What is Television network?
[[File:TV Tokyo (head office).jpg|thumb|Headquarters of [[TV Tokyo]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan.]] A '''television network''' is a [[:wikt:network|network]] to provide [[television programme|television programming]] to many [[television station]]s. It is almost always a large [[company]]. Until the mid-[[1980s]], television programming in most countries of the world was mainly done by a small number of [[broadcast network]]s. Many early television networks (for example, the [[Radio Philippines Network|RPN]], [[NHK|NHK General TV]], [[Canal Once (Mexico)|Canal Once]], [[CBS]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Channel 4]], [[People's Television Network|PTV]], [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], [[BBC One|BBC]] or [[PBS]]) began as [[radio]] networks. A television network may [[broadcast]] many '''television channels'''. For example, [[BBC]] is a television network. It broadcasts its programs on many different channels including [[BBC One]], [[BBC Two]], [[BBC Parliament]], [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News]], [[BBC World News]], [[CBeebies]], [[BBC Four]] and [[CBBC]]. Each channel will often have a group of programs that are similar in some way. For example, CBBC broadcasts [[child]]ren programs. The individual [[Company|companies]] that create the content are '''television studios'''. A studio is often an '''affiliate''' of a network. For example, WAVY is a station in Hampton Roads, Virginia. It is an affiliate of the [[NBC]] network. WAVY is also the name of the channel that the studio creates and broadcasts locally on channel 10. It is called WAVY10. [[Category:Television networks| ]] [[Category:Television stations| ]] [[Category:Television channels| ]] {{tv-stub}}