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This is a list of television networks by country. For lists of television stations by country, see Lists of television channels (sorted by continent and country) or Lists of television channels by country.
Here's the full high definition (HD) digital terrestrial television channels in Australia :
Name | Owner | Description | Language | Availability |
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Arte Belgique | Cooperation between RTBF and ARTE | Cultural network | French | Cable networks in Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders – Satellite |
Ketnet | VRT | daytime children's network, after 8 pm: additional VRT-channel | Dutch | Cable networks in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia – Satellite – DVB-T in Flanders and Brussels |
Prime & Sporting Telenet | Telenet | pay-TV with the channels Prime Star, Prime Action, Prime Fezztival, Prime Family, Prime Series, Sporting 1–8, Sporting Golf | Dutch | Telenet cable network in Flanders and Brussels (Prime Star, Sporting 1 & Sporting 2 in HD) |
Ranking | Network | Founder | Currently | Notes |
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#1 | TV Globo | Roberto Marinho | Roberto Irineu Marinho | Membership Chairman |
#2 | RecordTV | Paulo Machado de Carvalho | Edir Macedo | Edir Macedo 90% and Ester Bezerra 10% |
#3 | SBT | Silvio Santos | Silvio Santos | |
#4 | Band | João Jorge Saad | Johnny Saad | 1999–present |
#5 | RedeTV! | Amilcare Dallevo and Marcelo de Carvalho | Amilcare Dallevo and Marcelo de Carvalho | 50% each |
#6 | Cultura | Assis Chateaubriand | Marcos Mendonça | Belongs to Fundação Padre Anchieta. Owner Government of the State of São Paulo |
#7 | Gazeta | Emílio Garrastazu Médici | Fundação Cásper Líbero | |
#8 | Record News | Edir Macedo | Luiz Claudio Costa |
Most channels from France are available in French Guiana.
Free-to-air television networks include:
Television station groups
Most channels from the United Kingdom are available in Ireland.
Plus, a wide variety of pay television channels from Orbit Showtime, ADD, Cablevision, Econet, Digitek...
In the Netherlands, the television market is divided between a number of commercial networks and a system of public broadcasters sharing three channels.
More Portuguese TV stations in "List of television stations in Portugal"
1: RTV SLO
2: Pop Tv
3: Kanal 3
See: List of channels in Tajikistan
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