E!

E! Entertainment Television, LLC (more commonly known as E! and formerly E!: Entertainment Television) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the NBCUniversal Cable division of NBCUniversal. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television, feature films and occasionally series and specials unrelated to the entertainment industry. As of February 2015, E! has an audience reach of approximately 94,296,000 American households (81.0% of households). The channel is also available in Canada, which broadcasts original programming at the same as the United States and localized versions across Europe, Asia and Australia.

History

Movietime

E! was originally launched on July 31, 1987 as Movietime, a service that aired movie trailers, entertainment news, event and awards coverage, and interviews as an early example of a national barker channel. The channel was founded by Larry Namer and Alan Mruvka. Early Movietime hosts included Greg Kinnear, Paula Abdul, Katie Wagner, Julie Moran, Suzanne Kay (daughter of Diahann Carroll), Mark DeCarlo, Sam Rubin and Richard Blade.

Entertainment One Television

eOne Television (formerly Barna-Alper Productions) is a television production company, based in Toronto, Ontario.

History

eOne Television was founded in 1980 as Barna-Alper Productions Inc. The company was headed by President and Chief Executive Officer Laszlo Barna and Laura Alper, Barna's wife. eOne also distributed through Barna-Alper Releasing Inc. Tom Perlmutter was the company's founding head of documentaries.

eOne also owns a 1% interest in the Canadian digital cable channel, documentary.

eOne Television

In January 2008, after being acquired by Entertainment One, Barna-Alper Productions Inc. was folded into eOne Television along with Blueprint Entertainment, Oasis International/Pictures, Rubber Duck and Contender Entertainment Group, also owned by Entertainment One.

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Sanlih E-Television

Sanlih Entertainment Television or Sanlih E-Television (SET; Chinese: 三立電視; pinyin: Sānlì Diànshì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Saⁿ-li̍p Tiān-sī) is a nationwide cable TV network operated in Taiwan which was founded in May 1983. It also produces Taiwanese drama that are broadcast on free-to-air channels e.g. Taiwan Television (TTV).

In terms of political orientation, Sanlih leans heavily towards the Pan-Green Coalition.

SET channels

SET currently offers four subsidiary channels:

Productions

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