Television network

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 Australia
3 Brazil
4 Canada
5 Chile
6 China, Peoples Republic of
7 China, Republic of
8 Colombia
9 Finland
10 Germany
11 India
12 Ireland
13 Japan
14 Mexico
15 Sweden
16 Taiwan
17 United Kingdom
18 United States

18.1 U.S. Broadcast television networks
18.2 U.S. Cable and Satellite television networks

18.2.1 Major:
18.2.2 Premium:

19 Venezuela
20 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

Australia

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) http://www.abc.net.au
Seven network http://i7.aol.com.au
Nine network http://ninemsn.com.au
Ten network http://www.ten.com.au
Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) http://www.sbs.com.au
Channel 31 (c31) http://www.channel31.org.au/

Brazil

Bandeirantes http://www.redeband.com.br
Globo http://www.redeglobo.com.br
Record http://www.rederecord.com.br
Rede TV http://www.redetv.com.br
Sociedade Brasileira de Televisao (SBT) http://www.sbt.com.br
[[Televisao Educativa do Brasil (TVE Brasil) http://www.tvebrasil.com.br

Canada

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) - http://www.cbc.ca
CTV Television Network (CTV) http://www.ctv.ca
Global Television Network (Global) - http://www.canada.com/globaltv/
Citytv - http://www.citytv.com
Prime - http://www.canada.com
SRC - http://www.radio-canada.ca
TQS - http://www.tqs.ca
NTV - http://www.ntv.ca
TVOntario - http://www.tvo.org
NewVR - http://www.thenewvr.com
Atlantic Television (ATV) - http://www.atv.ca

Chile

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

China, Peoples Republic of

Chinese Central Television (CCTV)

China, Republic of

See entry for Taiwan below.

Colombia

Cadena Radial Colombiana (Caracol)
Cadena Uno
Canal A
Radio Cadena Nacional (RCN)
Se�al Colombia

Finland

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

Germany

ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der �ffentlich-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

Ireland

Radio Telif�s �ireann (RT�) - 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, RT� 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 RT�) in Northern Ireland was a requirement of the Good Friday Agreement peace deal in 1998.