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| foundation = | launch_date = 〔 | dissolved = | replaced = | replaced_by = | former_names = | Picture format = 480i (widescreen; SDTV) | affiliates = (see list) | website = }} Comet is an American digital broadcast television network that is owned as a joint venture between the MGM Television division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Sinclair Television Group subsidiary of the Sinclair Broadcast Group. The network focuses on science fiction, supernatural, adventure and fantasy series and films, sourced mainly from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library. Through its ownership by MGM, Comet is a sister network to This TV (a joint venture with Tribune Broadcasting) and The Works (a joint venture with Titan Broadcast Management). ==History== On June 29, 2015, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Sinclair Broadcast Group's broadcasting and programming subsidiary Sinclair Television Group, Inc. announced the pending launch of a then-unnamed science fiction network that both companies would jointly own; Sinclair and MGM had scheduled a target launch for the network for that fall. Although the network would be jointly owned by Sinclair Television Group and MGM, most of the network's operations – including programming – would be handled by MGM. As such, MGM maintains more responsibility over the network in comparison to its joint-venture arrangements with the two multicast networks that the studio already owns, This TV and The Works (for which MGM mainly provides programming content and handles national distribution). Sinclair chief operating officer David Amy, in announcing the partnership, noted that MGM "has an extensive collection of science fiction films and television movies that appeal to a vast audience who will now be able to access that content through broadcast television". Sinclair tapped its television stations in many of the 79 markets where the company owned and/or operated a broadcasting property at the time of the announcement to serve as the network's initial charter affiliates. On August 5, 2015, in its financial report for the second fiscal quarter, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that the new network would be named Comet. Comet is the first national multicasting venture by Sinclair, which aimed to develop content for the 162 television stations it ran at the time (many of which are operated through management outsourcing agreements with stations that Sinclair owns outright). Following an earlier effort in 2011, with its acquisition of the Ring of Honor wrestling promotion, Sinclair launched the American Sports Network syndication service in 2014, and entered into a production investment and development deal with the Michael Eisner-owned Tornante Company on the day that Comet's then-upcoming launch was announced. On October 26–27, 2015, some Comet charter affiliates began airing a looping three-minute promotional reel – which was customized to include visual references to the affiliate's channel placement – featuring generic promotions advertising Comet's launch and promos for two films that the network aired on the day of its launch (the 1984 sci-fi/action film ''The Terminator'' and the 1979 sci-fi-themed James Bond film ''Moonraker''). The network formally launched at 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 31, 2015 with a paid program for the NuWave Oven; ''Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot'' aired as the network's inaugural entertainment broadcast 90 minutes later as part of Comet's children's programming block.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Comet (TV network)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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