Anime fans in the Pacific Northwest will be happy to learn that Navarre Corp.’s FUNimation Ent. has expanded the reach of its FUNimation Channel with a launch in Seattle. The channel’s 24-hour offering popular anime series is now available to more than one million households in the city and surrounding area.
KHCV is a locally owned and operated commercial broadcast television station serving the Seattle market. Broadcasting the “Azteca America” network over the air on UHF channel 45, KHCV’s programming can also be seen on Digital channel 44-1 as well as a variety of Western Washington cable systems such as Comcast Cable, Millennium Digital Media & Click! Network.
“With the popularity of Anime as it is, the FUNimation Channel will be a great asset to the Seattle market and reach a wide demographic of animation fans ranging from children to adults,” says KHCV production and programming manager Stephanie Ogle.
Available to video service providers across the nation as a 24/7 linear channel and as syndicated programming, FUNimation Channel is distributed exclusively by OlympuSAT, which handles a number of independent digital programming networks.
The FUNimation Channel is currently available to viewers nationwide via the CoLours TV Network, which is part of DISH Network’s basic package, to residents in the Los Angeles area via over-the-air broadcast on digital channel LA 18.3, to residents in seven states on Verizon FiOS TV extended basic package, to Hawaii residents on KIKU TV, to Houston-area residents as part of Optical Entertainment Network’s FISION service, to the greater Sacramento area as part of SureWest Broadband’s Digital Choice package. For more information, go to www.funimationchannel.com.
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