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The following is a list of pay television networks or channels broadcasting or receivable in the United States, organized by broadcast area and genre.. Some television providers use one or more channel slots for east/west feeds, high definition services, secondary audio programming and access to video on demand.
QVC: Comcast sold its majority stake to Liberty Media in 2003 Speed Channel : joint venture with Cox Communications and Fox Entertainment Group ; Fox acquired Comcast and Cox's stakes in 2001 Time Warner Entertainment (26%, with Time Warner Inc.): Comcast sold its 26% stake to Time Warner Inc. (now Warner Bros. Discovery ) in 2003.
Xfinity Voice (formerly Comcast Digital Voice) is a Voice Over IP cable telephony service that was launched in 2005 in some markets, [75] and to all of Comcast's markets in 2006. Comcast's older service, Comcast Digital Phone, continued to offer service for a brief period, until Comcast shut it down around in late 2007. [ 76 ]
Comcast is planning to spin off most of its cable television networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, into a separate publicly traded company, according to executives with knowledge of the plan.
Brian L. Roberts. Comcast is described as a family business. [20] Brian L. Roberts, its chairman and CEO, is the son of founder Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015). Roberts owns or controls about 1% of all Comcast shares but all of the Class B supervoting shares, giving him an "undilutable 33% voting power over the company". [21]
Managed Satellite Distribution (formerly known as Headend in the Sky/HITS) is Comcast's satellite multiplex service that provides cable channels to cable television operations. Managed Satellite Distribution was founded in 1994 and its namesake product is commonly recognized as the pioneer of digital television in the United States.
Multichannel television in the United States has been available since at least 1948. The United States is served by multichannel television through cable television systems, direct-broadcast satellite providers, and various other wireline video providers; among the largest television providers in the U.S. are YouTube TV, DirecTV, Altice USA, Charter Communications (through its Spectrum ...
UniMás maintains nearly 45 owned-and-operated and affiliate stations (including 35 full-power stations), and is the third-largest commercial Spanish-language network in the U.S.; UniMás is available in markets without an over-the-air affiliate via a national feed (east and west channels) that is distributed to satellite providers.