Ion Life is a digital television network carried by Ion Television affiliates, airing lifestyle programming during the day, and movies in the evening. It was launched February 19, 2007. The network airs programming pertaining to health and wellness, cooking, home decor, and travel, among other subjects.
The network is available 24 hours a day on digital subchannels (usually the third subchannel) of Ion owned-and-operated stations (for example, if Ion is on channel 23, ION Life would be on 23.3). Ion Life programming is also carried on the Ion Plus feeds available on DirecTV, some Comcast and Time Warner Cable systems, and some non-O&O stations, in place of paid programming that airs on the main Ion network.
The network was going to be called iHealth prior to its rebranding as Ion Television.
Ion Media Networks and Comcast have reached an agreement to not only continue to carry Ion, but also to launch two new digital networks qubo and ION Life.
Even though Ion Life's parent network Ion Television had rebranded itself on September 8, 2008, ION Life retained its present logo (which is a green version of the 2007-2008 ION Television logo) and graphics package.
Starting in February 2010, movies have been shown on Ion Life, usually from 6 p.m. until 1 a.m., 7 nights a week (sometimes starting earlier or ending later depending on the length of the films).
By 2012, the number of films had decreased, and more regular programming has been airing in primetime.
Famous quotes containing the word life:
“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)