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C-SPAN

Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN /ˈsiːˌspæn/ SEE-span) is an American cable and satellite television network, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service. It televises proceedings of the United States federal government and other public affairs programming. C-SPAN is a private, nonprofit organization…

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Owner
National Cable Satellite Corporation
Headquarters
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
Broadcast area
Worldwide
C-SPAN Radio
Available via TuneIn
Country
United States
Founder
Brian Lamb

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Programming

Organization and operations

Audience

Public and media opinion

Other services

Prank calls and obscenities

Publications

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C-SPAN

Nodes198
Edges197
Triples402
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010101
Components1

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C-SPAN

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related to Other services · 38
C-SPAN → Abraham Lincoln, America's Finest Authors, America's Town Hall, American, American History, Booknotes, C-SPAN Classroom, C-SPAN Digital Bus, C-SPAN Guide, C-SPAN's, Congress, Five, Gavel, Grant's Tomb, Great American Historians On, Ideas, July, Lamb's, LCVs, Life Stories
related to Online availability · 36
C-SPAN → After, American, As, August, C-SPAN Archive, C-SPAN Video Library, C-SPAN's, China, Congress, Described, Dinner, Google Video, House, Indiana, Internet, It, March, May, Metavid, Metavid's
related to Public and media opinion · 25
C-SPAN → According, Accuracy, After Words, American, Andrew Rosenthal, Booknotes, C-SPAN Video Library, C-SPAN's, Center, Daily Beast, Despite, Economic, FAIR, Fairness, Goldman Sachs Senate, Healthcare Summit, In, In April, Policy Research, Reporting
related to Public affairs · 24
C-SPAN → According, All, Campaign, Court, Court's, Coverage, Democratic, Federal Communications Commission, House, In, Libertarian, National Press Club, Other, Pentagon, Republican, Senate, State, Supreme Court, The, Union
related to Audience · 23
C-SPAN → About, Americans, As, Hart Research, However, In, In February, In January, Ipsos, Ipsos Audience, March, Midwest, More, Nielsen, Northeast, Of, Penn Schoen Berland, Pew Research Center, South, The C-SPAN
related to Development · 23
C-SPAN → Al Gore, At, Bob Rosencrans, Brian Lamb, C-SPAN's, Cable, Cablevision, Congressional, Evans, For, House, John, Lamb, March, On February, Representatives, Rosencrans, September, Tennessee, Upon
related to C-SPAN and C-SPAN2 flagship programs · 22
C-SPAN → Although, Book TV, Booknotes, C-SPAN's, C-SPAN2, East Coast, Eastern Time, Encore Booknotes, House, January, On, Peter Slen, Politics, Public Policy Today, Repeats, Representatives, Senate, September, Sunday, The
related to Special programming · 22
C-SPAN → Alexis, America, American, American Presidents, American Writers, Booknotes, Douglas, Exploring Democracy, Harold Holzer, Historic Supreme Court Decisions, In, Journey Through History, Landmark Cases, Life Portraits, Lincoln, Peabody Award, The, The Alexis, Tocqueville Tour, Tocqueville's
related to C-SPAN3 · 20
C-SPAN → American Artifacts, American History TV, C-SPAN3, Dole Institute, Each, Eastern Time, History, In, January, Kansas, Lectures, Politics, Programs, Richard Norton Smith, Robert, The, United States, University, Vice President Walter Mondale, Washington
related to Prank calls and obscenities · 18
C-SPAN → Baba Booey, Bel-Air, Bel-Air TV, California, Calls, Due, Howard Stern, Iran, Jack Strickland, Martin Luther King Jr, Mitt Romney's, Obama, Obscenities, One, The, The Fresh Prince, The Republicans, Washington Journal

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
C-SPANBroadcast areaWorldwide1.00infobox
C-SPANC-SPAN RadioAvailable via TuneIn1.00infobox
C-SPANCountryUnited States1.00infobox
C-SPANFounderBrian Lamb1.00infobox
C-SPANHeadquartersCapitol Hill, Washington, D.C.1.00infobox
C-SPANLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
C-SPANLaunchedMarch 19, 1979; 47 years ago (1979-03-19) (C-SPAN) June 2, 1986; 40 years ago (1986-06-02) (C-SPAN2) January 22, 2001; 25 years ago (2001-01-22) (C-SPAN3)1.00infobox
C-SPANOfficial C-SPAN servicesLive stream (Subscription to a TV service provider is required, except for C-SPAN Now)1.00infobox
C-SPANOwnerNational Cable Satellite Corporation1.00infobox
C-SPANPicture format1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for SDTV feeds)1.00infobox
C-SPANService(s)Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV1.00infobox
C-SPANSister channelsC-SPAN2 C-SPAN3 C-SPAN Radio1.00infobox
C-SPANWCSP-FM/HD (C-SPAN Radio)FM 90.1 MHz analog/HD Radio (Washington, D.C. / Baltimore)1.00infobox
C-SPANWebsitewww.c-span.org1.00infobox
C-SPANis aprivate0.90text

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