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BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the BBC Global News Ltd division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. According to its corporate PR, the combined 7 channels of the Global News operations have the largest audience market share among all of its rivals, with an estimated 99 million viewers weekly in 2016/2017, part of the estimated 121 million weekly audience of all its operations. Launched on 11 March 1991 as BBC World Service Television outside Europe, its name was changed to BBC World on 16 January 1995 and to BBC World News on 21 April 2008. It broadcasts news bulletins, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interview shows. Unlike the BBC's domestic channels, it is owned and operated by BBC Global News Ltd., part of the BBC's commercial group of companies, and is funded by subscription and advertising revenues, and not by the United Kingdom television licence. The channel is not broadcast in the UK, though BBC World News reports and programming is also used by the BBC News channel. It is distinct from the BBC Studios operations. The linear service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to Al Jazeera, CNN International, France 24, and NHK World.
Sky Cinema is a British pay television film channel owned by Sky Group, a division of Comcast. In the United Kingdom, Sky Cinema channels currently broadcast on the Sky satellite and Virgin Media cable platforms, and in addition Sky Cinema on demand content are available through these as well as via Now TV, BT TV and TalkTalk TV.
The following is a list of events affecting American television during 2004. Events listed include television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations.
FOX Arena is an Australian general entertainment cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar, and Optus Television's subscription platforms.
Alabama Public Television (APT) is a state network of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television stations serving the U.S. state of Alabama. It is operated by the Alabama Educational Television Commission (AETC), an agency of the Alabama state government which holds the licenses for all of the PBS member stations licensed in the state. The broadcast signals of the nine stations cover almost all of the state, as well as parts of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. The network produces public affairs and documentary programming; broadcast and online education programs for classroom use and teacher professional development; and electronic field trips serving K-12 students.
WBAY-TV, virtual channel 2, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The station is owned by Gray Television. WBAY-TV's studios are located on South Jefferson Street in downtown Green Bay, with a Fox Cities news bureau on College Avenue on the west side of Appleton, just south of Fox River Mall. The station's transmitter is located in Ledgeview, Wisconsin.
WJCT is a non profit organization based in Jacksonville, Florida, which operates PBS member television station WJCT, NPR member radio station WJCT-FM, and WJCT Online.
1080p is a set of HDTV high-definition video modes characterized by 1,920 pixels displayed across the screen horizontally and 1,080 pixels down the screen vertically; the p stands for progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a resolution of 2.1 megapixels. It is often marketed as Full HD or FHD, to contrast 1080p with 720p resolution screens. Although 1080p is sometimes informally referred to as 2K, these terms reflect two distinct technical standards, with differences including resolution and aspect ratio.
PBS Satellite Service are feeds relayed from PBS by satellite. The service was launched in September 1978. The service provides a mixed variety of programming selected from PBS's regular network services. In the X/XP years a satellite feed was multicast by some PBS member stations on an over-the-air DTV sub-channel along with their regular programming, or during overnight hours on their main channel to provide a second opportunity for viewers to watch or record primetime programming. PBS currently utilizes two transponders on the AMC-21 satellite. Transponder 24 is a MCPC which currently has seven channels uplinked from the PBS NOC in Alexandria, VA. Transponder 23 utilizes four SCPC feeds which are shared amongst different affiliates across the country at various times.
WTVS, virtual channel 56, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Detroit, Michigan, United States. The station is owned by the Detroit Educational Television Foundation. WTVS' main studios are located at the Riley Broadcast Center and HD Studios in Wixom, with an additional studio at the Maccabees Building in Midtown Detroit. The station's transmitter is located at 8 Mile and Meyers Road in Oak Park. WTVS partners with the Stanley and Judith Frankel Family Foundation in the management of classical and jazz music station WRCJ-FM (90.9).
WTOV-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, is a dual NBC/Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Steubenville, Ohio, United States and also serving Wheeling, West Virginia. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. WTOV's studios and transmitter are located on Burr Avenue in Mingo Junction, Ohio.
KELO-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 11, is a dual CBS/MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. KELO-TV's studios are located on Phillips Avenue in downtown Sioux Falls, and its transmitter is located near Rowena, South Dakota.
PBS Kids is the brand for most of the children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. Some public television children's programs are not produced by PBS member stations or transmitted by PBS which is produced by independent public television distributors such as American Public Television are not labeled as "PBS Kids" programming, and it is mainly a programming block branding.
PBS Kids Go! is a former television brand that was used by PBS for programs aimed at older children, in contrast to the kindergarten and preschool-level PBS Kids. It was primarily broadcast on PBS stations during the afternoon hours on weekdays. It debuted on October 11, 2004, and was discontinued on October 7, 2013.
Idaho Public Television is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member network serving the U.S. state of Idaho. Consisting of five television stations, it is operated and funded by the Idaho State Board of Education, an agency of the Idaho state government that holds the licenses to all PBS member stations in the state. The network is headquartered in Boise, with satellite studios at the University of Idaho in Moscow and Idaho State University in Pocatello.
WVEC, virtual channel 13, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Hampton, Virginia, United States, serving the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia, and the Outer Banks region of northeastern North Carolina. The station is owned by Tegna Inc. WVEC's studios are located on West Brambleton Avenue in Norfolk, and its transmitter is located in the Driver neighborhood of Suffolk, Virginia.
WYIN, virtual channel 56, branded on-air as Lakeshore PBS, is a secondary Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station serving Chicago, Illinois, United States that is licensed to Gary, Indiana. Owned by Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting, Inc., it is a sister station to National Public Radio (NPR) member WLPR-FM (89.1). The two stations share studios on Indiana Place in Merrillville; WYIN's transmitter is located near Lake Dalecarlia. WYIN is one of two PBS member stations serving the Chicago television market, alongside Chicago-licensed WTTW.
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a method of transmitting more than one independent program stream simultaneously from the same digital radio or television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual program stream, and multiplexing to combine them into a single signal. The practice is sometimes called "multicasting".
Creative Programs, Inc., also known as CPI, is a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation that operates and distributes pay TV channels and provides pay-per-view services to direct-to-home satellite and cable television providers in the Philippines. Since 2019, CPI also engages in book and magazine publishing through its subsidiary ABS-CBN Publishing, following their merger.
KNMD-TV, virtual channel 9, is a World-affiliated television station serving Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States that is licensed to Santa Fe. The station is owned by the University of New Mexico, making it the sister station of KNME-TV.
