Talk:Television network
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[edit] Massive problems
Please see my comments in Talk:Lists of television channels if you are interested in standardizing the various television station/channel pages.- dcljr 02:45, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Infoboxes?
It seems that someone has been adding infoboxes to various network pages (see Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:TV_Network). Putting aside the sometimes inconsistent information that the user (or users) has put in - it can, of course, be fixed - I feel obliged to ask if television networks should be given infoboxes. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, but they haven't been used in the past, and would they really contribute to the article? - Stickguy 04:05, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
- Okay, it seems pretty clear that no one hates them, so I'm going to produce a revised version and perhaps eventually replace the old one where it appears. Stickguy 03:38, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
- It doesn't make sense to include Channel in the infobox... this is pretty much guaranteed to be different for everyone. Location is also dubious. I would suggest perhaps something to distinguish primary availability through US Broadcast, US Cable, DirecTV and Dish Satellite, and whatever other international options (I'm a 'merkin so I don't even know how TV works in those other countries). Actually, almost everything in that infobox is bugging me, I would recommend ditching all the info and putting in Geographical Coverage Area and perhaps # of subscribers/viewers. I'll think about this some more. -Kwh 07:00, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
I was wondering, and have wondered for a long time, whether networks pay the stations to air their programs or whether affiliates pay the networks for their programming. Can anybody answer this? Thanks!
[edit] Local and network News
Do the major American tv networks have any editorial say over local affiliates' news? Many affiliates use the network logos with their own local news programmes, so I thought this was worth asking.. Thanks! 80.203.47.202 20:19, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merge proposal
I see that it has been suggested that Television channel and this article be merged together. Discuss here or at Talk:Television channel#Merge proposal
--Jerome Potts (talk) 23:28, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Needs explanation
I came to this article for an explanation of the American English term 'network television'. I often here Americans and American media talk about network television but for non-Americans we have no idea what that means. We have TV channels and that's it. As far as we are concerned a TV channel is the same as a TV network and the same as a TV station. What is the difference and why doesn't the article tell us? I originally thought that 'network television' refered to terrestrial TV (as opposed to satellite, cable or Internet TV). Then I thought that it may refer only to nationwide TV (as opposed to local and regional TV). I have no idea. Someone please improve this article. --217.202.96.102 (talk) 22:47, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
