Curated category
Commercial-free television networks
- PBSOn the 3rd of November 1969, four men gathered in Washington to create a new national network for public television. Hartford N.
- Disney Jr.The Walt Disney Company first attempted to launch a 24-hour subscription channel for preschoolers in the United States on the 25th of June 2001.
- Disney ChannelThe Disney Channel opened its doors at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the 18th of April 1983, as a premium pay service available only to subscribers willing to…
- Australian Broadcasting CorporationOn the 1st of July 1932, the Australian Broadcasting Commission officially came into existence through an Act of Federal Parliament.
- Sveriges TelevisionIn 1954, test transmissions began from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. This marked the start of a journey that would eventually create…
- NFL RedZoneThe National Football League launched NFL RedZone on the 13th of September 2009. This new channel replaced a similar service that DirecTV had offered under…
- NHKCount Gotō Shinpei stood at the helm when Japan's first radio station opened its doors on the 12th of July 1925. This single event marked the birth of what…
- BBC TelevisionJohn Logie Baird set up the Baird Television Development Company in 1926. On the 30th of September 1929, he made the first experimental television broadcast…