Satellite Program Network
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Satellite Program Network, or SPN, was a satellite and cable network in the United States from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. SPN was created by Ed Taylor, an associate of Ted Turner and the head of the Southern Satellite Systems company. In 1985, SPN was acquired by Satellite Syndicated Systems [1].
Among the programs broadcast on SPN were Video Concert Hall, an early music-video show (before the start of MTV); News from Home, a program for Canadians in the US, hosted by early CNN anchor Don Miller; The Susan Noon Show, a celebrity-interview show; Nutrition Dialogue, hosted by Dr. Betty Kamen; and Moscow Meridian, a current-affairs program produced by Soviet authorities and hosted by Vladimir Posner.
SPN later became Tempo Television. In 1988 the channel was purchased by NBC, and in 1989 was relaunched as the Consumer News and Business Channel, CNBC.
[edit] References
- ^ "Satellite Syndicated Systems reports earnings for Qtr to June 30." The New York Times. August 6, 1985. [1]
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