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 Television network - Definition 

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:

Contents
1 Argentina
2 Australia
3 Belgium
4 Brazil
5 Canada
6 Chile
7 Chinese language
8 China, Republic of
9 Colombia
10 France
11 Finland
12 Germany
13 India
14 Indonesia

14.1 National
14.2 Regional
14.3 Cable TV

15 Ireland
16 Japan
17 Mexico
18 Panama
19 Paraguay
20 Peru
21 Portuguese language
22 Qatar
23 Serbia
24 Spain
25 Spanish language
26 Sweden
27 Taiwan
28 United Arab Emirates
29 United Kingdom
30 United States

30.1 Broadcast
30.2 Cable & Satellite

31 Venezuela
32 See also

Argentina

Australia

List of Australian television channels

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

List of Canadian television channels

Chile

Chinese language

List of Chinese language television channels

China, Republic of

See entry for Taiwan below.

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

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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

Paraguay

Peru

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

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

See also


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