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1 Free-to-air analogue stations in the UK

• BBC One

The Corporation's primary network, broadcasting mainstream comedy, drama, documentaries, films and the home of their television news, sport and children's programmes.

• BBC Two

Home to more specialist programming, including comedy, documentaries, dramas and minority interest programmes, as well as imported programmes from other countries, particularly the United States.

2 Free-to-air digital stations in the UK

• BBC Three

The main digital television network operated by the Corporation, home to mainly youth-orientated programming, particularly new comedy sketch shows and sitcoms.

• BBC Four

Niche programming for an older audience, including specialist documentaries, occasional 'serious' dramas, live theatre, foreign language films and television programmes and 'prestige' archive television repeats.

• BBC News 24

A dedicated news channel.

• BBC Parliament

The Corporation's dedicated politcs channel, covering both the British parliament and international politics.

• CBBC Channel

For children aged eight and above.

• CBeebies

For children under eight.

3 International news channel

• BBC World

An international, commercially-funded (albeit run by the BBC and not BBC Worldwide) twenty-four hour news channel, not available to UK viewers.

4 BBC Worldwide channels

The BBC's wholly-owned commercial subsidiary, BBC Worldwide, also operates several international television channels under BBC branding:

• BBC AmericaBBC America is the BBC Worldwide owned-and-operated cable television network in the United States, which was launched on March 29, 1998. From the outset, BBC America has cherrypicked the highlights from the domestic BBC television networks, including come

An American cable televisionCable television or Community Antenna Television CATV (and often shortened to 'cable') is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers through fixed coaxial cables, rather than by the older and more widespread rad channel, co-owned with Discovery NetworksImage use policy Discovery Channel is an American cable TV network that has a variety of science programming, particularly documentaries and nature shows. Discovery Channel went on the air in 1984 and is owned by Discovery Communications, which also owns, showcasing British television programming.

• BBC CanadaBBC Canada is a general entertainment channel available on cable and satellite TV. It is a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Canadian broadcaster, Alliance Atlantis, along with BBC Kids. Owing to Canada's broadcasting regulations, BBC Canada must ca

The CanadianCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe equivalent, co-owned with Alliance AtlantisAlliance Atlantis is a Toronto-based media company. It distributes American- and Canadian-made films both in Canada and the United Kingdom. It has been known to fund projects regarded as too controversial by US companies, such as Bowling for Columbine''..

• BBC KidsBBC Kids is a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Canadian broadcaster Alliance Atlantis, which airs British shows like Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Teletubbies Top of the Pops and Canadian shows like the Magic School Bus Polka Dot Shorts and Po

Also based in Canada and co-owned with Alliance Atlantis, and dedicated to children's programming.

• BBC Food

Dedicated to the BBC's various cookery programmes, broadcasting via satellite televisionSatellite television is television delivered by way of orbiting communications satellites located 37,000 km (22,300 miles) above the earth's surface. The first satellite television signal was relayed from Europe to the Telstar satellite over North America in southern Africa and Scandanavia.

• BBC Prime

Showcasing BBC programming via satellite television, available across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.