Great Outdoors: Outdoor Channel and Sportsman to Tie the Knot

Outdoor Channel’s board approved a merger with Sportsman Channel parent InterMedia Outdoors Holdings. But the networks will continue to operate separately. Sportsman CEO Gavin Harvey, who will become pres, television nets after the transaction closes, discusses the strategy with CableFAX. Read on for his comments plus information on the deal’s financials.

 

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