TV Network

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. It first broadcast on television in 1948. Corporate headquarters are in Manhattan in New York City, while programming offices are in Burbank, California adjacent to the Walt Disney Studios and the Walt Disney Company corporate headquarters. ABC is the most watched television network...

CBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS) is one of the largest radio and television network in the United States. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name. The network is sometimes referred to as the Tiffany Network, which alludes to the perceived quality of CBS programming during the tenure of its founder William S. Paley. It can also refer to some of CBS's first demonstrations of color television, which were held in a former Tiffany & Co. building in...

Discovery Health Channel (or DHC), launched on August 2, 1999, is a U.S. cable television network dedicated to programming that highlights various aspects of health and wellness (and unwellness as well). The network is a media property of Discovery Communications Inc., the parent company of other popular cable TV networks such as Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet. A version of DHC has been set up in Canada as well; Discovery Health Canada is a joint venture between Canadian media giant...

TLC (The Learning Channel) is a cable TV network in the US and Canada, that carries a variety of informational and reality-based programming. TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications since 1991, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel , Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks. TLC imports a significant amount of programming material from the United Kingdom (such as Junkyard Wars) mostly through its parent company's ties to the BBC and...

Discovery Real Time is a male oriented factual television channel produced by Discovery Networks Europe. It originally launched in the UK during the 1994 as TLC being a British version of the US channel of the same name. It later rebranded as Discovery Home & Leisure and was relaunched under its current name on May 7 2005 in the UK market and is now aimed to complement the female skewed Discovery Home & Health (which itself replaced Discovery Health) It is also available in many...

Discovery Kids is an American digital cable television channel, owned by Discovery Communications with programming for education of children. Discovery Kids broadcasted a Saturday morning E/I programming lineup for children which replaced TNBC called Discovery Kids on NBC, which ran from October 5, 2002 through September 2, 2006, when NBC ended the partnership and created a new E/I block called qubo. In 2002, Discovery Kids began airing a reality television show entitled Endurance. The show is...

The Travel Channel is a cable television network that features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in Africa animal safari, tours of grand hotel, and visits to significant cities and towns, with recent programming putting an emphasis on how the rich travel and on "haunted" destinations, like Most Haunted. It was launched by Trans World Airlines in 1987, presumably to boost airline...

Discovery Kids was a British children's channel in the UK. The channel initially began broadcasting exclusively on the On Digital service time sharing with Discovery Wings; the channel eventually became available on other digital platforms such as Sky Digital. Discovery Kids closed down at 6pm on 28 February 2007 and replaced by Discovery Turbo, and will gradually over time be replaced with a new online broadband video service called Discovery Kids On Demand and some of its programming were...

HD Theater is a high-definition television network from Discovery Communications Inc., owners of the Discovery Channel. It launched nation-wide in 2002 as Discovery HD Theater and is now the most widely distributed basic cable HD network. The network was rebranded to its current name on September 22, 2007, due to Discovery Network launching HD simulcast of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC and The Science Channel. Discovery HD Theater has been a pioneer in development of programming...

The Military Channel is cable and satellite television network which broadcasts military and military history related programming. It is part of the Discovery Channel group of networks within the United States and Canada. Because it replaced the Discovery Wings channel, which focused on aircraft and aerospace, many of the Military Channel's shows are dedicated to aerial warfare and related technologies/issues. It also shows a lot of content brought over from other Discovery stations. The...

Oxygen is an American cable and satellite TV channel that carries programming aimed at young women. The network was originally owned by Oxygen Media, but is now owned by NBC Universal. The privately held company Oxygen Media was founded in 1998 by Geraldine Laybourne, talk show host Oprah Winfrey and producers Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner and Caryn Mandabach (of Carsey-Werner fame). The company's cable network Oxygen, (formerly featuring Oh! above the main channel title), launched on February 2,...

Viasat Nature/Crime is a television channel broadcasting nature documentaries and crime movies and series. It is broadcasting to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.The channel has its origins in TV6, a Swedish women's channel started in 1994. In 1998, the channel was changed into a pan-Nordic pay channel showing nature documentaries from 6 p.m to 9 p.m. ("TV6 Nature") and then action movies and series from 9 p.m. to midnight ("TV6 Action"). In 2002, the channel was renamed and became Viasat...

TV 2 Filmkanalen is a Norwegian movie channel. The channel broadcasts 18 hours a day and shows about 420 movies a year.

OBE TV (Original Black Entertainment TV) is a British television channel launched in September 2004. It shows film, food, advertisements, sports and talk shows as well as church service programmes. The channel is aimed at black audiences, and shows programmes from South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana. Its programmes are primarily taken from the South African Broadcasting Corporation (the SABC's news broadcasts are shown frequently), but it does broadcast Nollywood productions. A timeshifted service...

TVP1 - is a television channel owned by TVP (Telewizja Polska S.A.), Poland's national public broadcaster. It was the first Polish channel to be broadcast and remains one of the most popular today.