List of United States cable and satellite television networks - Definition and Overview

The following is a list of cable and satellite networks broadcasting in the United States. It is organized by genre.

Arts

• Classic Arts Showcase
• Ovation

Children’s

• Cartoon Network
  • Boomerang
• Discovery Kids
• Disney Channel
  • Toon Disney
  • Toon Disney En Espanol
• Nickelodeon
  • Nick GAS (Nick Games and Sports)
  • Nick Toons
  • Noggin

Educational

• Biography Channel
• Discovery Channel
  • Discovery En Espanol
  • Discovery Health
  • Discovery Home
  • Discovery Science
  • Discovery Times
  • Discovery Military (formally Discovery Wings)
  • Animal Planet
• DIY (Do-It-Yourself Network)
• FSTV (Free Speech Television)
• Fine Living
• Fit TV
• Food Network
• HGTV (Home and Garden Television)
• The History Channel
  • The History Channel International
• TLC (Formerly The Learning Channel)
• LinkTV (formerly World Link TV)
• National Geographic Channel
• PBS You
• RFD-TV
• The Travel Channel
• Wisdom Television

General Entertainment

• ABC Family
• BBC America
• Bravo
• E! Entertainment Television
• FX Network
• Goodlife TV Network
• Hallmark Channel
• KWGN Superstation
• Nick at Nite
• PAX (a "broadcast" network available exclusively as a cable channel in some areas where no local affiliate currently exists)
• Style Network
• TBS Superstation
• TNT (Turner Network Television)
• Trio channel
• TV Land
• USA Network
• WGN Superstation

Foreign Programming

• International Channel

Genre Channels (i.e. Comedy, Science Fiction, etc)

• Comedy Central
• GSN (Formally The Game Show Network)
• Sci-Fi Channel
• SOAPnet (current and past soap operas)

Music

• BET on Jazz
• Country Music Television (CMT)
• Fuse (Formally Much Music)
• Great American Country (GAC)
• MTV
  • MTV2
  • MTV En Espanol
  • MTV Hits
  • MTV Jams
• VH1
  • VH1 Classic
  • VH1 Country
  • VH1 MegaHits
  • VH1 Soul

News and Information

• Bloomberg Television
• C-Span I / II / III
• CNBC
• CNN (Cable News Network)
• CNN Headline News
• Court TV
• Fox News Channel
• G4techTV (Result of G4 and TechTV merger)
• MSNBC
• Newsworld International
• Weather Channel

Religious

• Daystar Television Network
• Eternal Word Television Network
• FamilyNet
• Inspirational Life Television
• Sky Angel
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)
  • The Church Channel
• The Word Network
• World Harvest Television

Shopping

• Home Shopping Network (HSN)
• Jewelry Television (formerly ACN)
• QVC
• Shop At Home Network
• ShopNBC

Sports

• College Sports Television
• ESPN
  • ESPN2
  • ESPN Classic
  • ESPN News
• Fox Sports Net
  • Fox Soccer Channel
  • Fuel (extreme sports network)
• Golf Channel
• NFL Network
• Outdoor Channel
• Outdoor Life Network
• Speed Channel
• Tennis Channel

Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexual-Orientation Specific

• BET (Black Entertainment Television)
• Black Family Channel (formerly MBC Network)
• Galavision
• Lifetime
• LOGO (gay and lesbian targeted entertainment network; launch date 6/30/05)
• mun2
• Oxygen
• Spike TV (Originally The Nashville Network (TNN) and later The National Network)
• TV One
• Women’s Entertainment (WE)

Movie Channels

Basic

• AMC (American Movie Classics)
• B-Mania TV
• Lifetime Movie Network
• Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Premium

• Cinemax
  • ActionMAX
  • MoreMAX
  • ThrillerMAX
• Encore
  • Encore Action
  • Encore Love Stories
  • Encore Mysteries
  • Encore True Stories
  • Encore Westerns
  • WAM!
• Fox Movie Channel
• HBO (Home Box Office)
  • HBO 2
  • HBO Comedy
  • HBO Family
  • HBO Latino
  • HBO Signature
  • HBO Zone
• Independent Film Channel (IFC)
• Showtime
  • Showtime Showcase
  • Showtime Extreme
  • Showtime Next
  • Showtime Family
  • Showtime Women
  • Flix
• Starz!
  • Starz! 4 Family
  • Starz! 5 Star Cinema
  • Starz! Theater
  • Black Starz!
• Sundance Channel
• The Movie Channel (TMC)
  • TMC Xtra

Adult

• Hot Network
• Playboy TV
• Spice Television

Pay Per View

• iN Demand

High-Definition Television

• HDNet
• Universal HD (formerly Bravo HD+)

Defunct Cable/satellite Networks (No longer in existance)

• WOR EMI Service (National version of New York City's WWOR-TV
• NewSport
• CBS Eye on People/Discovery People
• ABC News Channel
• CNNfn
• CNN-Sports Illustrated
• CBS Cable
• Tempo Television (aka Satellite Programming Network, or SPN)
• America's Voice (aka National Empowerment Television, or NET)
• Financial News Network (purchased by NBC and merged with CNBC in 1991)
• The Football Network