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2. Cable television in the United States - Wikipedia

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   HBO was the first true premium cable (or "pay-cable") network as well as the first television network intended for cable distribution on a regional or national basis; however, there were notable precursors to premium cable in the pay-television industry that operated during the 1950s and 1960s (with a few systems lingering until 1980), as well ...

3. List of United States pay television channels - Wikipedia

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   The scope of this list is limited to channels broadcast via Cable, Satellite or Terrestrial providers only and does not include channels streamed exclusively online. This list may be incomplete and uses limited sources relative to the 2,675 [ 1 ] TV providers in the United States.

4. List of years in television - Wikipedia

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   1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (), holds public hearings about television; 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.

5. List of United States over-the-air television networks

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   YTA TV – A successor to Channel America and formerly named America One and Youtoo America, YTA TV is a network featuring general entertainment programming (which is wholly scheduled by the network for its affiliates), with a heavy emphasis on primetime sports programming and events; it maintains affiliations with approximately sixty stations ...

6. List of defunct television networks in the United States

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   Aired music videos from various artists from around the world; purchased and shut down by Hubbard Broadcasting in 2008 to expand distribution for Ovation TV. m Channel: Aired syndicated music videos, TV shows, movies and news. Was folded under decision of the owner/creator of the network. MOR Music TV: August 31, 1997: Launched on September 1 ...

7. Television in the United States - Wikipedia

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   TBS, whose former parent Atlanta station WTCG (now WPCH-TV) became the first "basic cable" network to be uplinked to satellite in December 1976, had converted its national feed into a conventional cable channel in October 2007; [76] WGN-TV in Chicago was uplinked in October 1978; its national feed, WGN America, also converted into a traditional ...

8. 1979 in American television - Wikipedia

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   ESPN, an all-sports channel, launches and becomes the first cable TV channel to be launched as a 24-hour channel. September 9 KNXV-TV goes on the air for the first time as Phoenix's first UHF station, airing with ONTV. It was soon stripped off ONTV in 1983, eventually going first with Fox in 1986, then to ABC via an affiliation agreement with ...

9. 1946 in American television - Wikipedia

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   RCA, DuMont, Crosley, and Belmont, have all released the first post-war television sets. Zoomar introduces the first professional zoom lens for television cameras. The FCC begins to reserve channel 1 for low-powered Community television stations. Channel 1 would be decommissioned from broadcasting use two years later.