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

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.

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

Korea

List of Korean Broadcasting networks

Malaysia

List of Malaysian television stations

Mexico

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

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

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

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