As part of its arrangement to acquire a minority interest in NBCUniversal, Comcast Corporation committed to carry several minority-owned channels.

[1] The arrangement followed pressure led by Maxine Waters in congressional hearings.

[3] In February 2012, Comcast announced distribution arrangements for four networks, including Aspire.

[4] The four announced networks and six forthcoming stations were chosen from among an excess of 100 proposals to begin airing by 2020.

Aspire TV holds the broadcast rights to a selection of CIAA college football games involving historically black colleges and universities.