <em>Ax Men<\/em> and much more.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third national broadcast network launched by Free TV Networks in just a few short months. The company also launched THE365, focused on African American programming, and OUTLAW, featuring iconic Western films and series. Both of those networks are in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate and Gray Television.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers in the U.S. can broadcast DEFY with their over-the-air antennas. 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