--- title: People, Entertainment Weekly Debut New Video Channel description: People and Entertainment Weekly plan a video streaming channel filled with celebrity interviews, pop culture coverage, and documentaries. canonical: https://time.com/4489157/people-entertainment-weekly-video-streaming-channel/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-13T13:17:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:33:25.144Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: People and Entertainment Weekly Launch New Video Streaming Channel og:description: The channel will debut Tuesday with 14 original shows scheduled during the first month og:url: https://time.com/4489157/people-entertainment-weekly-video-streaming-channel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd139d5eef828dee0/6988a5b8656a3f2044bcd103/rich-battista-time-pen.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Time Inc. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Fortune](https://time.com/author/fortune/) ## Fortune Sep 13, 2016 1:17 PM UTC  Rich Battista, president of Time Inc. NEWFRONT at Gotham Hallin in New York City on May 5, 2016. Rich Battista, president of Time Inc. NEWFRONT at Gotham Hallin in New York City on May 5, 2016.Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images for TimeInc. by [Fortune](https://time.com/author/fortune/) ## Fortune Sep 13, 2016 1:17 PM UTC _People_ and _Entertainment Weekly_ magazines plan a video streaming channel filled with celebrity interviews, pop culture coverage, and documentaries. The channel, [People/Entertainment Weekly Network](http://www.peopleewnetwork.com/), or PEN, will debut Tuesday with 14 original shows scheduled during the first month. The goal is to expand the entertainment and celebrity focus of the two magazines to streaming video, an increasing focus for many traditional media companies amid a shift by readers and television viewers to digital news and entertainment. “PEN is designed to be a network for the future with its premium long-form video delivered directly to consumers through multiple platforms and channels,” said Rich Battista, president of Time Inc., the parent company to _People_ and _Entertainment Weekly_ along with _Fortune_ and TIME. “We have a strong foundation of outstanding original programming and partnerships with leading multiplatform distributors and blue chip advertising partners from day one.” In addition to being viewable online and on mobile devices, the network will be distributed to television screens through [Amazon](http://fortune.com/fortune500/amazoncom-18/) Fire TV, [Google](http://fortune.com/fortune500/alphabet-36/) Chromecast, and Comcast’s Xfinity. It will also be available on Roku Players. Programs available at the channel’s premiere include a celebrity interview show, video features based on _People_ magazine articles, and a documentary about five children who were conceived but still unborn when their fathers died on 9-11\. Viewers will also be able to watch archived video from Time Inc.’s extensive library. _This_ [_article_](http://fortune.com/2016/09/12/people-entertainment-weekly-new-network/) _originally appeared on_ [_Fortune.com_](http://www.fortune.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4489157/people-entertainment-weekly-video-streaming-channel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4489157/people-entertainment-weekly-video-streaming-channel/"},"headline":"People and Entertainment Weekly Launch New Video Streaming Channel","datePublished":"2016-09-13T13:17:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:33:25.144Z","description":"The channel will debut Tuesday with 14 original shows scheduled during the first month","url":"https://time.com/4489157/people-entertainment-weekly-video-streaming-channel/","keywords":["Television","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd139d5eef828dee0/6988a5b8656a3f2044bcd103/rich-battista-time-pen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Fortune","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/fortune/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd139d5eef828dee0/6988a5b8656a3f2044bcd103/rich-battista-time-pen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Time Inc. 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