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 has 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:
Argentina
- America TV - http://www.america2.com.ar
- Arte Radiotelevisivo Argentino (ARTEAR) - http://ww.artear.com.ar
- Argentina Televisora Color (ATC) - http://www.atece.com.ar
- Azul TV - http://www.azultv.com
- Television Federal (TELEFE) - http://www.telefe.com.ar
Australia
List of Australian television channels
Canada
List of Canadian television channels
Chile
- Chilevision
- Corporacion de Television de la Universidad Catolica de Chile (UCTV)
- Megavision
- Television Nacional de Chile (TVN)
Chinese language
List of Chinese language television channels
China, Republic of
See entry for Taiwan below.
Colombia
- Cadena Radial Colombiana (Caracol)
- Cadena Uno
- Canal A
- Radio Cadena Nacional (RCN)
- Señal Colombia
France
- TF1 (Télévision Française 1) - commercial station (Website: http://www.tf1.fr/ )
- France 2 - public station (Website: http://www.france2.fr/ )
- France 3 - public station (Website: http://www.france3.fr/ )
- Canal + - commercial station (Website: http://www.cplus.fr/ )
- France 5 - public station (Website: http://www.france5.fr/ )
- M6 (Métropole 6) - commercial station (Website: http://www.m6.fr/ )
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 broadcast 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
Indonesia
National
- Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) (Website: http://www.tvri.co.id/ )
- Cakrawala Andalas Televisi (ANteve) (Website: http://www.an.tv/ )
- Global TV (GTV) (Website: http://www.globaltv.co.id/ )
- Indosiar (Website: http://www.indosiar.com/ )
- Lativi (Website: http://www.lativi.com/ )
- MetroTV (Website: http://www.metrotvnews.com/ )
- Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia (RCTI) (Website: http://www.rcti.tv/ )
- Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV) (Website: http://www.sctv.co.id/ )
- Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia (TPI) (Website: http://www.tpi.tv/ )
- Televisi Transformasi Indonesia (Trans TV) (Website: http://www.transtv.co.id/ )
- TV 7 (TV7) (Website: http://www.tv7.co.id/ )
Regional
- Reksa Birama Televisi ( RBTV ) - Jogjakarta ( RB Group - Galeri Video - Amikom )
- Jawa Pos Televisi (JTV) (Website: http://www.jtvrek.com/ )
- TVRI Regional stations Surabaya, Makassar, Bandung, Padang, Jogja, Denpasar, etc. (Website: http://www.tvrisby.com/
- Agropolitan TV (ATV)- Batu, East Java
- Batu Televisi - Batu, East Java
- Bali TV - Bali
- Batam TV - Batam (Riau Pos Group)
- Bukittingi Televisi (BiTV) - Bukit Tinggi, Sumatra
- Bunaken TV - Manado
- Gospel Overseas Television Network (GOTV) - Manado
- Makassar TV - Makassar
- Pacific TV - Manado
- Riau Televisi (Riau TV) - Pekanbaru, Riau (Riau Pos Group)
- Reksa Birama TV (RBTV) - Jogjakarta
- Televisi Manado (TVM)
- TV Borobudur (TVB) - Semarang, Central Java
Cable TV
- Indovision (Indovision) (Website: http://www.indovision.tv/ )
- Kabelvision (Kabelvision) (Website: http://www.kabelvision.com/ )
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
- NHK (web site:http://www.nhk.or.jp/ )
- JNN
- TBS (web site:http://www.tbs.co.jp/ )
- NNN
- Nihon TV (web site:http://www.ntv.co.jp/ )
- FNN
- Fuji TV (web site:http://www.fujitv.co.jp/ )
- ANN
- TV Asahi (web site:http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ )
- TXN
- TV Tokyo (web site:http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/ )
Mexico
- Canal Once/IPN
- Telemundo Mexico
- Televisa (web site:http://www.televisa.com.mx/ )
- TV Azteca (web site:http://www.tvazteca.com.mx/ )
Panama
Paraguay
- Red Privada de Comunicación (RPC), Canal 13
- Sistema Nacional de Televisión (SNT)
Peru
Portuguese language
List of Portuguese language television channels
Qatar
Serbia
- Radio Television of Serbia state owned network (6 channels)
- RTV Pink previously state owned, has recently expanded into several other countries and is considered the MTV of Eastern Europe (particularly Slavic countries)
- BKTV
- Info-TV
Spain
- Antena 3 (web site:http://www.antena3tv.com/ )
- Tele 5 (web site:http://www.tele5.es/ )
- Televisión Española (TVE) (web site:http://www.rtve.es/ )
Spanish language
List of Spanish language television channels
Sweden
Taiwan
- China Television Company (CTV) - (need chinese terms)
- Chinese Television Service (CTS)
- Taiwan Television Company (TTV)
United Arab Emirates
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
Broadcast
See List of United States television networks.
Cable & Satellite
See List of United States cable and satellite television networks.
Venezuela
- Globovision
- RCTV (Radio Caracas Television)
- Televen (Television Venezolana)
- Venevision (Venezolana de Television)
- VTV (Corporacion Venezolana de Television)