List of Major Television Networks of ATL Countries

Inspired by this, I'm creating a thread about the television networks in ATL countries.

Here's the guide:
Country (official name)
One-paragraph description of the country.

Network #1 - Information about the channel (history, well-known programs, is it public or private, the main headquarters and studios..)
Network #2
Network #3

In this thread, one user names an ATL country and describes the main networks, another gives different country and its major networks, and so on and so forth.

The maximum is five to six networks.

Is anyone interested?

Is a POD of 1900 necessary?

Can you attach it to an existing timeline ala ATL automakers list?

Soverihn said:

Is a POD of 1900 necessary?

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It's your choice.

Chipperback said:

Can you attach it to an existing timeline ala ATL automakers list?

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You can write the countries from your thread (your TL)

Country: State of New Munster

The State of New Munster is a small island county in the South Pacific Ocean, neighbouring the fellow dominion of Te Ika-a-Māui; both of which sit within the Tasman Circle of the Confederation of British Australasia, along with Van Dieman's Land and other associated islands.

The language is principally British but there are large minorities are bilingual, speaking Kai Tahu and Gàidhlig in the household.

Due to enlightened colonial rule, the island state is largely autonomous from the confederation capital and largely co-ooperates with fellow circle members on cultural matters.

Network 1

TBC - The Tasman Broadcasting Corporation is modelled loosely on the Imperial Broadcasting Service based out of the old imperial capital of Westminster, whose broadcasts it often retransmits overnight. The TBC is owned jointly by the state governments of the three members of the Tasman Circle and enjoys generous state subsidies. While it is accused of being sympathetic to both left wing and royalist interests, it is widely recognised to be about as impartial as a key organisation of the establishment can be.

The TBC runs two tv channels, broadcasting in British on the main channel, then in minority languages on the other channel (Maori, Kai Tahu, Gàidhlig and other Pacific Languages). The network also runs two radio networks along the same lines.

Network 2


South Pacific TV

Originally state funded, as an alternative to the perceived biases of the TBC, SPTV was created in 1978 to bring a new fresh voice for the people of New Munster. However with a deep budget crisis in 1981, the new government felt it necessary to sell off such non core assets to sympathetic businesses and SPTV became a private company. With business interests spanning the confederation, SPTV soon became a major force across the Tasman and Eastern circles, although it quickly disappointed the original founders as it soon became clear that it was at best politically apathetic.

SPTV runs 3 channels - all with a mixture of local and foreign made British language content.

Republic of Manchuria
While Communist forces were totally wiped out in mainland China by early 1937, Following the Democratic Revolution in 1990 and the downfall of the Communist regime, the Soviet-backed Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army was able to establish their hold in Manchuria, following the defeat of the Manchurian regime under Emperor Puyi. Yang Jingyu was made General Secretary of the Communist Party of Manchuria, despite his desire to invade all China. In 1951, General Douglas MacArthur-led UN forces wiped out Communist forces in Korea led by Kim Il-sung. Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek invaded Manchuria, but President Truman sacked General MacArthur and declared US neutrality. In 1953, Manchuria and China signed a ceasefire agreement due to a stalemate, even though many suspected that General Sun Li-jen was attempting a coup against Chiang.

Under the leadership of Yang Jingyu, Manchuria would gradually introduce economic reforms, based on the model of East German leader Walter Ulbricht. However, both Yang and Ulbricht were sacked in 1970 due to Brezhnev's fear of a DDR-Manchurian Alliance that would fled the Soviet sphere of influence. He was replaced by hardliner Li Zhaolin, who would rule until his death in 1986. Following student protests and national strikes from 1989 until 1990, the Communist government under Wang Zhongyu resigned, and was replaced by liberal reformist leader Liu Binyan, who introduced free elections. In 1993, not nominated by the Communist Party, Liu was nominated by the opposition Democratic Party and was re-elected. He would speed up marketization and privatization, before his defeat by Tien Fengshan of the People's Party (former Communists) in 1997. Liu Xiabo defeats President Chen Zhenggao in 2009, pushing the Democratic Party back to power, and would lead Manchuria to join the East Asian Economic Corporation following a successful referendum. Today, Manchuria has become an unlikely example of a successful democracy coming from nowhere, pretty much like its neighbor, Mongolia. Despite the presence of a well-developed infrastructure and heavy industry, Manchuria is surrounded by more wealthy Korea, Japan and far more powerful China and the Union State, which continue to dominate the Manchurian economy. 73% of the population is Han Chinese, followed by Manchus and Tungus (17%), Koreans (5%) and Russians (3%). Mandarin Chinese and Russian remains the two most important languages in Manchuria, which are taught in schools along with the Manchurian language and English during secondary education.

Network 1

Manchurian Broadcasting Corporation was a formerly state-owned television station in Manchuria founded in 1949, before it's full privatization in 2008. It is known to be politically supportive towards the opposition People's Party, even though it has been put under heavy control during the Communist era. It has 8 channels in total.

It's flagship channel, MBS One remains the relatively most popular TV channel in Manchuria, providing a wide-range of entertainment-led programmes, TV dramas and talk shows; even though the audience of MBS News is outnumbered by CTBS-N by a 3-1 margin. MBS Two provides programmes on culture, arts and some comedy; MBS Three provides programmes on technology and new lifestyle; while MBS Four provides films, documentaries and music programmes. MBS International is an integrated Russian channel, and is credited for its role in the eventual election of opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov in the Union State, when the Russian authorities were unable to block its online broadcasting version via its failed Internet firewall. MBS Parliament remains an semi-autonomous public broadcasting channel, according to the MBC Act of 2008, even though it simply provides live coverage of parliamentary sessions.

Network 2

CTBS - Changchun Television Broadcasting System is the first privately-owned television station in Manchuria. It was founded by Tang Yuanjun in 1996, following the privatization of broadcasting services. The move was controversial given Tang's close relationship with the then- and current ruling Democratic Party.

The CTBS runs 11 channels, including three 24-hour news channels, one in Mandarin Chinese (CTBS News), one in Russian (CTBS-N Russia) and one in English (Changchun News International).

It's most popular channel has always been CTBS Asia, its flagship TV channel in Manchuria, which broadcasts 24 hours a day, with a wide range of entertainment-led programming, such as comedy, anime, variety shows, popular drama and chat shows with Mandarin Chinese. The CTBS Entertainment Channel, meanwhile, is famous for its high-quality TV drama using the Mandarin Chinese language. CTBS Tungu is the only integrated TV channel in Manchuria using the Manchurian language, even though 17% of the population are native Manchurians or Tungusics. Other channels include CTBS Korean, CTBS International, CTBS Music, CTBS Life and Live Update CTBS (traffic information and weather).

Country: Federated Kingdoms of Samoa

After a fraught near century of conflict and troubles, the various islands of Samoa were almost inexplicably able to form a stable constitutional unit under the protection of the British, German and American empires (as they are sometimes known), through the strange interplay of a famous author (Robert Louis Stevenson) with an indigenous pan Polynesian movement and a frankly deluded coterie of religious European businessmen who thought the Polynesian peoples were the famous lost tribe of Israel.

Language being an important part of culture, the federation, such as funds would allow, quickly built a radio, then television network as technology became available. Due to strong ties formed with the Kingdom of Hawaii (in association with the United States of America) and the various other Eastern Polynesian languages groups, the languages were able to retain some position against the rise of British, German and Castilian.

Network

Pan Polynesian System

Two television stations that principally broadcast in Samoan, although with between 20-30% in other Eastern languages as per time of day (reflecting the different timezones). There are half a dozen different radio stations based around various language or music genres as well.

Funded principally by a licence fee and a very large endowment from the Pacific Israeli Foundation, the broadcaster is well respected amongst both state broadcasters and small language advocate groups. When the French government in the 1970s decided to actively support minority French languages like Tahitian, Bretonese and various southern French languages, they spent some time in Samoa learning the trade.

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Country: Federal Republic of New England

Formed after a British win in the War of 1812 and a different Hartford Convention, the Federal Republic of New England has eight provinces: Connecticut, Rhode Island, Plymouth, Essex, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. It has been allied to Britain in Britain's major wars, and played a major part in fracturing the United States along north-south lines in the Slave War (1867-1872). Is a nuclear-armed power, with a stockpile of approximately 1,780 nuclear weapons. Its capital is Worcester, which has its own federal district, represented in Parliament by six voting MPs, with a population of 1.7 million.

Network #1: NETV (New England Television)

Founded in 1937, as the first transmitting television station anywhere in the world. Switched from mechanical to electronic television in 1943 on the 175i standard, before upgrading in 1958 to 377i and in 1965 to 576i. Switched over to HD 1080i in 1997, and is currently (as of 2013) in the process of switching over to 1080p. Its major studios are Boston Recording Studios, Provincetown Studios, and three training studios at the Broadcasting School of Worcester. Its most popular show is The Lord of Time, running continuously since 1959 (think alt-Doctor Who with a New England flavour). Government-owned. It has a vast archive in Worcester, which, famously, has a mandate to preserve all television material that comes into the NETV's hands "for all time", according to the mandate; consequently, the NETV Television Archive has preserved hundreds of thousands of television episodes and films not preserved anywhere else, such as nearly every episode of the Texan The Man with the Iron Mind (only the series finale is held anywhere else), and the otherwise-missing Season 1 of the British The Wives of Downing Street.

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Network #1: NETV (New England Television)
It has a vast archive in Worcester, which, famously, has a mandate to preserve all television material that comes into the NETV's hands "for all time", according to the mandate; consequently, the NETV Television Archive has preserved hundreds of thousands of television episodes and films not preserved anywhere else, such as nearly every episode of the Texan The Man with the Iron Mind (only the series finale is held anywhere else), and the otherwise-missing Season 1 of the British The Wives of Downing Street.

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Whoa! I imagine how many rooms could be occupied by the NETV Archives.

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Country: Commonwealth of Rhodesia

Rhodesia is a unitary multiparty Commonwealth Realm located just north of South Africa.It has a population of 13.4 million and its capital is Salisbury. Rhodesia became de facto independent on 11 November 1968 as a Commonwealth Realm, but was recognized by no country, including the United Kingdom, until 1975 with the signing of the Woking Accord outlining a transition to majority rule.

List of channels:

Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation: The country's first broadcaster, it operates in a manner similar to the BBC, and operates on a licence fee. Commercials ran from the advent of television service in 1960 to 1979, when the new majority rule government increased the licence fee and expanded broadcasting infrastructure. It is governed by the National Broadcasting Board, whose members are appointed by the Crown on the advice of the government of the day.

RBC-1 holds the legacy of having broadcast since 1960, and is Southern Africa's oldest television station. It was under heavy control by the white minority government until majority rule in 1975, and would often downplay or even outright censor black sporting achievements for much of the 1960s. Since then, it has become the English-language service of the RBC, while at the same time hiring African newsreaders and African-oriented programs, which played a role in transmitting the vision of a different Africa to black audiences in apartheid South Africa and may have contributed to its downfall. Rhodesians of all races call RBC-1 the 'Auntie Channel' due to its staid establishmentarianism and its post-transition reputation for impartiality through such programmes as 'Tonight in the Nation', the question-and-answer 'Your Government' and the ongoing documentary programme 'A Closer Look'. It is also known for its strange obsession with classical music.

RBC-2 began broadcasting in 1980 in isiShona and isiNdebele, with programming in that language. A pioneer in Southern African culture, it introduced the culebron-style soap opera series format to the region, and to a large extent this is still its mainstay. Repeated calls in many sectors have over the years attempted to switch to broadcasting in the English language, which customarily draws ire from African nationalists and older viewers. It was the first station to switch to colour in 1981 (RBC-1 would switch a year later).

RBC-3 commenced in 1990 as an English-language light programming channel, with popular programmes aimed at a slightly lower-brow audience than RBC-1, whose programming tends to be more highbrow culutral programming. It is best known for its satirical programmes such as 'Riaan Smit's Show', a comedy show with puppets, and the panel comedy show 'Today's Junta' (which pushes boundaries so much even BBC2's Frankie Boyle has been shocked on seeing some of the episodes).

Private channels:
SBC was founded in 1979 as the Salisbury and Bulawayo Television Corporation, to provide a private aternative to the RBC. Much of its programming consists of American and British prime time imports, plus locally made soap operas in English.

NTV is a religious broadcaster owned and operated by the Society of Jesus. Its programming mixes social conservatism and populism with more garden variety religious programmes.

SATV began broadcasting in 1991. Its programmes are pure lowest common denominator - celebrity gossip, reality television, mindless variety shows. Once in a while it even shows softcore porn after the 10PM watershed, which draws repeated calls to shut it down. It also happens to have the highest ratings in the country, to the dismay of the rest of the Rhodesian public.

The Confederate States of America is a federal republic in south-eastern North America, with a population is 110 million. The CSA seceded from the United States in February 1861. It fought a brief war to secure its independence, ending in the capture of Washington D.C. in August of 1861 and the signing of the Treaty of Havana. The CSA is notorious for having retained the institution of slavery longer than any other country in the western hemisphere, abolishing the practice only in 1919.

Old Dominion Television (ODTV) was the first full-time broadcasting service in the CSA. Originally an offshoot of Old Dominion Radio, it began broadcasting in 1950. Though funded and controlled by the Commonwealth of Virginia, it was the first television channel to be available to the entire CSA, and has always enjoyed the largest viewership of any Confederate television channel. Nevertheless, it has often been disparaged for its east-coast establishmentarian and aristocratic tendencies, and for its perceived bias against westerners and poor whites.

Trans-Mississippi Television (TMT) is often regarded as the "second channel". After a period of experimental service in the late 1940s, TMT began broadcasting from its Houston studios in 1952. From the earliest days, it was seen as the uncouth counterpart to the prestigious ODTV. Not only did it originate from Texas, it relied heavily on advertisements and product placement at a time when ODTV derived its funding from license fees and the largesse of well-heeled benefactors. Though TMT has never entirely overcome its provincial reputation, its ratings have grown to rival ODTV since the 1980s, and it has completely dominated sports coverage with the notable exception of horse racing, which remains a staple of ODTV.

Pan-Southern Broadcasting (PSB) began its existence as the broadcasting network of the Confederate States Army, but was reorganized in 1963 into a national civilian network, emphasizing educational and patriotic content.

PSB-2 was created in 1969 to host non-white content, which had formerly been aired in a late-night block on PSB-1. Though this channel featured mostly black performers, its viewership was overwhelmingly white. In the 1970s it switched formats and began showing mostly children's content, including some of the first home-grown Confederate cartoon shows.

Southern Cross Network (SCN) was founded in 1957 as a joint venture of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Confederate Missionary Society. Broadcasting from the Theological Seminary in Greenville, SC, its programming is a mixture of religious content and nostalgic reruns culled from the PSB back-catalog.

Dixievision (DXN) was the first subscription TV channel in the CSA, launched in 1975 in Baton Rouge. Its success transformed Baton Rouge into a major media hub, and brought nationwide popularity to its local baseball team, the Feliciana Frogs.

Welsh Patagonia

After the disastrous Wars of the Triple Alliance many South American states were in a period of instability and civil war, which led to the creation of several new states, like Welsh Patagonia. The Welsh had arrived several years before at the invitation of the Central Government and had settled in the new lands cleared by government forces.

With the breakdown in central authority, the Welsh were forced by necessity to assume more authority than they otherwise would have. By the time central authority had been restored some years later, with the help of British troops, the Welsh had established administrative control over the whole region. In the post war settlement, they were given a wide ranging Statue of Autonomy that has lasted to this day, making Patagonia the only non Spanish speaking region in Argentina.

Any bitterness that may have resulted to the Welsh or British was assuaged quickly by the offering of co-dominion of the Falkland Islands far to the west of the Patagonian coast. The offer made, as part of the Settlement, has often been identified by historians as the foundation of what has been one of the closest international alliances in the 20-21st centuries. To this day, the Welsh speaking Falklanders are governed from Patagonia and London, while serving as home to the British-Argentine Antarctic Survey and the joint naval-air base for the forces of the same, which were instrumental in clearing the South Atlantic of German commerce raiders during the Kaiser's War.

The government of the region is not unlike that of Quebec, in that it has taken the power to promote and protect the Welsh language. This is recognised in the school and media systems. That being said, Spanish is widely spoken and understood and there is much cross-over between the two cultures, which may explain why Argentina so often nearly wins the Rugby World Cup and the National Eisteddfod .

Network

Nation of the Language (loose translation)

NoL is the principal broadcaster in the Region and dominates all but local broadcasting. The broadcaster runs three channels and rebroadcasts S4C from Wales, along with 5 other radio channels. The revenue from the oil and fisheries off the coast is the only reason why such a small region can afford such a generous network in these times of austerity.

Channel 1

Channel 1 is the flagship of the network, with news and original programming There are no advertisements or translated works

Channel 2

Channel 2, like so many other countries, is the younger, more international channel. While still Welsh speaking, there is a lot of translated programming, principally from Spanish, British and American sources.

Channel 3

Channel 3 is rather unique, the first music television station in the world, although with a wider mix than the later MTV. This channel is widely rebroadcast across Latin America and the UK.

Country: The Kingdom of Ireland Ireland received representative government after the conclusion of The First World War following an historic agreement between John Redmond and Sir Edward Carson on guaranteeing parliamentary and cabinet seats for the Protestant minority and limitations on the role of religious organisations in public policy. The new bicameral parliament quickly earned the confidence of the majority of the people and helped defuse sectarian tensions in the following years. The Statute of Westminster gave Ireland greater powers including foreign affairs and the right to raise its own armed forces which played a significant role in the Second World War. Following the end of the war there was an increasing demand for full independence and this was granted, retained the British Monarch as Head of State, in 1950. Ireland joined NATO soon afterwards and has been a committed member of the alliance, it joined the EEC in 1973 along with Britain and Denmark and has experienced a major growth in living standards. Like its neighbour Ireland has been ambivalent about European integration but opinion polls show a clear majority in favour of membership.

Irish Broadcasting Corporation Modelled on the BBC, the IBC began radio services in 1931, its first television service followed in 1948. A second channel IBC2 began broadcasting in 1974. The Corporation continues to hold the largest share of the Irish market, as well as its TV channels it operates 3 English language radio services and an Irish language channel, Radio na hEireann (OOC apologies if I got that wrong!) jointly funded by the National Government, the station was established to promote the Irish language and has been credited with helping to grow Gaelige music, drama and culture.

TV Ireland Commercial broadcaster that began operations in 1972, TVI has a more irreverent style than IBC and has been criticised for the large proportion of imported programmes that its output has traditionally featured. In response the network has doubled its production of Irish made programmes over the last decade.

An important factor in Ireland's broadcast market is the high penetration of British broadcasters, particularly the Irish arm of BSkyB. This has been criticised as preventing the growth of niche services by IBC and TVI as the market is not large enough.

Grossdeutsche Welle

Country: Nazi-occupied continental Europe (pick any Naziwank TL on here)
Type: advertising-supported (e.g. Krupp, IG Farben, Mercedes, BMW, SS recruitment)
Content: propaganda, Heimatfilme, documentaries, "approved" music
Competition: BBC Eurovision, North Sea pirate stations with covert US/UK support

Country: The United Kingdoms of Britain and Hibernia, usually referred to as B&H

Following the marriage of Albert of Saxe-Coburg to the soon to be Queen Victoria, Albert was a man in search of a purpose. As he had no prospect of sharing rule of his new home, he threw himself into industry, education and the languages of his new peoples. Not content with becoming fluent in English, he thrust himself into the other languages of the kingdoms, Welsh, Scots and Irish Gaelic being noteworthy. While it is not clear that he ever became fluent in these languages, his patronage was important in making it clear that they shared the prestige of English in royal circles.

While his support was controversial amongst the educated London and metropolitan elites, it did help kickstart widespread revival and support of the various languages, which by the time of his early death in 1890, had reversed decline and even moved into areas they had long been banished.

His eldest son, Edward VII, fluent from childhood in all the principal languages of the Home Islands, lived long enough to open the first Royal Wireless Service Gaelic and Welsh stations, broadcasting from London, Cork and Berwick on Tweed from 1912, only a year after the English service started.

Networks

RBBH - Royal Broadcaster of Britain and Hibernia, "The Service".

The network is funded in part by a grant of estates from the Royal Family, a licence fee levied on all private businesses and an annual fee collected by local councils in each region.

RBBH Principal - Broadcast from facilities near Windsor in all four main languages, this is the premier network TV and Radio station, rebroadcast across the world by various allied services. A mixture of news, music and dramatic production, 24 hours a day, 364 days a yar.

RBBH Secondary - Each of the four languages broadcasts on 3 TV channels and 7-10 radio stations, covering the usual range of news and light entertainment. Often local advertisers support various programs as sponsors. In the digital era, these channels are now broadcast across the Home Islands, which helps sustain a vibrant language multilingual community in all corners of the islands.

There are no private radio or TV stations as there has never been any demand for such, given the extensive RBBH network.

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Country Great Plains United Republic
A country created in 1936 amid the breakup of the former United States of America due to the unrest caused by the assassination of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt by a cabal of financial, military, and industrial on 15 May 1935.

GPUR is a nation with an estimated population of 30 million encompasses the former U.S. States of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.

In October 2012, the former Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, who forged a union after the 1975 breakup of the Dominion of Canada, voted to join the GPUR. The integration of these areas as new states of the GPUR was made official as of 25 May 2013.

Network #1 Great Plains Broadcasting Corporation
Created by passage of the GPUR National News and Information Act in 1936

The GPBC is the nation's public broadcaster, built along the similar basic framework of the British Broadcasting Corporation, who lent advisors and expertise to the GPBC in early formative years in the late 40s and early 50s. A relationship that still continues today in term of creative collaboration and program exchange between the two state-run television corporations.

The television network began airing programs on a limited schedule in selected areas in 1945, with the early advent of television broadcasting pioneered by Radio Corporation of America, based in the Republic of Greater California.

By 1951, every state in the GPUR had at least one GPBC station in place.

Today GPBC operates 9 television networks

GPBC Television 1 -- Main National GPBC Channel.
"The 1" is most like the private networks, news, sports and entertainment. Among popular fare, GPBC's two newest shows "The Next Mary Scoop" (The continuation of one of the GPBC's most loved shows "Mary Scoop") and the sitcom "The Boys Of Wichita" (Think "Big Bang Theory" with airplanes) have people watching along side well-known hits such as "Yes, Mr. Speaker", "My Mother The Coach", "Sequoyah Supermodel", and import sci-fi hit "The Doctors W"

GPBC is also known for award winning news coverage, its more than 50-year partnership with the Plains Football Association, and its coverage of major sporting events including the Super Bowl and the Olympics. The next edition of the Summer Olympiad will be held in the GPUR in 2016.

While the GPBC, similar to the BBC runs on a licensing structure, there is limit advertising allowed on the 1 Network and on certain events on the 5 Network. Advertising is prohibited on GPBC 2, GPBC 3, and GPBC 4. Overt product placement on fictional/creative is heavily regulated.

GPBC Television 2 -- Also called "GPBC Unicameral". This is coverage of the government, a lot like C-SPAN IOTL.

GPBC Television 3 -- Is the educational and continuing education network. It is home of the popular long-running kids' show "Once Upon A Time" and the adult-oriented continuing education program "Morning Semester"

GPBC Television 4 -- The national fine arts network. Music, arts, dance, cultural program and an increasing amount of multicultural fare.

GPBC Television 5 -- This is GPBC Sport. Expanded coverage of Plains sporting events from across the country. Usually more of minor sports and national high school sports are televised here, in addition to expanded preview and post coverage of main events. One of the popular shows is a series called "All The Time" which is a special all-access reality series where GPBC follows a team or athlete through a season or a competition for a personal profile of a subject.

GPBC Television 6 -- GPBC Lakota. Programming entirely in Lakota, one of the three official languages of the GPUR, and related languages and speciality programming that comes from the northern indigenous tribes. A lot of original content gets on here.

GPBC Television 7 -- GPBC Consolidated Sequoyah. Programming entirely in Consolidated Sequoyah, one of the three official languages of the GPUR. Most of the content is locally produced in Oklahoma, Southern Kansas, and related areas.

GPBC Television 8 UniNet -- The streaming online service of the GPBC, including the GPBC Archives. This is why your television license is important. In 2008, GPBC began an ambitious project to digitally archive programming going back to 1936, and now you can see or hear this programming on your computer. For an additional yearly subscription, a user can have rights to download for personal use.

"Eight Uni" as it is lovingly called has been a boon to researchers and educators. It's also a been a boon to TV buffs because many of the network's most popular shows have been fully archived. Popular Shows such as "Mary Scoop" (ITTL "Mary Tyler Moore Show"), "Unicameral Blues" , "Oklahoma City Limits", "Tyrone and the Jazzman", and GPBC coverage of major news stories and events can be found and watched here.

Under the 1965 Broadcasting Privatization Act, private broadcasting licenses were available for bid.

Network #2 -- Frontier Broadcasting Corporation

The first privately owned television network took to the airwaves in 1967. It is based in Des Moines, Iowa. It is panned by some as the "Paleface Channel" because for a long time FBC programming was geared mainly toward white people. It was the last network to embrace multicultural themes it is programming. FBC is best known for its news division, led since the 1980s by Anchor/Executive News Producer Tom Brokaw.
Its also best known for "Big Saturday with Lawrence Welk" a Saturday night variety show led by popular North Dakotan bandleader. An icon of Plains Entertainment
FBC is also the one of the two official networks of the Plains Baseball League, and will have coverage of the 2013 World Series Playoffs.

Network #3 -- Continental Television Network

Created in 1973, and first went to air in 1974, Omaha-based CTN began as a sharp counterpoint to the GPBC and FBC. Its programs were a little edgier, more racy and strove to be more contenporary. Even today CTN is best known as "Tastefully Trashy". It's best known as the network that put "Mary Hartman" on television first. The wild night-time soap created by legendary New England television producer Norman Lear was staple of Plainsian viewers from its debut in 1976 to its final episode in 1994. That last episode is still one of the 10 most watched shows in GPUR Television history.

Network #4 -- Siouxland Television Network

The indigenous-born multicultural network owned by Tim Giago's Lakota Communications Group (known today as LakotaCom) has twin headquarters in Rapid City, SD and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Siouxland began broadcasting in 1984, and its known as "The Color of the Plains" for its broad multicultural programming and being only terrestrial network that broadcasted programming in each official national language from its first air date.

Siouxland is the nation's #1 private broadcaster among Non-white Plainsians, and all Plains people under the age of 35.

STN News Anchor Gail Winfrey (In the IOTL she's known as "Oprah") is seen one of the nations must trusted voices in television news.

Among popular shows, there is the stirring nighttime soap opera "Pine Ridge" (Who some compare to "Mary Hartman") . The network has vaulted to #1 overall on the strength of two shows from their new partnership with Minnesota-based Tyler Perry Productions, "Omaha World-Herald" (think of a cross between "Scandal" and "Lou Grant"), and "KC Beat" (A sitcom set in a major record label).

Siouxland made a big bet in 2007 with buying the rights to the Association Football League of the Great Plains and primary broadcast rights for GPUR Soccer's men's and women's national team and coverage of the FIFA World Cup,.

Most people said they were crazy.

AFL-GP ratings are the highest they've ever been. The GPUR Men's National team is currently a strong third in CONCACAF qualifying, and in 2015, the GPUR will co-host the FIFA Women's World Cup with the Lone Star Republic of Texas and Louisiana...Who's crazy now?