Type | Digital broadcast television network |
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Branding | TUFF TV |
Country | |
Availability | 33% of US households [1] |
Broadcast area | United States |
Owner | TUFF TV, Inc. (Seals Entertainment Corporation) |
Key people | Lou Seals Paul Miller Brayton Johnson Lindsay Gardner |
Launch date | June 30, 2009 |
Official website | https://tufftv.com/ |
Summary
Tuff TV, Inc is an American digital broadcast television network that is affiliated with Seals Media Company (Sealsco).[2]
The network originally launched on June 30, 2009 as the brainchild of its Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lou Seals.[3]
TUFF TV is America’s first digital broadcast television network to offer original programming targeted at men [4][5]and their specific pursuits, interests, and hobbies.
Tuff TV carries a mixture of sports (combat, motor, and some team sport), lifestyle (outdoors, cooking), automotive, dramas, movies, and talk show programming geared mainly at a young male audience. [6]
Tuff TV was launched in 2009 as a joint venture between Luken Communications and TUFF TV Media Group LLC, owned by Tuff TV Founder Lou Seals. By July 2011, the network's main affiliates were Morris Family Broadcasting and NJR TV station groups.[7] In mid-July 2014, Tuff TV started crowdfunding equity on SparkMarket.com to raise Investment capital, but was limited to those living in the state of Georgia.[8]
Tuff agreed to carry some games from the first season of the Fall Experimental Football League in October and November 2014.[9] Tuff relocated their offices to the GPB Media Building in Atlanta on June 8, 2016.[10] On Friday, July 15, 2016, Tuff took over its distribution feed from Luken Communications earlier than planned.[11]
In 2017 Tuff TV lost a case in civil court for Fair Labor Standards brought by a former employee.[12]