Ion Plus

Ion Plus

Type	Broadcast television network FAST television channel
Country	United States
Broadcast area	US
Headquarters	West Palm Beach, Florida
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	E. W. Scripps Company
Parent	Scripps Networks, LLC
Sister channels	Ion Television Ion Mystery Bounce TV Court TV Laff Grit Scripps News
History
Launched	February 19, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-02-19) (as Ion Life)
Replaced	Defy TV
Former names	Ion Life (2007–19)
Links
Website	ionplustv.com
Availability
Streaming media
FuboTV	Internet Protocol television
The Roku Channel	Channel 553
Samsung TV Plus	Channel 1062

Ion Plus is an American broadcast television network and FAST television channel owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network originally launched in 2007 as Ion Life, maintaining a format featuring lifestyle programming focused on health and wellness, cooking, home decor, and travel. With expanded cable carriage, in 2019, Ion Media converted the network into a general entertainment format that matched that of parent network Ion Television, featuring day-long marathons of various drama series.

Ion Plus was carried mainly as a digital multicast service on Ion Media Networks-owned stations as well as select Ion Television affiliates, usually to the third subchannel; its base national feed was also available on select cable and satellite providers. In select markets, Ion Plus has had main channel placement, allowing it must-carry coverage on local cable and satellite services.

Ion Plus ceased broadcasting over-the-air in 2021 after Ion Media's acquisition by the E. W. Scripps Company and merger with Katz Broadcasting to form Scripps Networks,^[1] but continued to air as an advertising-supported video-on-demand network through several AVOD streaming services, including Samsung TV Plus, and Vizio WatchFree.^[2] On July 1, 2024, Ion Plus returned to over-the-air broadcasting as a replacement for Defy TV.