According to the CRTC, there are 18 UHF public television networks, 11 VHF public television networks, 19 UHF commercial television networks, 43 VHF commercial television networks, 22 UHF system television networks, and 5 VHF system television networks. These lists only cover broadcast stations.
According to the FCC, as of March 31, 2011, there are 1022 UHF commercial television stations, 360 VHF commercial television stations, 285 UHF educational television stations and 107 VHF educational television stations, plus 439 Class A UHF television stations, 76 Class A VHF television stations, 3043 UHF television translators, 1411 VHF television translators, 1656 UHF low-power television stations and 516 VHF low-power television stations. These lists only cover broadcast stations.[ citation needed ]
There are also many amateur television stations throughout the entire world.
According to the IFT, as of June 21, 2017, there are, 411 commercial television networks, 52 educational television networks, 7 Regional television networks. and 183 State-level television networks. These lists only cover broadcast stations.
Defunct Stations
VTV may refer to:
Channel 4 is a British television station, operated by the Channel Four Television Corporation.
Telecorporación Salvadoreña (TCS) is a television network corporation in El Salvador. Telecorporación Salvadoreña is a group of local television stations formed by channels 2, 4, 6, and TCS+. TCS launched began transmissions on channel 31. The channel stopped analog broadcasts in NTSC and was launched in the TDT on the same frequency, within the virtual channel 31.1, with programming of the TCS files in test signal Most of the time each channel has an independent programming schedule, but the channels do share limited programming and simulcasts, particularly on weekday mornings. When linked together, the network name (Telecorporación Salvadoreña) is used instead of the channels' individual names (2, 4, and 6).
Channel 2 or TV 2 may refer to:
Canal 2 is a Nicaraguan free-to-air television network owned by Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A., owned by the Mexican media mogul Remigio Ángel González. In theory, the channel's sister channels are those of Grupo Ratensa, but in practice, the channel is an independent operation with support from the Nicaraguan government.
Canal 11 is a private Costa Rican television channel, owned and operated by Repretel since 1996. It was the first station owned and operated by Repretel-Albavision group in Costa Rica.
Representaciones Televisivas S.A., commonly known as Repretel or Grupo Repretel is a Costa Rican media company, founded by Remigio Gonzalez, that came into competition with Teletica and Canal9. Repretel owns Costa Rican channels 4, 6, 11 and 2. Repretel began operating in 1993 with Channel 9, in 2000 the lease expired and moved to Channel 4. The company also operates 11 radio stations.
Television in Latin America currently includes more than 1,500 television stations and more than 60 million TV sets throughout the 20 countries that constitute Latin America. Due to economic and political problems television networks in some countries of this region have developed less than the North American and European networks, for instance. In other countries like Colombia or Chile, television broadcasting has historically been public-broadcast dominated until the 1990s. The largest commercial television groups are Mexico-based Televisa, Brazil-based Globo and Canada-based Canwest Latin American Group. Due to the shared language of Spanish by two thirds of Latin Americans a lot of programmes and broadcasters operate throughout the region, offering both United States television and Spanish-language television.
Remigio Ángel González is a Mexican-born owner of the Latin American media network Albavisión. He has lived in Miami since 1987. The network is named for his wife Alba Elvira Lorenzana, who is from Guatemala. González was estimated to be worth $350m in 2002, and by some accounts is now worth $2bn. González has a conservative political stance, but he aims to keep a low profile and cooperate with host country governments. As part of this strategy, he is said to have modified the editorial lines of his stations, particularly in Guatemala and Nicaragua, to accommodate government preferences.
Television in Peru has a history of more than 60 years. There are 105 television broadcasters in Peru, 22 of which are in Lima. In regard to television receivers, in 2003 there were 5,470,000 — that is 200 televisions for every thousand inhabitants. The number of cable subscribers was 967,943 in 2011.
Televisión Independiente de México was a Mexican national television network founded in 1965 by Eugenio Garza Sada. It operated until 1973, when it merged with its primary competitor, Telesistema Mexicano, owned by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, to form the Televisa conglomerate. Televisa absorbed all of TIM's assets, including its television transmitters and its series, including pioneering programs such as El Chavo del Ocho.
Group Megavisión is a Salvadoran broadcasting company that operates three television channels and more than twenty national radio stations. It was founded by Óscar Antonio Safie.
La Tele is a minor television network operated by Grupo ATV, in turn owned by Albavisión, airing exclusively imported programming, similar in profile to other secondary channels of the network, like Repretel 4, Nicaragua's Canal 9 and Guatemala's TeleOnce and Trecevisión. Its programming is focused on cartoons, youth and police series, comedies and reality shows.
Global Televisión, is a television network owned by Grupo ATV that transmits to all of Peru. It was founded in 1986 and is one of the six networks with national coverage.
Canal 12 is a Salvadoran television station owned by Red Salvadoreña de Medios. The station was founded by Jorge Emilio Zedán on 15 December 1984. Since its affiliation to the Albavisión media network, its greatest success has been the strengthening of its information system and the transmission of international sports content.
Canal 3 is the first commercial TV station and the second overall station in Guatemala. It began its TV service in 1956.
Asociación de Televisoras de Centroamérica y Panamá was a pan-regional broadcasting alliance composed of television channels from five Spanish-speaking Central American nations and Panama.
Grupo Ratensa is the Nicaraguan subsidiary of Albavisión, a Latin American media company owned by Guatemalan-Mexican-American businessman Remigio Ángel González. The company operates three core television channels - channels 9, 10 and 11, formerly having interests on channel 4 which González had set up with local Sandinist partners. In addition, Ratensa operates a network of radio stations. It claims to be "the most complete media network and the network with the most reach in national television".