Editing Anime Network (section)

===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.
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| '''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.
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[[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>