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Fox Sports 1
Fox Sports 1 (FS1) is Fox Corporation's national 24-hour multi-sport cable network, launched August 17, 2013 by rebranding Speed to rival ESPN, carrying MLB, NASCAR, college sports, FIFA World Cup and debate studio shows.
Fox Sports Networks
Fox Sports Networks (FSN), also Fox Sports Net, was Fox's U.S. group of regional sports networks launched in 1996 from the Prime Sports chain under News Corp., Liberty Media and TCI. Sold to Sinclair in 2019 and rebranded Bally Sports in 2021; distinct from national FS1/FS2.
Freeform (TV channel)
Freeform is Disney's American cable network for viewers 14-34, renamed from ABC Family on January 12, 2016. Formerly CBN, The Family Channel, Fox Family, and ABC Family; known for Pretty Little Liars and 25 Days of Christmas.
G4 (American TV network)
G4 (American TV network): Comcast's gaming-culture cable channel, launched 2002, merged with TechTV as G4techTV in 2004, home of X-Play and Attack of the Show!, revived November 16, 2021 and shut down October 2022.
GagaOOLala
GagaOOLala is a Taiwan-based LGBTQ+, BL, and GL streaming platform launched in 2016-2017 by Portico Media under founder Jay Lin, with over 1,600 titles, millions of members worldwide, originals like Fragrance of the First Flower, and a USD 6.99/month subscription.
Game+
Game+ is a Canadian English-language specialty TV channel, formerly FNTSY Sports Network, owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment, focused on fantasy sports, esports, poker, and action sports; distinct from Rogers' GamePlus NHL streaming feature.
Great American Family
Great American Family (GAF), formerly GAC Family, is a US cable network launched September 27, 2021 by Bill Abbott's GAC Media from the Great American Country channel, known for Great American Christmas original holiday movies and as a faith-and-family Hallmark competitor.
HBO Sundays
HBO Sundays is HBO's Sunday-night primetime block of flagship original series, established in the late 1990s around The Sopranos and Sex and the City, tagged "Sunday is…HBO," and rated by IMDb data as peaking with the 2014-2016 Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, Veep, and Last Week Tonight lineup.
History of adult television networks
History of adult television networks: subscription and pay-per-view channels carrying sexually explicit programming, from HBO's 1972 launch and the 1982 Playboy Channel through Playboy's Spice and Vivid acquisitions, TEN, Section 505 litigation, and later decline as streaming displaced linear adult channels.
Hulu
Hulu: American subscription streaming service (on-demand TV/film plus Hulu + Live TV), founded 2007 by News Corp and NBCUniversal, wholly owned by Disney since June 2025, being integrated into Disney+ by 2026.
IQIYI
iQIYI (爱奇艺) is a Baidu-controlled Chinese streaming service on Nasdaq (IQ), founded 2010, known for VIP membership plus advertising, original dramas, and international expansion.
Jetix
Jetix was a Disney-owned international children's TV brand (2004–2009/2010), the rebranding of Fox Kids channels and blocks for action-adventure programming, airing on ABC Family and Toon Disney in the US and replaced by Disney XD from 2009.
JioCinema
JioCinema is an Indian OTT streaming platform from Reliance's RPPMSL, amalgamated into Viacom18 in 2022, known for free IPL streaming records (449 million viewers, 32 million peak concurrency in 2023) before merging into JioHotstar in 2024.
Kayo Sports
Kayo Sports is Australia's multi-sport OTT streaming service, launched November 2018 by Streamotion/Foxtel (now under DAZN's A$3.4b Foxtel takeover), carrying AFL, NRL, cricket, F1 and 50+ sports, with over 1.4 million subscribers.
Kentucky Educational Television
Kentucky Educational Television (KET) is Kentucky's statewide public broadcasting network, headquartered in Lexington. It signed on in 1968 and is one of the largest public television networks in the nation.
La Cinq
La Cinq: France's first national private free generalist TV channel, founded by Silvio Berlusconi, broadcasting 20 February 1986 to 12 April 1992 before liquidation by the Paris commercial tribunal.
Las Estrellas
Las Estrellas, until 2016 El Canal de las Estrellas, is the flagship national broadcast channel of TelevisaUnivision in Mexico, launched in 1951 and best known for telenovelas.
Lionsgate+
Lionsgate+ (formerly STARZPLAY) is Starz's premium international streaming service, launched May 2018, rebranded in 35 markets on September 29, 2022, then largely shut down across Europe, Latin America, and the UK by May 2024, leaving Canada, India, and a US Amazon Prime Video add-on at $6.99 per month.
Living TV Group
Living TV Group was the British television company formed when Sky bought Virgin Media Television in July 2010 for £160 million, operating Living, Bravo, Challenge, and Virgin1 channels; formerly Flextech, dissolved 2014.
London Weekend Television
London Weekend Television (LWT) was the ITV weekend franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties from 2 August 1968, founded by a David Frost-led consortium, producing Blind Date, London's Burning, and Poirot until absorbed into ITV1 in 2002.
MétéoMédia
MétéoMédia is a Canadian French-language weather information specialty channel and website owned by Pelmorex Corp., which also runs The Weather Network; it launched in 1988.
MLB Network
MLB Network, rebranded for streaming as MLB+, is Major League Baseball's 24/7 baseball cable TV network launched January 1, 2009 in 50 million homes, known for the Emmy-winning MLB Tonight, live games, and Ruth- and Robinson-named studios.
Montana PBS
Montana PBS is Montana's statewide public television network of KUSM-TV Bozeman and KUFM-TV Missoula, licensed to the Montana Board of Regents; unified in 1997, rebranded 1999, known for local production and education services.
MX Player
MX Player is an Indian video player and free ad-supported streaming service created by J2 Interactive in 2011, bought by Times Internet in 2018 for $140 million, then acquired by Amazon; it is now being unified into Prime Video.
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV (Master Distribution Service, Inc.) is Fox Corporation's programming distribution service, launched September 5, 2006 after the UPN-WB merger into The CW; it now distributes two hours nightly of off-network syndicated programming to over 185 stations reaching about 95% of U.S. households.
National College Television
National College Television (NCTV), also called the National College Television Network, was a US cable network for college campuses, distributed via Campus Network, airing entertainment and student shows from 1984 into the early 1990s.
NBA TV
NBA TV, also known as NBA.com TV, is an American sports network owned by the National Basketball Association. Launched in 1999, it was the first league-owned sports network.
NBC Europe
NBC Europe, originally Super Channel (launched 30 January 1987), was a UK-based pan-European satellite and cable channel owned by NBC from 1993, renamed NBC Super Channel then NBC Europe, sold to Germany in 1998 and closed 29 September 2005, becoming Das Vierte.
NBC Sports
NBC Sports, the sports division of NBCUniversal (Comcast), airs NFL, NBA, MLB, Olympics, horse racing, golf, and soccer on NBC, Peacock, and NBCSN. Distinguished by 1939 first televised MLB and NFL games, Sunday Night Football's 15-year primetime ratings streak, and rights to the Preakness and U.S. Open through 2032.
NBCSN
NBCSN (NBC Sports Network) is NBCUniversal's American 24/7 pay-TV sports channel, originally launched in 1995 as OLN, rebranded Versus then NBCSN, shut down at the end of 2021, and relaunched on November 17, 2025 with NBA, MLB, Premier League, WNBA, and Olympic sports coverage.