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 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 (specially in the United States), 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:
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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
List of Australian television channels
Belgium
- ATV
- AVS
- Canal+
- Canvas
- Focus
- Jim
- Kanaal Twee
- Kanaal Z
- Ketnet
- Liberty TV
- RTBF
- TMF
- één
- TV Brussel
- TV Limburg
- Vijf TV
- Vitaya
- VT4
- VTM
- WTV
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
- TF1 (Télévision Française 1) - commercial station (Website: http://www.tf1.fr/ )
- France 2 - public station (Website: http://www.france2.fr/ )
- France 3 - public station (Website: http://www.france3.fr/ )
- Canal Plus - (C+, Canal +) commercial station (Website: http://www.cplus.fr/ )
- France 5 - public station (Website: http://www.france5.fr/ )
- Arte - public Franco-German station (Website: http://www.arte.fr/ )
- M6 (Métropole 6) - commercial station (Website: http://www.m6.fr/ )
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.
- hr fernsehen publicly-owned TV channel for Hesse
- Bayern 3 publicly-owned TV channel for Bavaria
- rbb publicly-owned TV channel for Berlin and Brandenburg
- RTL - Radio Tele Luxemburg
- RTL 2
- VOX
- n-tv - a news channel (partly owned by the RTL Group)
- Pro 7
- Sat 1 (station within Pro 7-Sat 1-Media,Inc.)
- N24
- Tele 5
India
- Doordarshan - State owned network (19 channels)
- Star TV
- Zee Network
- Sun Network
- See also List of Indian television stations
Indonesia
National
- Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) (Website: http://www.tvri.co.id/ )
- Cakrawala Andalas Televisi (ANteve) (Website: http://www.an.tv/ )
- Global TV (GTV) (Website: http://www.globaltv.co.id/ )
- Indosiar (Website: http://www.indosiar.com/ )
- Lativi (Website: http://www.lativi.com/ )
- MetroTV (Website: http://www.media-indonesia.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/ )
- TV 7 (TV7) (Website: http://www.tv7.co.id/ )
Regional
- TVRI Regional stations Surabaya, Makassar, Bandung, Padang, Jogja, Denpasar, etc. (Website: http://www.tvrisby.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
- Indovision (Indovision) (Website: http://www.indovision.tv/ )
- Kabelvision (Kabelvision) (Website: http://www.kabelvision.com/ )
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
- NHK (web site:http://www.nhk.or.jp/ )
- JNN
- TBS (web site:http://www.tbs.co.jp/ )
- NNN
- Nihon TV (web site:http://www.ntv.co.jp/ )
- FNN
- Fuji TV (web site:http://www.fujitv.co.jp/ )
- ANN
- TV Asahi (web site:http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ )
- TXN
- TV Tokyo (web site:http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/ )
Korea
List of Korean Broadcasting networks
Malaysia
List of Malaysian television stations
Mexico
- Canal Once/IPN
- Telemundo Mexico
- Televisa (web site:http://www.televisa.com.mx/ )
- TV Azteca (web site:http://www.tvazteca.com.mx/ )
Panama
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
Philippines
- ABS-CBN Channel 2 (Alto Broadcasting System-Chronicle Broadcasting Network), one of the Philippines' two giant television networks
- NBN Channel 4 (National Broadcasting Network), a state-owned company
- ABC Channel 5 (Associated Broadcasting Company), a private-owned company
- GMA Network Channel 7 (Greater Manila Area Radio and Television Arts), one of the Philippines' two giant television networks
- RPN Channel 9 (Radio Philippines Network), a state-run company
- ZOE Channel 11, a Christian television network
- IBC Channel 13 (Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation), a state-run company
- SBN Channel 21 (Southern Broadcasting Network)
- Studio 23, the UHF channel of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
- NET 25 (New Era Television)
- RJTV Channel 29 (Rajah Television Network)
- UNTV Channel 37
- MTV Philippines Channel 41 (Music Television), the Philippine-arm of the MTV Networks around the world
- 3ABN Channel 45 (3 Angels Broadcasting Network)
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
Singapore
- MediaCorp
- SPH MediaWorks (merged with Mediacorp on 1 January 2005
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/ )
- Telemadrid and La Otra (TVAM, Madrid Autonomous Community Television, website)
- TV3 and Canal 33 (Televisió de Catalunya, Catalan Public Television)
- TVG (Galician Public Television)
- Canal 9 and Punt 2 (Valencian Public Television)
- Euskal Telebista (2 channels, Basque public television)
- Canal Sur (Andalusian public television)
- Localia TV (Prisa Group's local television network, website)
- Onda 6 (Vocento's local television network, website)
- Veo TV (Recoletos' terrestrial digital television channel)
- Net TV
- Quiero Madrid
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
- 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
- Sky (BSkyB - satellite network) www.sky.com
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)