In 2014, Newsmax Media announced they would be starting a new television news channel. It was marketed to compete with [[Fox News|Fox News Channel]].<ref name=POL141018>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/05/newsmaxtnewsmax-to-launch-channel-with-directv-189395.html|title=Newsmax To Launch Channel with DirecTV|publisher=Politico|accessdate=October 18, 2014|date=May 29, 2014}}{{webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140601170542/http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/05/newsmax-to-launch-channel-with-directv-189395.html |date=2014-06-01}}</ref> On their website Newsmax said they expected to have up to 21 hours of original programming a day by the end of the summer. Later named as [[Newsmax TV]] and launched in June 2014, it was originally available on [[DirecTV]] and for free on the Newsmax website.
