Editing Anime Network (section)

==Availability and distribution==
At launch, the Anime Network was only available by video on demand to Comcast subscribers in the Philadelphia area with 1.2 million customers with more providers choosing to carry the service later on. The linear service launched on June 30, 2004, to complement the VOD service.<ref name="AN247dis"/><ref name="Launch">{{cite web  | title = The Anime Network American launch  | publisher = Anime News Network  | date = December 13, 2002 | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-12-13/the-anime-network-american-launch  | access-date = January 6, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080119062338/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-12-13/the-anime-network-american-launch| archive-date= January 19, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> Comcast Communications previously carried the channel on video on demand since its launch. On May 29, 2009, Comcast discontinued carriage of the service in both its free package and its pay-per-view digital television package which, however, are periodically included among Comcast Xfinity's Top Picks.<ref>{{cite web| title = Comcast removes Anime Network, adds Funimation| publisher = Anime News Network| url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-29/anime-network-taken-off-comcast-put-on-directv| access-date = July 20, 2009 }}</ref>

===24/7 linear service===
From June 30, 2004, to January 4, 2008, Anime Network offered a 24/7 channel available to pay television providers. The service was only carried by small cable companies. On January 4, 2008, Anime Network officially announced that the 24/7 service would cease operations. The network will still operate as a VOD provider.<ref name="AN247dis" />

===Video on demand===
The Anime Network's content was distributed through [[video on demand]] in two formats.

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! Type !! Abbreviation !! Content Information !! Notes
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|'''Free On Demand'''
|Free VOD
| Up to 18 episodes per week. Content is unedited and not ad supported.<ref name= "DirecTV VOD">{{cite web | title=DirecTV Video On Demand Schedule | publisher=Anime Network | url=http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Whats-On/Anime-Network-Video-on-Demand/DirecTV | access-date=January 8, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110210125856/http://theanimenetwork.com/Whats-On/Anime-Network-Video-on-Demand/DirecTV| archive-date= February 10, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Time Warner">{{cite web | title=Time Warner on demand schedule | publisher=Anime Network | url=http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Whats-On/Anime-Network-Video-on-Demand/Time-Warner | access-date=January 8, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110210130935/http://theanimenetwork.com/Whats-On/Anime-Network-Video-on-Demand/Time-Warner| archive-date= February 10, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
| Available to [[DirecTV]], [[Time Warner Cable]], [[Bright House Networks]] and [[Buckeye CableSystem]]<ref name= "Buckeye">{{cite web | title=Buckeye on demand schedule | publisher=Anime Network | url=http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Whats-On/Anime-Network-Video-on-Demand/Buckeye-CableSystem | access-date=January 8, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110210124725/http://theanimenetwork.com/Whats-On/Anime-Network-Video-on-Demand/Buckeye-CableSystem| archive-date= February 10, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> customers. Providers who offer ''Subscription On Demand'' may make the ''Free On Demand'' package available to all their customers.
|-
| '''Subscription On Demand'''
| SVOD
| Up to 45 hours, content is unedited. ''Subscription On Demand'' subscribers also receive new premieres, shows, and exclusive content not available to ''Free On Demand'' customers.<ref name="Suddenlink">{{cite web | title=Suddenlink on demand schedule | publisher=Anime Network | url=http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Whats-On/Anime-Network-Video-on-Demand/Suddenlink | access-date=January 8, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110210125631/http://theanimenetwork.com/Whats-On/Anime-Network-Video-on-Demand/Suddenlink| archive-date= February 10, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
| Carried on six of the nation's top ten cable providers and various smaller cable companies. Providers like [[Cox Communications|Cox]], [[Suddenlink Communications|Suddenlink]] and [[Insight Communications|Insight]] will also distribute the ''Free On Demand'' package to all their customers. Some providers like [[Charter Communications|Charter]], [[Mediacom]] and [[Shaw Communications|Shaw Digital TV]] will only make the ''Subscription On Demand'' package available. [[Dish Network]] carries a pay-per-view based ''Subscription On Demand'' on their DISH Online service.
|}

[[Sony]] announced at [[Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010|E3 2010]] that the [[PlayStation Network]] would begin carrying The Anime Network.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sony's adds Anime Network to PSN |publisher=Anime Network |url=http://www.theanimenetwork.com/20090603106/psn-full-press-release |access-date=January 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502124458/http://www.theanimenetwork.com/20090603106/psn-full-press-release |archive-date=May 2, 2015 }}</ref>