
and hockey (NHL) leagues for the one or two franchises per sport in their service area.
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Premium programming networks are advertising-free entertainment networks, typically
offering full-length feature films. Examples include equally familiar networks like
HBO and Showtime.
As of the 2010s, US households have access to many pay-television channels. 2011
data from Nielsen’s FOCUS database on the population of US cable television lineups
indicates that there are 282 television networks available to at least 1% of US households.
Figure 7.7 reports the distribution of channels offered on Basic, Expanded Basic, and
Digital Basic cable services across