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  2. Digital subchannel - Wikipedia

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    The first major nationally distributed general entertainment digital multicast television network, or diginet, for use on subchannels was Retro Television Network in 2005. Several new services launched or attempted to launch in 2008, including This TV , utilizing classic TV programming and library movies.

  3. List of United States over-the-air television networks

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    The network maintains over 160 affiliates (mainly through digital subchannel affiliations, with a small number of stations carrying it as a primary network affiliation), making it the most widely distributed multicast network, and often out-rating programming on The CW despite its much smaller original programming division.

  4. Television in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The most popular and widely distributed network that uses digital subchannels as its primary form of distribution is MeTV, a classic television network originally launched by station owner Weigel Broadcasting in 2005 as a programming format on one of its flagship television stations in Chicago, WFBT-CA (now WWME-CD), and evolved into a national ...

  5. Digital multicast television network - Wikipedia

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    For most of the 2000s, digital multicasting in the United States remained less used. One of the earliest successful uses of subchannels was to broadcast automated weather information. The first such subchannel was the 69 News Weather Channel, launched in February 2001 by WFMZ-TV in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with the assistance of AccuWeather. [8]

  6. Digital television in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The five main ATSC formats of DTV currently [when?] broadcast in the U.S. are: . Standard definition—480i, to maintain compatibility with existing NTSC sets when a digital television broadcast is converted back to an analog one [citation needed] —either by a converter box or a cable/satellite operator's proprietary equipment

  7. WPBT - Wikipedia

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    Some of WPBT's notable national programs include the science program Star Gazers, the bilingual sitcom ¿Qué Pasa, USA?, the film show film-maker and its most well known program, the business news and analysis program Nightly Business Report (which was widely distributed by public television stations, mainly those that are members of PBS and had its production responsibilities assumed by CNBC ...

  8. Network affiliate - Wikipedia

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    In the broadcasting industry (particularly in North America, and even more in the United States), a network affiliate or affiliated station is a local broadcaster, owned by a company other than the owner of the network, which carries some or all of the lineup of television programs or radio programs of a television or radio network.

  9. Multichannel television - Wikipedia

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    Subscription television services can be distributed to customers through various means, including wireline media such as cable and fiber-optic wire, direct broadcast satellite, and using internet protocols—either over a private network maintained by the provider, or as an "over-the-top" service streamed over the public internet.