GE-3 is virtually the only carrier for PBS's national network, which distributes programs to local public television outlets via the satellite.

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Berezovsky is believed to have helped choose Putin for prime minister, and he went on to promote the future president on Russia's biggest national television network.

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The Lifestyle Media segment includes its national television networks, Food Network, Home and Garden Television, Travel Channel, DIY Network, Cooking Channel and Great American Country.

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The chief executive of a national newspaper group or a television network may run a company whose market capitalisation is less than that of a middling bank or brewery, but has far greater political clout.

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In the 1970s he broke into television by buying up local stations around Italy and forming a national network.

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Speaking on Hizbullah's Al Manar television network on Sunday, Saeed Jalili, the head of Iran's National Security Council, its chief nuclear negotiator and a close advisor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, essentially told Hamas that it is on its own.

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NTL, recognised in the industry as the most innovative company, also has the most comprehensive infrastructure cable, mobile telephony, a national fibre-optic network and a television broadcast network.

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Television is the most popular medium in towns and cities, with state-run TVM, the only national network, and private STV topping the ratings.

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