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Television network

A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in the United States was dominated by a small number of broadcast networks, but with the advent of cable television the cost of creating a television network has been reduced and there have been a huge increase in the number of networks with most of the newer networks catering to a small group. Many early television networks evolved from earlier radio networks.

Broadcast television networks:

Table of contents

1 Argentina 2 Chile 3 China, Republic of 4 Colombia 5 Finland 6 Germany 7 India 8 Indonesia 9 Ireland 10 Japan 11 Mexico 12 Panama 13 Paraguay 14 Peru 15 Serbia 16 Spain 17 Sweden 18 Taiwan 19 United Kingdom 20 U.S. Cable and Satellite television networks 20..1 Major: 20..2 Premium: 21 Venezuela 22 See also

Argentina

• America TV - http://www.america2.com.ar
• Arte Radiotelevisivo Argentino (ARTEAR) - http://ww.artear.com.ar
• Argentina Televisora Color (ATC) - http://www.atece.com.ar
• Azul TV - http://www.azultv.com
• Television Federal (TELEFE) - http://www.telefe.com.ar

List of Australian television channels

List of Portuguese language television channels

List of Canadian television channels

Chile

• Chilevision
• Corporacion de Television de la Universidad Catolica de Chile (UCTV)
• Megavision
• Television Nacional de Chile (TVN)

List of Chinese language television channels

China, Republic of

See entry for Taiwan below.

Colombia

• Cadena Radial Colombiana (Caracol)
• Cadena Uno
• Canal A
• Radio Cadena Nacional (RCN)
• Señal Colombia

Finland

• Yleisradio (YLE, Finnish Broadcasting Corporation) - state broadcaster
• MTV3 - (Mainos-TV) commercial station
• Nelonen - (Channel Four Finland) commercial station

Germany

• ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) - publicly-owned network

Germany's many other TV channels are not networks since they do not consist of individual stations but brodcast identical contents, nationwide or within their single local area.

India

• Doordarshan - State owned network (19 channels)
• Star TV
• Zee Network
• Sun Network
• See also List of Indian television stations

Indonesia

• Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) (Website: http://www.tvri.co.id/ )
• Andalas Televisi (antv) (Website: http://www.an.tv/ )
• Global TV (GTV)
• Indosiar (Website: http://www.indosiar.com/ )
• Lativi (Website: http://www.lativi.com/ )
• MetroTV (Website: http://www.metrotvnews.com/ )
• Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia (RCTI) (Website: http://www.rcti.tv/ )
• Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV) (Website: http://www.sctv.co.id/ )
• Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia (TPI) (Website: http://www.tpi.tv/ )
• Televisi Transformasi Indonesia (Trans TV) (Website: http://www.transtv.co.id/ )

Ireland

• Radio Telifís Éireann (RTÉ) - state broadcaster
  • TG 4 (Irish language semi-independent station)
• TV 3 - independent station
• Sky (BSkyB - satellite network)
• Ulster Television (UTV) - part of the ITV network
• BBC Northern Ireland

note: BBC NI and UTV are based in Northern Ireland, RTÉ and TV 3 in the Republic of Ireland. However all four are available to most viewers throughout the island of Ireland, with UTV now accepting advertising from the Republic and targeting some of its programmes specifically at viewers in the Republic. Access to the Republic's stations (but in particular RTÉ) in Northern Ireland was a requirement of the Good Friday Agreement peace deal in 1998.

Japan

• Nihon Housou Kyoukai (NHK) (web site:http://www.nhk.or.jp/ )
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (web site:http://www.ntv.co.jp/ )
• Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc (TBS) (web site:http://www.tbs.co.jp/ )
• Fuji Television (web site:http://www.fujitv.co.jp/ )
• Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (web site:http://www.asahi.co.jp/ )
• TV Tokyo (web site:http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/ )
• Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV) (web site:http://www.ytv.co.jp/ )
• Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc (MBS) (web site:http://www.mbs.jp/ )
• Kansai Telecasting Corporation (KTV) (web site:http://www.ktv.co.jp/ )

Mexico

• Canal Once/IPN
• Telemundo Mexico
• Televisa (web site:http://www.televisa.com.mx/ )
• TV Azteca (web site:http://www.tvazteca.com.mx/ )

Panama

• FETV Canal 5
• RPC Canal 4
• Telemetro
• TVN (Televisora Nacional)

Paraguay

• Red Privada de Comunicación (RPC), Canal 13
• Sistema Nacional de Televisión (SNT)

Peru

• América TV
• Canal 9 TV
• Frecuencia 2
• Red TV
• Televisión Nacional del Perú

Serbia

• Radio Television of Serbia state owned network (6 channels)
• RTV Pink previously state owned, has recently expanded into several other countries and is considered the MTV of Eastern Europe (particularly Slavic countries)
• BKTV
• Info-TV

Spain

• Antena 3 (web site:http://www.antena3tv.com/ )
• Tele 5 (web site:http://www.tele5.es/ )
• Televisión Española (TVE) (web site:http://www.rtve.es/ )

List of Spanish language television channels

Sweden

• Sveriges Television
• TV4
• Viasat

Taiwan

• China Television Company (CTV) - (need chinese terms)
• Chinese Television Service (CTS)
• Taiwan Television Company (TTV)

United Kingdom

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) www.bbc.co.uk
• Independent Television (ITV) www.itv.com
• Channel 4 www.channel4.com
• Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C - in Welsh) www.s4c.co.uk
• five www.five.tv
• Sky (BSkyB - satellite network) www.sky.com

U.S. Cable and Satellite television networks

List of United States television networks.

Major:

• A&E Network
• ABC Family (FAM)
• Animal Planet (ANIM)
• Bravo
• Black Entertainment Television (BET)
• C-SPAN (CSPN)
• CNBC
• Cable News Network (CNN)
• Cartoon Network
• Comedy Central (COM)
• Court TV - associated: The Smoking Gun
• Discovery Channel (DISC)
• Disney Channel (DISN)
• E! Entertainment Television channel
• ESPN
• ESPN2
• ESPN Classic
• Food Network (FOOD)
• Fox News Channel (FNC)
• Fox Sports Net
• Fuse (MuchMusic USA renamed in 2003)
• FX Networks
• History Channel
• Home and Garden Television (HGTV)
• MSNBC
• MTV
• Nickelodeon (NIK)
• Sci Fi Channel
• Spike TV
• TBS Superstation
• TLC
• TNT
• Trio
• USA Network
• VH1
• The Weather Channel
• WGN Superstaion

Premium:

• Cinemax (MAX)
• Home Box Office (HBO)
• Showtime (SHO)
• Starz (STRZ)
• The Movie Channel (TMC)

Venezuela

• Globovision
• RCTV (Radio Caracas Television)
• Televen (Television Venezolana)
• Venevision (Venezolana de Television)
• VTV (Corporacion Venezolana de Television)

See also

• Lists of television channels

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