Positiv: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox TV channel

| name = Positiv

| logofile = Positiv TV Network Logo.png

| logosize = 200px

| logoalt =

| launch = {{Start date and age|2002|2|18}}

| closed date =

| owner = [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]]

| picture format = [[480i]] [[16:9]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])

| slogan = ''Positively Good Movies''

| country = [[United States]]

| language = [[English language|English]]

| broadcast area = Nationwide

| headquarters = [[Tustin, California]]

| former names = JCTV (2002–2013)<br>JUCE TV (2013–2020; branding remains as part of separate [[YouTube]] channel)

| replaced names =

| replaced by names =

| sister names = {{Plainlist|

* [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]]

* [[Hillsong Channel]]

* [[Smile (TV network)|Smile]]

* [[Enlace]]

* [[TBN Salsa]]

* [[Radio Paradise]]

}}

| timeshift names =

| web = {{URL|http://www.positiv.tv}}

| terr serv 1 = Available on full-power and some low-power stations in most markets

| terr chan 1 = x.5 on most TBN [[owned-and-operated stations|owned-and-operated]] stations and affiliates; check local listings for stations

| sat serv 1 = [[Dish Network]]<br>{{small|([[North America]])}}

| sat chan 1 = Channel 9623<br>Channel 264

| sat serv 2 = [[Glorystar]]<br>{{small|(North America)}}

| sat chan 2 = Channel 170

| cable serv 1 = Available on some cable providers

| cable chan 1 = Check local listings

| iptv serv 1 = [[AT&T U-Verse]]

| iptv chan 1 = Channel 570

'''Positiv''' (stylized as '''POSITiV''') is a Christian television network owned and operated by the [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]]. Formerly as a youth-focused network in the past, it was aimed at teenagers and young adults between the agesof 13 and 30 years, andaformat similar to [[MTV]] and [[MTVU]], airing Christian music videos, and original content such as Christian-themed entertainment and lifestyle programming, along with some church services. In its current form, it mainly consists of a lineup of all [[Christian film industry|Christian films]], varying between smaller industry productions and major Hollywood studio productions.

Positiv is carried over-the-air on [[digital subchannel]]s of TBN [[owned-and-operated station|owned-and-operated]] and affiliated stations nationwide, usually on that station's fifth subchannel. Positiv is also available on pay television providers as well as on select digital streaming platforms that offer TBN's six U.S. networks.<ref name="TBN Salsa">{{cite web|title=TBN Salsa Targets English-Speaking Hispanics|url=http://www.multichannel.com/tbn-salsa-targets-english-speaking-hispanics/390953|author=Kent Gibbons|periodical=[[Multichannel News]]|publisher=[[NewBay Media]]|date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>

On January 1, 2020, TBN resumed offering a 24-hour feed of JUCE on its multicast tier over the DT5 subchannel of its owned-and-operated stations, a flipped orientation from its former channel alignment prior to June 2015. The network occupies the former space assigned to TBN Salsa, which TBN removed from its broadcast stations in May 2019, temporarily replacing it with a placeholder [[standard-definition television|standard definition]] simulcast of the main TBN network feed. Concurrently, Smile resumed airing full-time on the DT3 feed. Because both Smile and TBN's Saturday morning lineups contain more than enough children's programming compliant with the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]'s [[E/I]] guidelines, Positiv carries a full-time format of film programming.

===Relaunch as Positiv===

On January 26, 2020 at 9:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific Time]] (with the 2006 film ''Hidden Secrets'' as its first telecast), TBN relaunched the network as '''Positiv''', a multicast service offering family-oriented and faith-based movies (including many titles in TBN's existing film library that had aired on the network under the JCTV/JUCE TV format).<ref>{{cite web|title=Positiv.tv|url=https://www.tbn.org/blog/positivtv|website=[[Trinity Broadcasting Network]]|date=February 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=JUCE TV - Channel Name Change To POSITIV TV|url=https://www.nctconline.org/index.php/members/resources/technical-notices/item/download/785_0b3694faade001397bff1f0cf720fe2e|website=National Cable Television Cooperative, Inc.|date=January 1, 2020|access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Positiv Jan-Feb Grid|url=https://positivtv.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/positiv-tv-schedule-2019-01-26.pdf|website=Positiv|publisher=Trinity Broadcasting Network|format=PDF|date=January 26, 2020|accessdate=January 29, 2020}}</ref> The JUCE brand remains in use by TBN primarily through a dedicated [[YouTube]] channel offering original short-form content aimed at Christian youth, which the ministry had been in the process of transitioning the brand towards beginning with the formal launch of the YouTube content offering on October 23, 2019.

==Former programming==

{{Main|List of programs broadcast by JCTV & JUCE TV}}

==See also==

*[[Christian pop culture]]

{{TBN}}

[[Category:Evangelical television networks]]

[[Category:Religious television stations in the United States]]

[[Category:Trinity Broadcasting Network]]

[[Category:Music video networks in the United States]]

[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2002]]