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Bravo

Launched December 1, 1980

Owned by NBCUniversal

Picture format 1080i (HDTV)

480i (SDTV)

Slogan By Bravo

Headquarters GE Building, New York

City, U.S.

Sister channel(s) NBC

USA Network

Syfy

CNBCMSNBC

NBC Sports Network

E!

Oxygen

Universal HD

Telemundo

mun2

Chiller

ClooAvailability

Satellite

DirecTV 237 (HD/SD)

Dish Network 129 (HD/SD)

9449 (HD)

C-Band -

H2H/4DTV

AMC 18 - Channel

203(East)/262(West)

Cable

Bravo (U.S. TV channel)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bravois an American cable television channel

owned by NBCUniversal launched by Cablevision

as an advertisement-free premium channel inDecember 1980.[1][2]According to Nielsen

Ratings Data, Bravo is currently available in 88

million homes.[1]

In the early 2000s it switched from covering

performing arts, drama, and indie film to being

focused on pop culture like reality shows, fashion

shows, makeovers, celebrities, and so forth.

Bravo's programming schedule includes feature

films, primarily from the Universal catalog. Bravoalso airs reruns of series from parent network

NBC, and produces original reality content, most

popularly The Real Housewives of...,Inside the

Actors Studio, and others. Bravo's corporate

offices are at NBC's Rockefeller Center in New

York. Andy Cohen is the Senior Vice President of

Production and Programming.

Contents1 Background

2 Programming

2.1 NBC Olympics

3 Bravo HD

4 Relationship with internationalBravo

channels

4.1 Australia

4.2 Canada

4.3 United Kingdom5 References

6 External links

Background

Bravo launched as a commercial-free premium

channel on December 1, 1980 owned by

Cablevision's Rainbow Media; the channel claims

to be "the first television service dedicated to film

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Available on many

cable systems

Check local listings for

channels

IPTV

Verizon FiOS 685 (HD)

185 (SD)

AT&T U-verse 1181 (HD)

181 (SD)

and the performing arts".[3]Cablevision launched

Bravo as a premium channel available two days a

week and sharing channel space with the softcore

porn channel Escapade.[4]In 1981, Bravo had

48,000 subscribers in the U.S.; four years later

there were around 350,000.[5]A 1985 profile of

Bravo in The New York Timesobserved that most

programming consisted of international, classic,

and independent film. On Bravo, celebrities such

as E. G. Marshall and Roberta Peters provided

opening and closing commentary to the films.[5]Performing arts on Bravo included the showJazz

Counterpoint.[5]During the mid-1980s, Bravo converted from a premium channel to a basic cable

channel.[6]By the mid-1990s, Bravo began adding sponsorships as PBS did and included

commercial breaks by 1998.[4]Bravo signed an underwriting deal with Texaco in 1992 and within a

month broadcast the first Texaco Showcase production, a stage adaptation ofRomeo and Juliet.[7]

In theEncyclopedia of Television, Megan Mullen perceived certain Bravo programs as "considered

too risky or eclectic for mainstream channels". Those programs were Karaokeand Cold Lazarus, the

final serials by British playwright Dennis Potter shown by Bravo in June 1997, and Michael Moore's

documentary series The Awful Truthfrom 1999.[7]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer owned a 20% stake in the channel from 1999 to 2001. NBC bought the

network in 2002 for $1.25B; it had owned a stake in it and its siblings for several years up to that

point.[8]Parent company General Electric merged NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment in

May 2004 to form NBC Universal.

Bravo's "makeover" came in 2003 with reality series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, which hit 3.5

million viewers.[2]Entertainment Weeklyput "Bravo reality shows" on its end-of-the-decade,

"best-of" list, saying, "From Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Fab Five to Project Runway's fierce

fashionistas to the kvetching, perma-tanned Real Housewives, Bravo's quirky reality programming

mixes high culture and low scruples to create deliciously addictive television." [9]

A study released in May 2008 ranked Bravo as the most recognizable brand among gay

consumers.[10]Bravo's age demographic is people 18-54, according to the Cable Television

Advertising Bureau's cable television profiles.[1]

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Bravo

Bravo utilizes block programming for both new shows and existing ones. Bravo has also had success

with programming franchises. These include: Project Runway; Top Chef, The Real Housewives of...,

franchises and Flipping Out. Which are all still on the air today.

NBC Olympics

In 2004 and 2006, Bravo carried coverage of the Olympic Games during the overnights and


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mornings produced by NBC Sports. In 2008, the channel carried no coverage, as NBCUniversal had

acquired Oxygen, allowing Bravo to continue to carry their general programming schedule during

NBC coverage of the Games. In 2012, NBC Sports announced that Bravo would serve as the home

of Olympic tennis with 56 hours of coverage.[11]

Bravo HD

Bravo HD(known on-air as HD by Bravoin line with the network's imaging campaign) is a 1080i

high definition simulcast of Bravo. It launched on October 3, 2007, and DirecTV was the first

provider to add it.[12]It is also available on Dish Network, Verizon FiOS, AT&T Uverse,

Cablevision, and some Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House

Networks[13]systems.

This is the second version of Bravo HD; the current Universal HD launched as Bravo HD+ in August

2003. Bravo HD+ had a completely different schedule than the regular Bravo and aired only HD

programs. The current Bravo HD airs programs in both high definition and standard definition.

Relationship with international Bravochannels

Australia

An Australian channel called Arena re-branded its presentation in 2008 to align with Bravo as a

result of an agreement with Bravo Media. Arena uses the Bravo slogan "Watch What Happens" and

has access to Bravo-produced programming.[14]

Canada

A Canadian version of Bravo was launched in 1995 by CHUM Limited. The channel originally aired

much of the same genres of programming aired by its American counterpart. However, since Bravo

USA's shift towards reality programming, Bravo Canada airing more dramas, and its adoption of a

new logo in 2012 with little semblance to Bravo USA's current branding, there is now essentially no

connection between the two channels. The channel still airs the few arts-related series aired by Bravo

USA (such asInside the Actors Studioand Work of Art), but due to Canadian Radio-television and

Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regulations which require the channel to still air

programming related to arts, Bravo Canada does not air the vast majority of the U.S. channel's reality

seriesmost of them have been picked up by other Canadian specialty channels.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, a TV channel called Bravo launched in 1985 independently of the U.S.

service. The British channel, which closed on January 1, 2011, focused on men's programming for

most of its existence, and never carried an arts or pop-culture format, nor much, if any, of the U.S.

channel's programming.

References

^ abcTimeWarner Media Sales: Bravo - CableMediaSales.com (http://www.cablemediasales.com/pages1.


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/nets/?cp=nets&sp=info&net=brav) Retrieved September 1, 2008.

^ ab"A Tale of Two Networks."Entertainment Weekly#1001, July 11, 2008, pg. 42.2.^"About Bravo" (http://www.bravotv.com/about-bravo). Bravo (U.S. TV channel). Retrieved July 14,2010.

3.

^ abBecker, Anne (October 1, 2006). "Tracking Bravo's Rise" (http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/105972-Tracking_Bravo_s_Rise.php).Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved July 14, 2010.

4.

^ abcSchneider, Steve (December 15, 1985). "Cable TV Notes; Bravo Thrives on Culture"

(http://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/15/arts/cable-tv-notes-bravo-thrives-on-culture.html?&pagewanted=all). The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2010.

5.

^"Cable Networks" (http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=cablenetwork). Museum ofBroadcast Communications. Retrieved July 14, 2010.

6.

^ abMullen, Megan (2004) [1997]. "Bravo (U.S. cable network)" (http://books.google.com/books?id=CFXgj7a55agC).Encyclopedia of Television1(2nd ed.). Chicago, Illinois, United States:Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. pp. 308310. ISBN 1-57958-411-X. Unknown parameter |editorn-first=ignored (help); Unknown parameter |editorn-last=ignored (help)

7.

^Romano, Allison. "NBC Puts Its Stamp on Bravo." (http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/marketing-advertising/6339541-1.html)Broadcasting and Cable. February 17, 2003.

8.

^Geier, Thom; et al. "The 100 Greatest Movies, TV Shows, Albums, Books, Characters, Scenes,Episodes, Songs, Dresses, Music Videos, And Trends That Entertained Us Over The Past 10 Years"

(http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20324138_3,00.html). Entertainment Weekly(1079/1080): 7484.

9.

^"Bravo tops survey of gay-friendly companies."Reuters'(http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/05/13/industry-gay-dc-idUSN1343338320080513) May 13, 2008.

10.

^"NBC Lays Out Olympic Schedule" (http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/484607-Olympics_NBC_Lays_Out_Cable_Plans.php). Broadcasting Cable. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

11.

^DIRECTV Adds Six HD Channels (The satcaster now has 36 national high-def channels.)By Swanni(Washington, D.C. (October 3, 2007) (http://www.tvpredictions.com/dsix100307.htm)

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^Engadged HD - Time Warner Cable January 2009. retrieved February 21, 2009(http://www.engadgethd.com/search/?q=bravo+time+warner&invocationType=wl-gadgethd&searchsubmit=)

13.

^A New Arena (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/04/new-arena.html)14.

External links

Official website (http://www.bravotv.com)

Full Episodes (http://www.bravotv.com/full-episodes/)

Bravo Renews Four Series (http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6620706.html)

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