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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 most countries of the world 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 has 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.
Within the industry, a tiering is sometimes created between groups of networks based on whether their programming is simultaneously originated from a central point, and whether the network master control has the technical and administrative capability to take over the programming of their affiliates in real-time when it deems this necessary -- the most common example being breaking national news events.
Broadcast television networks:
Argentina
Australia
List of Australian television channels
Belgium
Brazil
- Rede Bandeirantes
- Rede Globo
- Record
- Rede TV
- SBT (Sociedade Brasileira de Televisao)
- TVE (Televisao Educativa)
- Cultura (Televisão do governo do Estado de São Paulo)
Canada
List of Canadian television channels
Chile
Chinese language
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
France
Finland
- Yleisradio (YLE, Finnish Broadcasting Company) - 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 broadcast identical contents, nationwide or within their single local area.
- RTL - Radio Tele Luxemburg
- Pro 7
- Sat 1 (station within Pro 7-Sat 1-Media,Inc.)
India
Indonesia
National
Regional
- TVRI Regional stations Surabaya, Makassar, Bandung, Padang, Jogja, Denpasar, etc. (Website: http://www.tvrisby.com/
http://www.tvrimakassar.com )
- Agropolitan TV (ATV)- Batu, East Java
- Batu Televisi - Batu, East Java ( Website: http://www.geocities.com/batutelevisi )
- Bali TV - Bali
- Batam TV - Batam (Riau Pos Group)
- Bukittingi Televisi (BiTV) - Bukit Tinggi, Sumatra
- Bunaken TV - Manado
- Cahaya Televisi Banten (CTV) - Tangerang, Banten
- Gospel Overseas Television Network (GOTV) - Manado
- Jawa Pos Televisi (JTV) (Website: http://www.jtvrek.com/ )
- Jogja TV - Jogjakarta
- Makassar TV - Makassar
- O Channel - Jakarta
- Pacific TV - Manado
- Riau Televisi (Riau TV) - Pekanbaru, Riau (Riau Pos Group)
- Reksa Birama TV (RBTV) - Jogjakarta ( RB Group - Galeri Video - Amikom )
- Sri Gemilang TV (SGTV) - Inhil,Riau
- Televisi Manado (TVM)
- Tugu TV - Jogjakarta
- TV Borobudur (TVB) - Semarang, Central Java
- Bogor TV- Bogor, West Java
- GO TV- Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java
- Terang Abadi TV (TATV) - Solo, Central Java
- TVKU - Semarang, Central Java
Cable TV
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
Mexico
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
- Frecuencia 2
- Panamericana TV
- Red TV
- Televisión Nacional del Perú
Portuguese language
List of Portuguese language television channels
Qatar
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
Spanish language
List of Spanish language television channels
Sweden
Taiwan
- China Television Company (CTV, 中視)
- Chinese Television Service (CTS, 華視)
- Taiwan Television Company (TTV, 台視)
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Broadcast
See List of United States television networks.
Cable & Satellite
See List of United States cable and satellite television networks.
Venezuela
- Globovision
- RCTV (Radio Caracas Television)
- Televen (Television Venezolana)
- Venevision (Venezolana de Television)
- VTV (Corporacion Venezolana de Television)
See also
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