Television network
Atelevision networkis anetworkto providetelevision programmingto manytelevision stations.It is almost always a largecompany.Until the mid-1980s,television programming in most countries of the world was mainly done by a small number ofbroadcast networks.Many early television networks (for example, theRPN,NHK General TV,Canal Once,CBS,ABC,Channel 4,PTV,CBC,BBCorPBS) began asradionetworks.
A television network maybroadcastmanytelevision channels.For example,BBCis a television network. It broadcasts its programs on many different channels includingBBC One,BBC Two,BBC Parliament,BBC News,BBC World News,CBeebies,BBC FourandCBBC.Each channel will often have a group of programs that are similar in some way. For example, CBBC broadcastschildrenprograms. The individualcompaniesthat create the content aretelevision studios.A studio is often anaffiliateof a network. For example, WAVY is a station in Hampton Roads, Virginia. It is an affiliate of theNBCnetwork. WAVY is also the name of the channel that the studio creates and broadcasts locally on channel 10. It is called WAVY10.
