Editing Broadcast network (section)

{{Short description|Form of centralized broadcasting}}
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A '''terrestrial network''' (or '''broadcast network''' in the United States) is a group of [[radio station]]s, [[television station]]s, or other [[electronic media]] outlets, that form an agreement to air, or [[broadcast]], content from a centralized source.<ref name=Halbrooks/> For example, {{abbrlink|ABC|American Broadcasting Company}}, {{abbrlink|CBS|CBS}} and {{abbrlink|NBC|NBC}} ([[United States|U.S.]]), {{abbrlink|CBC/Radio-Canada|Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}} ([[Canada]]), the [[BBC]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]]), the {{abbrlink|ABC|Australian Broadcasting Corporation}} ([[Australia]]), [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] ([[Germany]]), {{abbrlink|PTV|People's Television Network}} ([[Philippines]]), {{abbrlink|KBS|Korean Broadcasting System}} ([[South Korea]]), and [[NHK]] ([[Japan]]) are [[TV network]]s that provide [[television program|programming]] for local [[terrestrial television]] [[network affiliate|station affiliates]] to air using signals that can be picked up by the home television sets of local viewers.<ref name=Halbrooks>{{cite web|title=How a Broadcasting Network Defines the TV and Radio Business|first=Glenn|last=Halbrooks|date=August 6, 2016|website=The Balance|url=https://www.thebalance.com/broadcasting-network-tv-business-2315175|access-date=December 26, 2016}}</ref> Networks generally, but not always, operate on a national scale; that is, they cover an entire country.

[[Streaming media]], [[Internet radio]], and [[webcasting]] are sometimes considered forms of broadcasting despite the lack of terrestrial stations; its practitioners may also be called "broadcasters" or even "broadcast networks". 

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