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Television networks in the United States
- PBSOn the 3rd of November 1969, four men gathered in Washington to create a new national network for public television. Hartford N.
- Fox NewsOn the 7th of October 1996, the Fox News Channel launched with a signal reaching only 17 million cable subscribers. Rupert Murdoch, an Australian-born media…
- HBOCharles Dolan sat aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 during a family vacation to France in the summer of 1971. He was desperate to save his struggling cable…
- ESPNBill Rasmussen stood in a Plainville, Connecticut office on the 14th of May 1978. He had just been fired from the World Hockey Association's New England…
- NickelodeonOn the 1st of December 1977, a small cable system in Columbus, Ohio began broadcasting a channel called C-3. This early experiment carried a single program…
- MTVAt 12:01 a.m. on the 1st of August 1981, the first image to appear on the new cable channel was not a music video but a montage of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
- Amazon FreeveeAmazon Freevee began its life as IMDb Freedive in January 2019. This free, ad-supported video channel launched under the ownership of the online database…
- CNNAt 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 1st of June 1980, the Cable News Network began broadcasting from Atlanta, Georgia. Ted Turner introduced the channel to a…
- American Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company launched as a radio network in 1943. It emerged from the NBC Blue Network, which Edward J. Noble purchased that same year.
- History ChannelOn the 1st of January 1995, the History Channel opened its doors to American audiences. The network began as a joint venture between A&E Television Networks…
- CBSOn the 27th of January 1927, a radio network named United Independent Broadcasters began operations in Chicago. Arthur Judson, a New York City talent agent…
- Cartoon NetworkOn the 9th of August 1986, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. The deal included a massive film and television library…
- NBCThe Radio Corporation of America established the National Broadcasting Company in 1926. This new entity became the first major broadcast network in the…
- USA NetworkOn the 22nd of September 1977, a new channel named the Madison Square Garden Sports Network began broadcasting. This launch marked one of the first national…
- 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…
- Disney XDAt 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the 13th of February 2009, the lights went out on Toon Disney and flickered back to life as Disney XD.
- Fox Broadcasting CompanyOn the 9th of October 1986, the Fox Broadcasting Company officially launched its signal from a cluster of six major U.S.