RED
 Logo used since 2024 | |
| Country | Liberta |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area |
Domestic America Southern Europe Africa |
| Headquarters | Rogue Media Building, Hollice, Eode |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 720p (16:9 HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Parent | Rogue Media |
| Key people | Marc Roberts (Executive chairman) |
| Sister channels |
R+ RED News RED Finance Network RED Weather |
| History | |
| Launched | June 6, 1975 |
| Founder |
Marc Roberts Jason Tilius |
| Links | |
| Website | red.com |
| Availability | |
The RED Channel (stylized in all caps), branded and referred to as RED, is a Libertan multinational entertainment television channel and website based in Eode, Liberta. It is owned by Rogue Media and is among the most popular television channels in Liberta and English-speaking Africa. The channel televises morning shows and general interest programming during the daytime and early fringe, whilst airing tv-series and movies from the RED Pictures catalogue during primetime. It mainly broadcasts from its studios in the Rogue Media Building, but has supplementary studios in both the United States and South Africa. It was partnered with 21st Century Fox until 2019, when its contract was renegotiated with the new owner Disney. The channel retains exclusive rights to broadcast Fox films and select portions of the Disney catalog in Liberta.
Availability differs by country, in Liberta and Africa the channel is commercial free-to-view, with sister channel R+ as its advertiser-free premium channel counterpart. Since the North American market lacks the R+ channel, RED is only available as a premium cable channel, with advertising spots removed.
The channel was created to appeal to a working-class audience by media moguls Marc Roberts and Jason Tilius, as an alternative to NTV and DAC, which were at the time perceived as pandering to the middle class. It has historically been regarded as populist and broadly conservative, though the channel has completely abandoned political programming since the late 1990s in favor of entertainment shows, tv-series, and films. Launched in 1975, it has since risen to become the third most viewed channel in Liberta, and internationally to become the second most popular television network in South Africa and the third largest in Nigeria and Malta. It is also a significant entertainment cable channel in the United States.