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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 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 have 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:

Australia

Canada

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) - http://www.cbc.ca
CTV Television Network (CTV) http://www.ctv.ca
Global Television Network (Global) - http://www.canada.com/globaltv/
Citytv - http://www.citytv.com
Prime - http://www.canada.com
SRC - http://www.radio-canada.ca
TQS - http://www.tqs.ca
NTV - http://www.ntv.ca
TVOntario - http://www.tvo.org
NewVR - http://www.thenewvr.com
Atlantic Television (ATV) - http://www.atv.ca

China, Peoples Republic of

Chinese Central Television (CCTV)

China, Republic of

See entry for Taiwan below.

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 brodcast identical contents, nationwide or within their single local area.

India

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

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

Nihon Housou Kyoukai (NHK) (web site:http://www.nhk.or.jp)
Nippon Television Network Corporation (web site:http://www.ntv.co.jp)
Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS) (web site:http://www.tbs.co.jp)
Fuji Television (web site:http://www.fujitv.co.jp)
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (web site:http://www.asahi.co.jp)
TV Tokyo (web site:http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp)
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV) (web site:http://www.ytv.co.jp)
Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc (MBS) (web site:http://www.mbs.jp)
Kansai Telecasting Corporation (KTV) (web site:http://www.ktv.co.jp)

Sweden

Taiwan

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

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
five www.five.tv
Sky (BSkyB - satellite network) www.sky.com

United States

U.S. Broadcast television networks

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Azteca America Spanish language network
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
DuMont Network went defunct after 1956
Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) Religious - Catholic
Fox Broadcasting Network (Fox)
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
National Educational Television (NET) defunct in 1969 - merged into PBS
PAX Network (PAX)
Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
Telefutura (TFT) Spanish language network
Telemundo (TDO) Spanish language network
Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) Religious - Protestant
United Paramount Network (UPN)
Univision (UVN) Spanish language network
Warner Brothers Network (WB)

U.S. Cable and Satellite television networks

Major:

Premium:

Cinemax (MAX)
Home Box Office (HBO)
Showtime (SHO)
Starz (STRZ)
The Movie Channel (TMC)

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 ==Germany==
 * [[ARD]] (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) - publicly-owned network
-Germany's many other TV channels are not networks.
+Germany's many other TV channels are not networks since they do not consist of individual stations but brodcast identical contents, nationwide or within their single local area.
 ==India==