Newsmax and Hotwire Communications announced a new distribution deal to deliver Newsmax TV’s latest headlines, up-to-the-second political news and hard-hitting opinion to Hotwire’s markets throughout the Southeast.
Beginning Wednesday, March 25th, Newsmax TV, America’s fast-growing cable news network, will be available inSD on Channel 121 and in HD on Channel 540 via Hotwire’s Digital Access package.
Hotwire Communications, one of the Southeast’s leading telecom companies, is bringing Newsmax TV to its basic tier of video service across its footprint, including the following markets:
- Florida — Miami/Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach/Fort Pierce, Fort Myers/Naples, Jacksonville/Brunswick, Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota, Orlando/Daytona/Melbourne and Tallahassee/Thomasville
- Georgia — Atlanta, Savannah
- North Carolina — Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville and Charlotte
- South Carolina — Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville/Anderson
“Newsmax is excited to have Hotwire on board as our newest affiliate, and we look forward to working together to deliver what its customers have been asking for — an alternative voice within news media. And with Hotwire’s reach throughout these markets, Newsmax will be exposed to a broad audience seeking news they can trust,’’ said Andrew Biggers, Newsmax TV’s Senior Vice President of Content Distribution.
Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said: “With this new agreement, Newsmax TV continues its rapid and unprecedented expansion across America. We are excited that thousands of new viewers will get to see what makes Newsmax one of the most powerful new voices in cable news media.”
Hotwire’s Executive Vice President, Jonathan Bullock said, “Hotwire looks forward to adding Newsmax TV to our lineup as our customers are constantly looking for additional and varied sources of news and information.”
Newsmax TV has had a red-hot run in recent months, having recently surpassed Bloomberg Television in total household reach, household coverage area rating, and average audience. In fact, its household reach increased 156% compared the last week of August 2019 to 2.65 million households.
Hotwire Communications is an all-fiber service provider that has been providing triple play telecommunication services since 2000. Hotwire offers a full suite of services to residential, commercial, hospitality, government, smart city, and educational customers in fourteen states, primarily concentrated in the Southeast.
Among many other awards for its ultrafast internet service and customer service, Hotwire is Netflix’s fastest ISP in the world, the recipient of the National Cable Television Cooperative’s Innovator Award for its concierge style customer service, and Cable Fax’s Top Ops award for its dedication to Community Service. Hotwire was the first ISP in the United States to deploy 10 Gigabit internet to the home and uses this capacity to lead the way in bringing 4K video, virtual reality and other advanced technologies into its customers’ homes.
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