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 the United States 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.

Broadcast television networks:

Argentina

• Television Federal (TELEFE) - http://www.telefe.com.ar

Australia

List of Australian television channels

Canada

List of Canadian television channels

Chile

• Chilevision
• Corporacion de Television de la Universidad Catolica de Chile (UCTV)
• Megavision
• Television Nacional de Chile (TVN)

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

Finland

• Yleisradio (YLE, Finnish Broadcasting Corporation) - 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

• Doordarshan - State owned network (19 channels)
• Star TV
• Zee Network
• Sun Network
• See also List of Indian television stations

Indonesia

National

• Reksa Birama Televisi ( RBTV ) - Jogjakarta ( RB Group - Galeri Video - Amikom )
• Agropolitan TV (ATV)- Batu, East Java
• Batu Televisi - Batu, East Java
• Bali TV - Bali
• Batam TV - Batam (Riau Pos Group)
• Bukittingi Televisi (BiTV) - Bukit Tinggi, Sumatra
• Bunaken TV - Manado
• Gospel Overseas Television Network (GOTV) - Manado
• Makassar TV - Makassar
• Pacific TV - Manado
• Riau Televisi (Riau TV) - Pekanbaru, Riau (Riau Pos Group)
• Reksa Birama TV (RBTV) - Jogjakarta
• Televisi Manado (TVM)
• TV Borobudur (TVB) - Semarang, Central Java

Cable TV

• 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/ )

Mexico

• Canal Once/IPN
• Telemundo Mexico
• Televisa (web site:http://www.televisa.com.mx/ )
• TV Azteca (web site:http://www.tvazteca.com.mx/ )

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
• Canal 9 TV
• Frecuencia 2
• Red TV
• Televisión Nacional del Perú

Portuguese language

List of Portuguese language television channels

Qatar

• Al-Jazeera

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

• Antena 3 (web site:http://www.antena3tv.com/ )
• Televisión Española (TVE) (web site:http://www.rtve.es/ )

Spanish language

List of Spanish language television channels

Sweden

• Sveriges Television
• TV4
• Viasat

Taiwan

• China Television Company (CTV) - (need chinese terms)
• Chinese Television Service (CTS)
• Taiwan Television Company (TTV)

United Arab Emirates

• Al-Arabiya

United Kingdom

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Independent Television (ITV)
• Channel 4
• Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C - in Welsh)
• five
• Sky (BSkyB - satellite network)

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

• Lists of television channels