Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A lavender blue background indicates an affiliate originating as a digital subchannel of a low-power station. (**) – Indicates station was built and signed on by ABC. Owned-and-operated stations
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American broadcast television television network owned by the Disney Media Networks subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, which originated in 1927 as the NBC Blue radio network, and five years after its 1942 divorce from NBC and purchase by Edward J. Noble (adopting its current name the following year), expanded into television in April 1948.
In 1981, United Video Satellite Group launched the first EPG service in North America, a cable channel known simply as The Electronic Program Guide.It allowed cable systems in the United States and Canada to provide on-screen listings to their subscribers 24 hours a day (displaying programming information up to 90 minutes in advance) on a dedicated cable channel.
MyFree DirecTV, scheduled to go live Nov. 15, is a free streaming service with a collection of advertising-supported live TV channels and "an extensive On-Demand library" of series, shows and ...
This means Disney-owned channels, including local ABC stations in 8 markets, ESPN, and other general entertainment and regional sports channels are currently unavailable.
The dispute also led to the Sept. 1 removal of the ESPN networks, Disney Channel, FX, National Geographic and other networks from DirecTV, U-Verse and its DirecTV Stream streaming service.
An example of the ATSC major and minor numbers would be to have main programming airing on say channel 8 (the "major channel") with analog on 8.0 and digital on 8.1 (the first two "minor channels") with other entertainment channels below 8.99 on channels 8.2, 8.3, and up and informational data channels ranging from 8.100 to 8.999.
The ABC and ESPN blackout on DirecTV — affecting nearly 11 million homes — comes during a busy sports calendar with college football, the NFL and the U.S. Open tennis tournament.