New News Corporation Broadcast Network

This past Wednesday, News Corporation (which owns the Fox Network, Fox News Channel, and FX, amongst others) announced plans for the launching of a new broadcast television network called My Network TV, which is intened to serve the nine Fox-owned stations that are losing their UPN affiliations (CBS-owned UPN and Warner Brothers-owned WB are closing up shop in September to make room for The CW Network) and other would-be orphaned UPN and WB outlets. Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News and the Fox Television Stations group, would head up this new network.