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Networks
 Websites presented in alphabetical order ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation) 
 Information about the shows and schedule of this radio and television broadcasting network. Also has some news coverage. http://abc.go.com/ Topics: Media, Media, Recreation, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment, Television Last updated Jun 25, 2004 BBC: bbc.co.uk
Features updated news for the world, the UK, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales; schedules of BBC television and radio programs; a history and timeline of the BBC; activities for children; related links; and more. Searchable. From the British Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ Topics: Media, Media, Recreation, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment, Television Last updated Aug 14, 2004 Cartoon Network
This site from the cable cartoon channel includes information on how a cartoon is created, downloadable cartoon screen savers, little known facts about favorite characters, and a complete television schedule for the Cartoon Network. A great site for cartoon fans young and old. http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Media, Media, Recreation, Television Last updated Feb 18, 2001 CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Schedules, program descriptions, links to stations, and more. http://www.cbc.ca/ Topics: Media, Media, Recreation, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment, Television Last updated May 29, 2005 CBC Archives
An archived collection of radio and television clips from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation dating back more than 60 years. Contains broadcasts about people, art, music, politics, disasters, science, and more. Browse by topic or year or search by keyword. The teachers section, for grades 6-12, allows searching by grade level and subject. Available in English and French. http://archives.cbc.ca/index.asp?IDLan=1 Topics: Archives, History By Place, Media, Recreation, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment, Television Last updated Oct 20, 2004 CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System)
Complete information on their programs. Great photo gallery. http://www.cbs.com/ Topics: Media, Recreation, Television Last updated Feb 21, 2001 Discovery Channel
This site is a portal to the Discovery group of television channels including Animal Planet, Discovery Health, TLC, Travel Channel, Science Channel, Military Channel, Discovery Kids, HD Theater, Discovery Kids, and FitTV. Provides a schedule of all their programming and links to each individual channel, with background information on the programs. http://dsc.discovery.com/ Topics: Media, Recreation, Television Last updated Dec 11, 2007 EuroNews
"EuroNews is Europe's [television] news channel covering world news from a European perspective in a choice of seven languages. EuroNews broadcasts simultaneously in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish." The site provides video clips of recent stories in the areas of general news, business, sports, entertainment, technology, and more. Also provides weather information. Not searchable. http://www.euronews.net/ Topics: Media, News, Recreation, Regions of the World, Regions of the World, Television Last updated Nov 21, 2006 FSTV: Free Speech TV
"A publicly-supported, independent, non-profit TV channel," Free Speech TV "provides perspectives that are under-represented or ignored by the mainstream media, and shines a national spotlight on engaged citizens working for progressive social change." The site includes audio and video of selected programs, a program schedule, reports and information on controversial topics, and related links. http://www.freespeech.org/ Topics: Activism, Media, Media, Recreation, Television Last updated Jun 11, 2006 Green Planet
Website companion for "the first and only 24-hour eco-lifestyle television network. ... [l]aunching in June 2008." Features material related to health and beauty, food and health, home and garden, technology and transportation, travel and outdoors, and working. From Discovery Communications. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/ Topics: Environment, Television Last updated Apr 29, 2008 HGTV: Home and Garden Television
The site for the HGTV cable TV station. It covers remodeling, building, crafts, collecting, design, decorating, food, gardening and landscaping, real estate, and finance, providing instruction for home improvement projects, calculators, and details and schedules of regular programs and special presentations. Searchable. http://www.hgtv.com/ Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing, Media, Recreation, Television Last updated Jul 17, 2002 Independent Film Channel (IFC)
Site of a TV channel "dedicated to presenting independent film, unedited and commercially uninterrupted 24 hours a day." Includes news, interviews, a broadcast schedule, and more. Searchable. http://www.ifc.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Media, Recreation, Television Last updated Aug 24, 2008 Independent Television Service (ITVS)
ITVS presents award-winning documentaries, dramas, and series on public television with a special commitment to "programming [that] reflects voices and visions of underrepresented communities and addresses the needs of underserved audiences, particularly minorities and children." This site includes information about ITVS-supported television programs, including video clips. Search and browse for current or past television programs. http://itvs.org/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation, Television Last updated Jul 22, 2005 Narrative Television Network (NTN)
NTN is a company that makes "television programming and movies accessible for our nation's 13 million blind and visually impaired people" by unobtrusively adding "the voice of a narrator to the existing programming sound track without interfering with any of the original audio or video." This site includes information about television for the blind, a daily program schedule for NTN-adapted television shows, and several dozen full-length NTN-adapted movies. http://www.narrativetv.com/ Topics: Disabilities, Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation, Television Last updated Sep 18, 2002 NBC (National Broadcasting Company)
Their programs, their schedules, their jobs, their stations, current news, more. http://www.nbc.com/ Topics: Media, Recreation, Television Last updated Feb 25, 2001 PBS
Contains "companion Web sites for more than 1,000 PBS television programs and specials, as well as original Web content and real-time learning adventures." Site topics include art, current events, dance, film, history, literature, music, religion, science, and more. Also features games and activities for parents, lesson plans for teachers, and local program schedules. Searchable and browsable. From the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). http://www.pbs.org/ Topics: K-12 Education, Recreation, Television Last updated Aug 8, 2004 ResearchChannel
"Founded by a consortium of leading research and academic institutions to share the valuable work of their researchers with the public." The site provides access to thousands of full length programs in the video library on topics such as arts and humanities, business and economics, engineering and computer science, and health and medicine. Also includes program schedules and information about projects. http://www.researchchannel.org Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Media, Recreation, Television Last updated Jun 17, 2008 RTE Online: The Website of Ireland's National Broadcasters
Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) is the national broadcasting service for the Republic of Ireland. As a governmental agency, RTÉ is responsible for the production of English and Irish Gaelic radio and television broadcasts that are transmitted throughout Ireland. Most of the content of RTÉ's Web site provides information on the agency and its current and future programming. The Web site also provides links to Real Audio files of several of RTÉ's radio and television programmes including the news. Most of the Real Audio files are updated daily and weekly. http://www.rte.ie/ Topics: Media, Media, Recreation, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment, Television Last updated Mar 1, 2001 Voice of America
Track U.S. news in dozens of languages through Voice of America (VOA), "an international multimedia broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of news, informational, educational, and cultural programs every week to an audience of more than 100 million people worldwide. VOA programs are produced and broadcast ... through radio, satellite television, and the Internet." Includes schedules, a pronunciation guide, editorials, and more. http://www.voanews.com/english/index.cfm Topics: Media, Media, News, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment, Television Last updated Sep 24, 2009 |
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