0 0 7 ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁Ray com ▁Media , ▁which ▁was ▁an ▁initial ▁round ▁invest or . ▁ ▁The ▁T ube ▁was ▁initially ▁available ▁primarily ▁in ▁mark ets ▁with ▁stations ▁operated ▁by ▁Ray com ▁Media . ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Ray com ▁was ▁testing ▁the ▁network ▁on ▁station ▁W FL X - TV , ▁a ▁Fox ▁affili ate , ▁for ▁three ▁weeks . ▁Ray com ▁then ▁announced ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁launch ▁station ▁group ▁for ▁The ▁T ube ▁affili ating ▁ 2 9 ▁stations . ▁Ray com ▁launched ▁the ▁network ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁stations ▁with ▁Cleveland ▁being ▁the ▁largest ▁market . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁article ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁Trib une ▁Broadcast ing ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁start ▁carrying ▁The ▁T ube ▁on ▁its ▁stations ▁that ▁summer . ▁However , ▁it ▁had ▁already ▁begun ▁to ▁be ▁carried ▁on ▁digital ▁sub ch annels ▁of ▁Trib une - owned ▁stations ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁Chicago , ▁and ▁Philadelphia . ▁The ▁network ▁was ▁also ▁carried ▁on ▁W L VI ▁in ▁Boston , ▁which ▁was ▁sold ▁by ▁Trib une ▁to ▁Sun be am ▁Television ▁in ▁late ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁Equ ity ▁Broadcast ing ▁Corporation ▁distributed ▁the ▁network ' s ▁programming ▁free - to - air ▁on ▁Gal axy ▁ 1 0 R ▁Ku - band