Meet BYUtv, the 20-Year-Old TV Network You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
TCA 2020: The twice-annual press tour gives smaller channels a chance at the spotlight
For every Fox, Amazon and HBO that comes to the twice-yearly Television Critics Association press tour, you’re just as likely to see a Rooster Teeth, Curiosity Stream and, for the past couple of press tours, BYUtv. That’s right, the Utah-based college, Brigham Young University, has its own TV network. In fact, BYUtv has existed since 2000.
The TCA is as much a vehicle for networks to tout their upcoming shows, as it is for little-seen channels like BYUtv to get out the word out about what they are.
The commercial-free network offers more than 1,700 hours of programming, with an emphasis on faith-based and “uplifting” content aimed at getting parents and their children to watch together.