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AgCast
An agricultural data information service delivering time sensitive news, commentary, commodity futures, options, and charts plus stock market information and more to America's farm producers. System requirements is a model 4000 & higher, PC requirements: 386DX 33Mhz, Windows 3.1 or higher, 8MB RAM, 20M disk space for program software.

 

A&E
A&E is a premiere entertainment network featuring the original series BiographyÒ , Mysteries and Special. Escape the Ordinary with A&E.

AdulTVision
A 24-hour pay-per-view adult service primarily featuring movies produced by Vivid Video, the premier adult film producer…featuring leading adult starpower as well as the best looking talent in the industry.

AMC
American Movie Classics is a 24 hour network devoted to the Golden Age of Hollywood. AMC offers the finest, most comprehensive libraries of classic films from the 1930s to the 1970s and a diverse blend of original programming.

America’s Voice
Broadcasting from Washington, D.C., America’s Voice offers 24 hours a day of interactive, brash and irreverent public affairs programs. Hosted by a score of well-known Washington insiders, America’s Voice original programs uncover Washington’s intrigue and probe all the hot issues.

Angel One Network
Angel One Network features 24 hours of biblically based Christian ministry programs including a variety of hundreds of domestic missionary and international programs for adults, teenagers and children.

Antenna TV
Antenna TV provides extensive coverage of Greece’s most popular programming consisting primarily of news, entertainment, TV-series, movies and music videos. They also offer limited Croatian programming from the northern Balkan Peninsula, western coast of Turkey, Albania, Skopje and Serbia.

Animal Planet
Animal Planet, Discovery Network’s newest service, features a full range of premiere animal programming 24 hours a day from Discovery Network’s natural history library, including documentaries, drama, family entertainment, event reportage and classic TV.

ART
ART provides a unique blend programming consisting primarily of entertainment, mini-series, dramas, sports, movies, music videos, and children’s educational programs .

ART Movies
This service offers a wide selection of the latest Arabic and international blockbusters plus a large collection of the classics.

Black Entertainment Television
BET is the nation’s first and only television network providing a platform for quality programming highlighting African-American culture. Viewers find BET not only entertaining but also educational. BET represents the best in entertainment, trend-setting music videos, news, public affairs, jazz, specials, off-network sitcoms, gospel and college sports.

Bloomberg
Bloomberg Information Television delivers up-to-the-minute information that matters focusing on crucial news, market updates, prices, sports and weather 24 hours a day.

Bravo
Bravo, the Film and Arts Network, is the only network dedicated to award-winning film and high quality arts programming – all presented without commercial interruption night and day.

Cartoon Network
The Cartoon Network, the first and only 24-hour all animation network, offers the vast audience of cartoon lovers, young and old, the best cartoons ever made from the world’s largest cartoon library.

Cinemax
Cinemax shows the most movies on pay TV, now scheduled in a simple format: MAX Hits at 8 pm brings you a different hit movie 365 days a year. MAX Prime at 10 pm delivers action and adventure favorites. And with a 9 pm movie start time on Cinemax 2 it’s easier than ever to find something to watch every time you sit down to watch TV.

Classic Sports
Classic Sports Network is a 24 hour network that offers glimpses into sport’s greatest moments of the past including replays of great sporting events, documentaries, interviews and vintage game shows.

CNBC
The world’s leading business and financial news network. CNBC keeps viewers abreast of the latest-breaking market news, trends and personal finance information.

CNNfn
CNNfn offers 12 hours of comprehensive business news every weekday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CNNfn - a refreshingly simple approach to consumer news.

CNNI
CNN International is a 12-hour global news and information network offering exclusive business programming, international sports and weather coverage.

 

CNN
CNN is the world’s leading 24-hour global news and information television network. CNN provides its U.S. audience in-depth, live coverage and analysis of breaking news events. CNN also offers a full range of programs covering the latest in business, weather, sports, entertainment, health and science news, as well as topical, in-depth interviews.

Comedy Central
The only all-comedy network. Comedy Central is the place viewers turn to for 24 hours of programming that is clever, smart and, of course, funny.

Country Music Television
CMT is the video network for young country fans, playing non-stop contemporary country hits 24 hours a day. With today’s younger, more national audience, country is America’s hottest selling music, and the most popular radio format.

Court TV
Court TV is a 24-hour cable network that takes viewers inside courtrooms across the country and around the world with live coverage of important and dramatic trials.

C-SPAN
C-SPAN offers unique news and information programming, including 24-hour coverage of important political events from Washington, D.C. and around the nation including live debate from the floor of the U.S. House.

C-SPAN2
C-SPAN2 offers 24-hour coverage of important political events from Washington, D.C. and around the nation including live debate from the U.S. Senate.

Discovery Channel
The Discovery Channel offers the finest informative entertainment about nature and the environment, science and technology, history, adventure and the people who share our world.

Disney Channel (East and West)
The Disney Channel offers quality entertainment for today’s families with all that the Disney name stands for in family series, specials and movies.

E! Entertainment
E! Entertainment Television is the world’s ultimate source for the latest breaking entertainment news, behind-the-scenes features of blockbuster movies and hit TV series, and exclusive interviews with Hollywood’s biggest celebrities.

Encore
Encore presents Movies You Know and Love from the ‘60s, ‘70s & ‘80s. Tune in to the critically – acclaimed performances in movies like "Scent of a Woman", "Easy Rider", and "Ordinary People". Encore features a different movie every night in prime time.

Encore Westerns
Showcasing the greatest westerns of all time, Encore’s Westerns channel schedules an amazing collection of past and contemporary western movies. Hosted by Dennis Weaver and featuring films like True Grit, Westerns is a full cavalcade of your favorite Western heroes, 24 hours a day.

ESPN
ESPN offers the widest and most diverse schedule of sports programming available. ESPN is the exclusive national cable network of the National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball. ESPN’s Sunday Night NFL™ package includes three pre-season games and nine Sunday Night NFL games during the second half of the regular season.

ESPN2
ESPN2 is a differentiated 24-hour sports network that features more than 2,500 hours a year of original sports programming targeting young and light to moderate sports viewers, yet appeals to all sports fans. ESPN2’s event programming includes the NHL, NCAA basketball, College Arena Football, Roller Hockey International, Canadian Football League, National Professional Soccer League, Major Indoor Lacrosse and participatory/extreme sports.

ESPNEWS
ESPNEWS is the definitive 24-hour sports news network from ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports. In conjunction with ESPNET SportsZone, the most-visited content site on the Internet, ESPNEWS will provide continuous scores, highlights, analysis, statistics and breaking news...making it "the" source for up-to-the-minute sports news.

Eternal Word Television Network
EWTN is America’s largest religious cable network. EWTN provides 24 hours of family-oriented, spiritual growth programming featuring top-notch talk shows, weekly series and exciting documentaries.

Eye on People
CBS Eye on People is a 24 hour network capitalizing on the proven popularity of human interest programming.

FOX Family Channel
FOX Family is a network with a dynamic mix of original movies, specials and series in prime time - and a fun-filled daytime lineup of newly produced and classic series for children.

FLIX
Turn to FLIX for the movies you grew up with - your favorite movies and stars from the ‘60’s, ‘70’s and ‘80’s the way they were meant to be seen - all uncut and commercial-free. FLIX has fun festival every Monday night, and the movie greats that will entice you, excite you and most of all, entertain you.

Food Network
Food Network allows viewers to learn new recipes, innovative cooking techniques, add excitement to family meals, explore the country’s finest restaurants, discover the latest healthy alternative and enjoy the humor and warmth of America’s top chefs.

Fox Sports Americas
The first 24-hour U.S. domestic and Latin American Spanish language sports network providing coverage of a multitude of international sporting events such as soccer, basketball, tennis, cycling, wrestling, volleyball, rugby.

FX
A general entertainment network offering programming that includes films, original programs, sports and hit series such as NYPD Blue and X-Files,

Galavision
A broad-based entertainment network that appeals to every memver of the entire U.S. Hispanic family. Programming includes top-rated novelas, news, comedy, music, movies and live sports including live Mexican soccer.

Game Show Network
The Game Show Network, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, features exclusive, original, live interactive game shows, newly-produced specials and selections of classic programs from a vast, proprietary library.

Golf Channel
The Golf Channel, the world’s first 24-hour network devoted entirely to golf programming, is available nationwide. The programming schedule includes an exclusive blend of PGA TOUR, Senior PGA TOUR, NIKE TOUR, LPGA and European PGA Tour competition, instruction with world renowned instructors, a nightly golf news show, live call-in golf talk and instruction programs and video tours of great courses throughout the world.

Greek Soccer
Greek Soccer fans will be able to enjoy 3 to 4 live 'A' Greek National Soccer League games 3 weekends a month. Games will air on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. Up to 100 games will be broadcast from September 19 through May 16, 1999.

Headline News
Headline News updates U.S. viewers on today’s news, business, sports and entertainment every 30 minutes. Viewers receive a whole day’s news every half hour.

The History Channel
The History Channel is a 24-hour programming service devoted to fulfilling America’s passion for history. The network features original and exclusive historical documentaries, movies, and mini-series. The History Channel is strongly committed to offering high-quality, original and exclusive programming that entertains, educates and informs its viewers.

HTV
A 24-hour all-Spanish language television music network providing a mix of old and new hit music videos. Its format includes balada, salsa, merengue and other popular Latin rhythms, introduced by the artists themselves in place of vee jays.

Home Box Office
HBO is the top-rated pay television network in America. A new movie is guaranteed every Saturday night. HBO programming includes ground-breaking original movies, series and documentaries, exclusive big events and championship boxing.

HBO plus (formerly HBO 2)
A perfect complement to HBO with a schedule that provides an alternate programming choice to what’s on HBO. Scheduled for the broadest appeal this network doubles the entertainment options at any given time and provides more opportunity to see favorite HBO movies and originals.

HBO Signature (formerly HBO 3)
HBO Signature offers viewers with distinctive tastes a more sophiticated alternative for entertainment with prestigious and thought-provoking programming selections. More opportunities to see notable theatrical movies showcasing HBO’s original movies, series and documentaries.

HBO Family
HBO Family is a 24-hour commercial free channel devoted entirely to programming the whole family can enjoy together. HBO Family is available at no extra cost with a regular HBO the Works subscription, and guarantees subscribers an appropriate family viewing choice whenever they tune in.

Home & Garden Television
HGTV presents some of America’s best home builders, decorators, gardeners and craft experts as they provide practical information to help people make the most of their lives at home. Designed to appeal to all ages and lifestyles, HGTV features creative ideas, helpful hints and how-to information.

Home Shopping Network
HSN features programs geared to a variety of lifestyles and special interest categories. This innovative mix, great values and quality brand merchandise make the Home Shopping Network a unique and entertaining interactive shopping experience.

Independent Film Channel
Independent Film Channel presents feature-length premieres, domestically and internationally produced films, documentaries, shorts, animation, new works, cult classics and masters.

KTLA
KTLA offers movies, sitcoms, series and talk shows plus L.A. Dodgers baseball, award-winning news, and up to 65 hours of Spanish programming per month.

KWGN
In addition to the WB network programming, KWGN offers movies, news and syndicated shows like Star Trek DS9 and Star Trek NG. Also look to KWGN for Colorado Rockies baseball games.

The Learning Channel
TLC features world-class documentaries on history, human behavior and science, commercial-free/violence-free programs for preschoolers, and "how-to" programs featuring expert advice from the pros on cooking, gardening and home improvement.

LBC
The Lebanese Broadcast Channel offers 24 hours of Arabic language programming from Lebanon featuring movies, sports, talkshows and mini-series.

Lifetime
Lifetime keeps women entertained, informed and in touch with quality series, original world premiere movies and exciting original specials, as well as public outreach campaigns.

The Movie Channel
Two separate channels with over 100 different movies to choose from each month from recent hits to timeless classics. With MultiChannel The Movie Channel you can see a movie marathon every day of the week and a high-profile movie each night in primetime - and there’s only one minute between films.

MSNBC
MSNBC is a revolutionary 24-hour news, talk and information network and Internet service from NBC and Microsoft.

MTV
America’s premiere music video and entertainment network for young adults featuring programs on news, sports, fashion, entertainment, animation, comedy and concert specials.

M2
A new 24-hour music video channel created by MTV. M2 is custom-built for music enthusiasts, blending a diverse mix of music with the power of interactive technology. It’s the perfect complement to MTV!

The NASA Channel
The NASA Channel provides real-time coverage of NASA activities and missions as well as resource videos for the news media and educational programming to teachers, students and the general public.

The Nashville Network
TNN is the only network devoted to country entertainment offering the latest videos, the best in classic country, concerts with top stars, and TV’s only nightly variety show and more NASCAR and NHRA action than any other network.

NET (refer to America’s Voice)

Nick at Nite (East and West)
Nick at Nite, the home of classic TV features America’s best-loved classic television programs including, I Love Lucy, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, TAXI, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, The Bob Newhart Show, and Dragnet.

Nick at Nite’s TV Land
Nick at Nite’s TV Land is a brand-new, 24-hour network that showcases the best television dramas, Westerns, sitcoms and variety shows from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Nickelodeon (East and West)
The Number One Network For Kids! Nickelodeon offers the highest quality and top-rated kid’s programming in a variety of genres appealing to kids of all ages.

Playboy
In the tradition of its 40 year old internationally recognized brand, Playboy TV stands for quality, tasteful, fun adult entertainment. Playboy offers sophisticated programming 24 hours a day, including made-for original movies, specials, live erotic call-in show, and a variety of unparalleled new series.

Portuguese Soccer
Portuguese Soccer fans will be able to enjoy 3 Portuguese National Football League games 3 weekends a month. There are 18 teams in the league, including Benifica, Porto, Sporting and Boavista. Games will be broadcast live on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. Up to 80 games will be scheduled from September 19 through May 1999. These fierce competitors guarantee viewers a season full of exciting matches.

QVC
QVC is a home shopping network available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week featuring name brand products at super savings. Fashion, fitness, electronics, home furnishings, tools, jewelry and gift merchandise are highlighted.

Radio Maria
A 24-hour-a-day religious service broadcast direct from the Vatican. The programming includes prayers, The World of God and other sound entertainment designed to reach the public of every age who are seeking comfort. Radio Maria is comprised of three channels carrying the same programming translated into the appropriate language, Radio Maria Italy (Italian), Radio Maria Poland (Polish) and Radio Maria Spanish.

RAI
RAI offers the latest in Italian originated programming featuring variety shows, mini-series, movies, soap operas and special events. RAI also provides extensive coverage of Italian league soccer events and European league matches.

Romance Classics
Romance Classics is an entertainment service devoted entirely to romance. Romance Classic’s programming features a mix of classic films and musicals, popular mini-series and teleplays, adaptations of romantic literature and original lifestyle programs.

RTPi
A 24-hour Portuguese language programming service that offers news, entertainment, music, novelas, sports and children’s programming.

RFI
Radio France Internationale is a 24-hour French language radio service that offers news, talk and cultural programming.

Sci-Fi Channel
The Sci-Fi Channel provides a programming mix with something for every member of the family including science fiction, fantasy, classic horror and science fact programming.

Showtime
Three different channels of MultiChannel Showtime offer over 200 different program choices each month including Exclusive Blockbuster Hits, Showtime Original Movies and Series, Late Night Entertainment and Showtime Championship Boxing.

Showtime Extreme
Showtime Extreme, a new movie channel, is jam-packed every minute of every day with the thrills, chills and spills of non-stop action, adventure and suspense movies.

STARZ!
The movies on STARZ! Are Too Big To Miss and can only be seen on STARZ! And nowhere else. See recent box office hits like "Jack", "Ransom" and "Michael". STARZ! is what a movie channel should be, all movies 24 hours a day.

STARZ2!
STARZ2! is scheduled in a unique double feature format to bring you the best Hollywood movies at the best times. STARZ2! plays the same double features for an entire week at the same time.

Sundance Channel
Sundance Channel, under the creative direction of Robert Redford, premieres the best in new independent films, from world premieres to award-winning films and first-time-on-television works--uncut and commercial free, 24 hours a day. Feature films, documentaries, shorts and animation that form the leading edge of filmmaking today.

Telemundo
A full-service Spanish language network featuring novellas (soap operas), movies, news, sports, children’s programming, talk shows, specials and music videos.

TeN
TeN offers an alternative to traditional adult entertainment programming delivering a wide variety of feature films, videos and original programming.

TNT
This premiere entertainment network delivers high-quality programming for viewers of all ages including Hollywood’s best movies, exclusive made-for-TNT Original movies, Sunday Night NFL Football and television’s most comprehensive NBA Basketball schedule.

Toon Disney
Toon Disney is a new 24-hour network geared towards kids ages 2 to 11 and their families featuring exclusive Disney-branded animation as well as titles shared with Disney Channel.

Travel Channel
The Travel Channel offers a globe-spanning panorama of video visits, helpful advice, and intellectually engaging travel entertainment.

Trinity Broadcasting Network
TBN is America’s most viewed religious network. TBN features the best in faith and inspirational programs that include a wide variety of denominations. Its program formats include worship, variety, music, children’s, news, sports, talk and live anointed programs. TBN produces more original programs than any other religious network.

Turner Classic Movies
Drawing from the greatest library in the world, TCM is the ultimate movie lover’s channel. Over 400 movies a month from the ‘20s to the 80s. More titles uninterrupted, 24 hours a day.

TV Asia
A 24 hour entertainment and information channel for the community from the Indian subcontinent with a wide range of programming consisting of news, educational programs, dramas, music and movies in Hindi, English and Gujarati languages.

TV5
French language high-quality programming available 24 hours daily from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec and Canada. Direct newscasts with international perspective, arts & culture, current affairs and movies. The art of living; a whole new and different world of television.

TV Japan
TV JAPAN provides 22 hours of programming including news, sports, dramas, music, variety, educational shows and family entertainment. The network also carries English language coverage of news, Asia-focused specials and Grand Sumo Tournaments.

TV Polonia
TV Polonia is a first class Polish language service broadcasted 24 hours per day directly from Warsaw. The programming provides a variety of the most popular movies, sports, documentaries, soap operas, children’s and educational programming as well as the latest news. Included in the TV Polonia service is 1 video and 2 radio channels.

UNIVISION
The leading Spanish-language broadcaster in the U.S. with programming that includes novelas, national and local newscasts, variety shows, children's programming; movies, sporting events and public affairs programming.

USA Network
The Cure for the Common Show, a real alternative to conventional programming. Exclusive USA Pictures Originals, blockbuster Hollywood Movies, original series like La Femme Nikita, Silk Stalkings, Pacific Blue, big-ticket sporting events, and top off-network series.

VH1
With videos and concerts by the biggest stars and newest faces, as well as exclusive events, stunts and specials, VH1 is where today’s upscale viewers stay connected to the music - and music culture they love.

WGN
WGN delivers a home run with over 200 live sporting events featuring Chicago Bulls basketball and Chicago Cubs and White Sox baseball. WGN brings viewers a variety of entertainment including recent and classic movies, action-adventure series, kids and pre-teen favorites, specials, original and educational programs, and news.

WPIX
WPIX offers primetime movies, series, sitcoms, children’s programming, late night variety plus the best in sports from the East Coast with the New York Yankees, Jets and Giants.

WSBK
WSBK programming offers the best from the 60s to the 90s including classic comedies, timeless and contemporary hit movies from United Paramount Network and popular shows of today such as Beverly Hills 90210 . StarTrek Voyager and Babylon 5. In addition, WSBK provides live coverage of Boston’s professional sports teams and other great sports action including golf and WCW Wrestling.

WTBS
Broad-based, family oriented programming including movies, documentaries, classic comedies, children’s shows and a variety of collegiate and professional sports.

The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel offers live 24-hour-a-day programming, which provides local forecasts to over 3,000 weather zones with regional and national weather conditions.

WWOR
WWOR, a superstation that is broadcast out of NYC, is a UPN network affiliate that provides all of your favorite syndicated programming plus the New York Mets baseball.

ZDTV
A 24-hour television channel dedicated to providing viewers with entertainment, education, and information about computing, technology, and the Internet. Programming includes valuable news and topics such as popular culture on the web, computer help, personal finance and more.

ZEE TV
A 24 hour a day Asian infotainment channel with a mixture of hindi and multi-language programs from South Asia. Programming consists of films, news, children’s programming and sports featuring cricket matches from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.


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