The American Independent Network was one of the first major attempts at building a commercial
television network
A television broadcaster or television network is a telecommunications network for the distribution of television show, television content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations, pay television providers or ...
consisting of
low-powered television stations. Started by Don Shelton, Randy Moseley, and Lyn Snyder, it was similar to the older
Channel America (and its successor,
America One (A1)), and was the foundation for
Urban America TV (UATV). In 2000, several stations sold by
USA Networks to
Univision carried AIN for about a year while Univision got their second network,
TeleFutura, ready to launch on the stations. AIN merged with Hispano Television Ventures in early 2000, forming
Hispanic Television Network (HTVN).
The new company operated both HTVN and AIN, but the majority of the company's attention was focused on HTVN. HTVN went off the air in 2003,
while AIN went off the air two years earlier in 2001, and turned into Urban America Television, with most AIN affiliates either going independent or switching to other networks, like A1 or UATV.
See also
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America One
America One was an American television network established in 1995 by USFR Media Group through its America One Television subsidiary.
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Channel America
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Hispanic Television Network
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Independent station
An independent station is a broadcast station, usually a television station, not affiliated with a larger broadcast television network, network. As such, it only broadcasts broadcast syndication, syndicated programs it has purchased; brokered pr ...
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Ion Television
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Network One
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Urban America Television
References
Defunct television networks in the United States
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2003
Television channels and stations established in 2000
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