Description
Revolt is an American music-oriented digital cable television network founded by Sean "Puffy" Combs and Andy Schuon that launched on October 21, 2013.
As part of its arrangement to acquire a minority interest in NBCUniversal, Comcast Corporation committed to carry several minority-owned networks. The arrangement followed pressure led by Maxine Waters in congressional hearings.
In April 2011, Comcast solicited proposals for minority owned networks. In February 2012, Comcast announced distribution arrangements for four networks, including Revolt. The four announced networks and six forthcoming stations were being chosen from among in excess of 100 proposals to begin airing by 2020.
On October 1, 2013, the network announced that it would debut in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago on October 21.
AT&T U-verse added the SD channel on July 27, 2015, and the HD channel on November 24, 2015. DirecTV added it on December 24, 2015. On November 28, 2023, Combs would take a leave of absence amidst sexual assault lawsuits; it's also not clear when he will return to the company. By this point in time, Combs was not involved with the company's day-to-day operations.
Dutch TV channel
On 18 October 2019 Ziggo announced that it would add a Dutch version of Revolt on 1 November 2019. The programming consists of interviews, the latest music news, hip-hop documentaries, live events, and music videos. The first months of broadcast the American version of the channel would be shown with a 6-hour delay. From January 2020, Dutch programs would also be broadcast. The Dutch channel was a collaboration between Revolt US, Dutch record label TopNotch, and AreaMedia.
On 1 February 2021, the channel’s Dutch section was closed.
