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Aspire
Aspire is an American pay television channel targeting Black Americans launched by Magic Johnson on June 27, 2012.
As part of its arrangement to acquire a minority interest in NBCUniversal, Comcast Corporation committed to carry several minority-owned channels.The arrangement followed pressure led by Maxine Waters in congressional hearings. In April 2011, Comcast solicited proposals for minority owned networks.In February 2012, Comcast announced distribution arrangements for four networks, including Aspire.The four announced networks and six forthcoming stations are being chosen from among an excess of 100 proposals to begin airing by 2020.