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Asheville Global Report

The organization currently produces radio programming and a television show, AGR TV, that is aired on Free Speech TV and Public-access television cable TV channels in Asheville, Atlanta, Boone, Chapel Hill and Raleigh.

Bloomington Educational Cable Television

Bloomington Educational Cable Television or BEC-TV as it is commonly referred to as is the Educational-access television branch of the City of Bloomington, Minnesota's Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV stations.

Disco Step-by-Step

Taped during 1975 and 1976, the show was seen on local Public-access television cable TV channels in Buffalo and western New York State from January 1, 1977 to June 30, 1977; the program was shot in black and white, given the technology and equipment available to Cichy.

Flux Television

Flux Television was a pioneering digital culture show that ran on a Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channel in New York, San Francisco and San Diego in the mid-1990s.

Hardeeville, South Carolina

Meetings from these boards as well as community events and news are broadcast by the city's Public-access television and Government-access television (GATV) cable TV station, HTVN Channel 9.

Harold Channer

Harold Hudson Channer is a talk-show host on public-access television cable TV network Manhattan Neighborhood Network, or MNN.

I Hum to Myself

"I Hum to Myself" is a song from the Welcome to Pooh Corner Cable TV series which premiered in 1983 on the Disney Channel (which was also that channel's inaugural season).

Iann Robinson

Born in New York, Robinson co-hosted a show called Monkey Butt Sex on a Manhattan Public-access television cable TV in the 1990s.

Joe Redner

He is a host of a weekly, live call-in TV program entitled First Freedom TV on Tampa Bay Community Network (TBCN.org), a local Tampa Bay area Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable tv channel.

Just Say, 'Yes I Can'

"Just Say, 'Yes I Can'" is a song from the Welcome to Pooh Corner Cable TV series which premiered in 1983 on the Disney Channel (which was also that channel's inaugural season).

KBEV

KBEV (TV), a student-run cable TV Public-access television channel in Beverly Hills, California, United States

Local franchise authority

These might include Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channels, high-speed networks for local agencies and institutions, and/or special rates for seniors, the economically disadvantaged, and the disabled.

Luis Villanueva

Some of his accomplishments include leading Venevision International to become the first distributor of films originally produced in Spanish for the Hispanic Market via theatrical, pay-per-view, home video, cable TV and free TV.

Maeil Broadcasting Network

Maeil Broadcasting, Inc. (주식회사 매일방송) is a nationwide general cable TV network operated by Maeil Business Newspaper in the Republic of Korea.

Nicholas Johnson

In 1972 Canadian filmmaker Red Burns, who'd served on the National Film Board of Canada (NFB)'s Challenge for Change and George C. Stoney, who'd likewise served a guest role, worked with Johnson to make the FCC Public-access television cable TV requirements.

Nokomis Regional High School

The Video Communications class, taught by Matt Brown operates Nokomis Warrior Broadcasting, a Public-access television cable TV channel on Time Warner Cable Channel 5.

Omaha Police Department

Omaha Police Officer Tariq Al-Amin, while hosting the Public-access television cable TV show Protecting the Village, angrily reacted, stating "This would be my gift to the Rucker children," while brandishing a straight razor.

Rockford, Alabama

Fred gained popularity through a regular newspaper column, "A Dog's Life," about his activities and encounters, and then national recognition after he was profiled on cable TV's Animal Planet.

Ron Kurtenbach

Kurtenbach is most well known for his long-running controversial Public-access television call-in show, Ron's World, that was seen nightly on local Lincoln cable TV.

The Mr. Science Show

The Mr. Science Show was a zany, lecture based science television program for children developed by Tim Perkins, which aired weekly in the 1990s on Time Warner Cable's Public-access television cable TV channel.

The Pentagon Channel

It is widely available on US Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable tv channels, can be viewed FTA in most Central and Western European countries (from Eurobird 9A at 9.0° East), Africa, the Americas and most of Asia via satellite, and can be viewed globally via the Internet at www.pentagonchannel.mil.

The Right Side

"The Right Side" is a song from the Welcome to Pooh Corner Cable TV series which premiered in 1983 on the Disney Channel (which was also that channel's inaugural season).

The Show with No Name

public-access television cable TV show in Austin, Texas, hosted by Charlie Sotelo and the mysterious "Cinco." Each show featured clips of TV, film and music ephemera along with commentary by the hosts and calls from a predictably unruly Public-access television audience.

Try a Little Something New

"Try a Little Something New" is a song from the Welcome to Pooh Corner Cable TV series which premiered in 1983 on the Disney Channel (which was also that channel's inaugural season).

W43BR

Baraboo Broadcasting, who owns channel 43, also produce WRPQ and Baraboo's Government-access television (GATV) cable TV channel.

WMNS-LP

However, after CBS programming moved from WVXF to the cable-only channel TV2, WMNS-LP now provides over-the-air coverage for TV2.

You're the Only You

"You're the Only You'" is a song from the Welcome to Pooh Corner Cable TV series which premiered in 1983 on the Disney Channel (which was also that channel's inaugural season).

Zach Anner

While attending school, he obtained celebrity interviews through That's Awesome! a sketch comedy program on the university's local Public-access television cable TV channel called Texas Student TV K29HW-D.


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Bernard Pivot

James Lipton was inspired to create Inside the Actors Studio by a chance viewing of a Pivot program on cable TV.

BHB CABLE TV

The main activity of BHB CABLE TV is the provision of cable and digital television, cable internet access and fixed telephony in the following Bosnian cities: Tuzla, Lukavac, Kladanj, Gračanica, Brčko, Doboj Istok, Novi Travnik, Jajce, Mrkonjić Grad, Sanski Most and Velika Kladuša.

BHB CABLE TV currently (September 2013) offers 61 TV channels via cable television in in the following Bosnian cities: Tuzla, Lukavac,Gračanica and Doboj Istok.

Bicol Region

Cable television operators are putting up cable TV stations in an effort to spread the TV signals all over the region.

Broadcast News

Canadian Press Cable Service (formerly CableStream), a Canadian cable TV service run by the above organization and sometimes referred to as "Broadcast News"

Canal Nostalgia

Canal Nostalgia was an old Spanish television channel which belonged to TVE and was broadcast first through satellite television, then through cable TV.

Catalina magazine

Its founding publisher, Cathy Areu, is a frequent guest on cable TV news shows, discussing pop culture, politics, women's issues, and US immigration.

Children's music

The 21st century has also seen an increase in the number of independent children's music artists, with acts like The Dirty Sock Funtime Band, Dan Zanes, Parachute Express, Cathy Bollinger, Laurie Berkner and Lah-Lah getting wide exposure on cable TV channels targeted to children.

Chris Stein

Stein was co-host of TV Party a public-access television cable TV show in New York City that ran from 1978 to 1982.

Clickpop Records

Bands who have achieved this goal to some degree include Idiot Pilot (who signed with Reprise Records very shortly after releasing the first CD), and The Trucks who have gained a nationwide audience and been featured on the cable TV program The L Word.

Clive Malcolm Griffiths

From 1997 to 2000 he worked on the Brit Awards and other programs on TVL, broadcast on Stream, an Italian cable TV platform.

FM104 PhoneShow

Live images from the studio were simulcast on local cable TV station City Channel, until it was announced in September 2011 that the TV station will close.

George Norcross III

In April 2012, a group of influential New Jersey business executives headed by Norcross, former New Jersey Nets owner Lewis Katz and cable TV mogul H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com media properties for $55 million.

Gregory Floyd

Floyd is the host of “Reaching Out With Greg Floyd”, a public affairs program that airs on WWRL AM 1600 and cable TV channels throughout New York City.

John Bassette

He hosted a cable TV show through Viacom in the mid-eighties under the name Jon Bon, and produced two music videos and a documentary on how to create videos on a tight budget.

K.O.3an Guo

It was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Formosa TV (FTV) (民視) from 27 February 2009 to 26 February 2010 on Fridays at 22:00 and on cable TV Gala Television (GTV) Variety Show/CH 28 (八大綜合台) from 28 February 2009 to 27 February 2010 on Saturdays at 23:00.

KCTS-TV

KCTS is seen throughout southwestern British Columbia on local cable systems, as well as across Canada on the Bell TV and Shaw Direct satellite providers, as well as on many other Canadian cable TV systems.

Kujtesa

Kujtesa is an Internet Services and Cable TV provider located in Pristina, Kosovo.

Lisa Landry

After nine years of open mics, Lisa Landry starred in her own half-hour special "Comedy Central Presents Lisa Landry" on the Comedy Central cable TV network.

Luchemos por la vida

Nearly 1,000 Argentine media outlets –among them, open TV channels, cable TV channels, and AM and FM radios from Buenos Aires and all the Argentine provinces and from Latin America through CNN en Español and other international channels have contributed to spread the campaign of the organization.

Luke Kleintank

He currently plays Travis on the ABC Family hit Cable TV series Pretty Little Liars Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kleintank and his family moved to Guadalajara, Mexico, when he was two.

Matchett

Steve Matchett (born 1962), commentator for American cable TV station SPEED Channel

Nimrod Kovacs

Upon the sale of United to Tele-Communications Inc., Nimrod became a partner with the Schneiders in United International Holdings Inc. (UIH) and together focused on cable TV greenfield investments, mostly in Europe.

OUBS

Otaniemi Underground Broadcasting System, cable-TV channel of Aalto University Student Union (AYY)

Parasat Cable TV

To date, Parasat Cable TV has coverage in the following areas: entire Cagayan de Oro City, municipalities of Opol and Tagoloan.

Phnom Penh Cable Television

The Cable TV of PPCTV provided a first cable TV ever in Cambodia and fostered a relationship with Singapore and Angkor Cable of Siem Reap.

Public-access television

Also, at that same time in New York City, Fred Friendly, head of the Cable TV and Communications Commission, made recommendations for a leased-access channel for public use.

Radoviš

There are two private local television channels - TV EMI and TV Kobra, also two cable TV operators - Tomi and AndesNet, DVB-T (MPEG-4) - BoomTV, DirectToHome TV - TotalTV, Internet Providers (Cable, ADSL, WDSL, WiFi) and WiFi hotspots across the city.

Ralph J. Roberts

In 1963, he and his partners, Daniel Aaron and Julian A. Brodsky, purchased for $500,000, a 1,200-subscriber cable TV operator in Tupelo, Mississippi called American Cable Systems.

Schurz

Schurz Communications, American radio, television, cable TV and newspaper media group

STAR Chinese Channel

The first one is Phoenix Chinese Channel, a 24-hour Mandarin entertainment and news channel owned by Phoenix and STAR TV/Fox International Channels itself, and the other one is Xing Kong another STAR TV/Fox International Channels general Mandarin entertainment channel for viewers outside Taiwan.now Available at Hong Kong;UTV Channel 526,TVB Network Vision Channel 40(Available at December 2),Cable TV Hong Kong Channmel 93 and now TV Channel 536

The 9 on Yahoo!

The show, hosted by Maria Sansone, followed a similar format to other pop culture list shows on cable TV and the internet, such as VH1's Best Week Ever, Bub.blicio.us's Tech Soup, and E!'s The Soup.

The Devil Does Exist

It was directed by Lin He Long (林合隆) and was broadcast on free-to-air China Television (CTV) (中視) from 26 June to 18 September 2005 and cable TV Eastern Television (ETTV) (東森) for 20 episodes.

The Jive Five

In 1985, Eugene and The Jive Five were introduced to New York cable TV branding consultants Fred Seibert and Alan Goodman (and their company Fred/Alan, Inc.) by their latest producer, Ambient Sound's Marty Pekar.

The Mystic Warrior

The movie was never released on VHS or DVD although it has been shown on cable TV where it failed to draw viewers away from such formidable competition as The Jeffersons, Alice and One Day at a Time.

The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us

In an episode of the cable TV show The L Word, it was given as a gift by somebody involved in a lesbian affair with the recipient, who suggested that they try everything in the book.

Troy Cablevision

It is currently the only cable TV provider in the country that carries Pursuit Channel (based in Luverne) 24-hours a day.

United States Bicycle Motocross Association

As much as it was ill advised, they had an agreement with Mr. Roker that he would tape for broadcast on cable TV by the Nickelodeon network the USBA's San Diego National held in early 1986.

Valencia, Bukidnon

Telecommunication services are provided by the following utilities: Philcom, Sotelco, RCPI, Smart, Mobiline, Globe, Extelcom, PT&T, Philippine Postal, JRS Express, Xemex, G&A Carrier, Radio Stations:DXCP(94.5)FM, DXCR AM, DXMV AM, DXWB-FM and the new DXEM-FM and DXBP-FM, Cable TV Companies, and national and local newspapers, Kastigador Balita Mindanao.

YRU-Up

People who have gotten their start working for the show and have continued in the television and movie industries include award-winning animators, Cable TV hardware and software executives, and Hollywood writers, including the team who writes the National Lampoon "Dorm Daze" movies(Patrick Casey and Worm Miller).

ZNS-TV

ZNS-TV's two transmitters - serving Nassau and Freeport - are the only over-the-air TV stations in the Bahamas; the rest of the country gets these channels (and a privately owned station) via Cable Bahamas, a private company which has an exclusive license to operate cable TV services until 2009.