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Channel America (CA), officially Channel America Network, Inc.,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Channel+America+Broadcasting+to+merge+with+LDE+Media+Techniqs.-a019251760 )〕 was the first United States terrestrial broadcast television network to be intentionally assembled out of LPTV, or low-power television licensees. The network was founded by David Post in 1987〔 and launched in 1988.〔 It offered a 24-hour feed of mostly inexpensive programming, delivered to its affiliate stations, many owned and originally established by the network, via satellite. ==History== Channel America was founded in 1987 by David Post, who had hopes of creating a network with 1,000 low-power television stations. The network never reached its goal in terms of affiliates, but still launched in 1988.〔M. Bosko, (On Ramp: Opportunities on Satellite ), ''Videomaker'', July 1995, accessed March 6, 2007〕 In 1990, Channel America moved to get more affiliated cable operators' local origination channel by rolling out a three-hour package of programming with interactive elements, Hometown USA, with American Television & Communications committing a best-of-local-origination series with the working title ''Off Broadway''.〔 In late 1995, the network peaked with a reach of 44,000,000 households through 100 affiliates. On September 18, 1995, EVRO Entertainment of Kissimmee, Florida acquired a 51% interest in the Channel America Network, with the option to buy the remaining 49%.〔(Form 8-K ), ''United States Securities and Exchange Commission'', September 18, 1995, accessed March 6, 2007〕 On July 1, 1996, the Channel announced that they would air a preview of My Pet Television Network, a joint venture of Nightwing Entertaintment Group, Inc. and The Humane Society of the United States, on September 9. The network went off the air in 1996. In March 1997, its parent company and LDE Media Techniqs, Morton Downey Jr.'s company, agreed to merge. Downey planned to launch a news magazine called ''Boyz Night Out'' on the revived network. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Channel America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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