Global Television Network

Global Television Network (more commonly called Global, or occasionally Global TV) is a privately owned Canadian English language broadcast television network that is owned by the Shaw Media division of Shaw Communications. It is currently Canada's second most-watched broadcast television network after CTV, and has twelve owned-and-operated stations throughout the country.

Global has its origins in a regional television station of the same name, serving Southern Ontario, which launched in 1974. The Ontario station was soon purchased by the now-defunct CanWest Global Communications, and that company gradually expanded its national reach in the subsequent decades. The national entity was known as the CanWest Global System until adopting the Ontario station's branding in 1997.

History

NTV

The network has its origins in NTV, a new network first proposed in 1966 by Hamilton media proprietor Ken Soble, the owner of independent station CHCH-TV through his Niagara Television company. Financially backed by Power Corporation of Canada, Soble submitted a brief to the Board of Broadcast Governors in 1966 proposing a national satellite-fed network. Under the plan, Soble's company would launch Canada's first broadcast satellite, and would use it to relay the programming of CHCH to 96 new transmitters across Canada. Soble died in December of that year; his widow Frances took over as president of Niagara Television, while former CTV executive Michael Hind-Smith and Niagara Television vice-president Al Bruner handled the network application. Soble had originally formulated the plan after failing in a bid to acquire CTV.

WIN TV (Trinidad and Tobago)

World Indian Network Television (WIN TV) is a television station in Trinidad and Tobago. The station was launched on May 1, 2007 on channels 37 and 39 on the UHF band and Channel 12 on the Flow Trinidad cable service. It is one of two local television stations (the other being IETV) dedicated to the East Indian market. Its headquarters are located at the Corner of Henry and Bonito Street, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago.

History

WIN TV was launched on 1 May 2007.It is currently a standard definition National Television Station, one of only four in Trinidad and Tobago, transmitting on Channels 7, 37, 39 and Cable Channel 12.

Programming

WIN offers Indian movies, local events and original programming such as Medical Matters, Market to Market, the BUZZ weekly, Bollywood Countdown Big Rich Lime and Community News.

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Global TV (Indonesia)

Global TV (officially stylized as GlobalTV) is an Indonesian private television station based in West Jakarta. It was established on January 1, 1998 and first went on air on May 21, 2002 with MTV programming.

The station airs news and sports such as F1 and A1, and also broadcasts MTV programs and Nickelodeon cartoons.

GlobalTV has 30 transmission sites covering some 200 cities and towns across the country. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Media Nusantara Citra (MNC), which also owns RCTI and MNCTV.

History

The station began airing on June 1, 2002, originally only broadcasting MTV Indonesia programs such as MTV Most Wanted, MTV Land, and MTV Ampuh. After four years as an MTV broadcaster, on January 15, 2005, Global TV began producing its own television programs for 12 hours. Its slogan was "Millions of Home Entertainment."

On late January 1, 2005, it was expanded to 18 cities in Indonesia, while Bhakti Investama acquired Viacom Indonesia from Bakrie & Brothers.

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