The conservative cable-news family is about to get a new member. On Thursday, Newsmax Media Inc. announced that it will kick off its new network next month, Newsmax TV, following a recent distribution deal with DirecTV.

The mid-June soft launch, as described by CEO Christopher Ruddy, is expected to reach more than 20 million DirecTV subscribers, and hopes to build off of that launch to reach 40 percent of homes with cable or satellite by the end of the year. The channel will aim to attract the “Baby Boomers” generation.

“Newsmax was born online and as the lines between TV and the web blur, we will attract a growing audience that doesn’t differentiate between the two,” Ruddy said in a statement. “As a result, we are also well positioned to maximize the opportunities provided by ‘TV Everywhere’ platforms to reach tens of millions of Americans.”

The new network will initially feature nine hours of original programming, and move to 18 hours by the end of the year.

Newsmax Media’s headquarters are in West Palm Beach and Boca Rota, Fla., and it has studios in New York, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles.

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First off, DirecTV is not cable. It is satellite. Secondly, they are going to be dead in a couple years because they are way over priced and will never be able to offer the packages cable or online can. If you can't do internet, you are doomed.