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Dish Adds Food Network, HGTV to Web TV Lineup

Peter Kafka covers media and technology, and their intersection, at Vox. Many of his stories can be found in his Kafka on Media newsletter, and he also hosts the Recode Media podcast.

Dish Network has struck a deal with Scripps Network Interactive that will let Dish distribute channels like HGTV and Food Network on a Web TV service that’s supposed to launch this year. Like pacts Dish has previously made with Disney and A&E, the agreement is part of a larger distribution deal for the satellite TV company. Last week, Sony announced that it had made progress on its own Web TV plans by signing up Viacom.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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