American Forces Information Service February 1998 - afrts

AFN|family is time-shifted for two specific geographical locations – Atlantic (Europe) and Pacific
(Japan/Korea).
May 2009
Provides news when you want it, anytime, any day. This is a full-time news and information service
with programming primarily from ABC, CBS, CNN, FNC, MSNBC, NBC and PBS. Additionally, you’ll find
news and public affairs programming about the Department of Defense and the Military Services provided
by The Pentagon Channel and the news organizations within the Military Services. AFN|news is the
primary means for the AFRTS audience to stay in touch with national and international events and general
military information.
Provides a wide variety of sports programming based on the interests of the AFRTS military
audience. This full-time sports and sports-news service features programming from major sports sources
like ESPN, FSN, FX, OLN, Speed, TBS and TNT, along with national and international sports coverage
from the broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX. It provides the most popular sports events such
as MLB, NASCAR, NBA, NCAA football and basketball, NFL, NHL, Olympic Winter and Summer Games
and the PGA Tour.
Provides a wide variety of theatrical and made-for-TV movies, specials, along with entertainment
news and features sure to please the Hollywood fan. Primarily targeted to adults, ages 18 and older.
Theatrical features conform to domestic American over-the-air broadcast standards. AFN|movie is timeshifted
for two specific geographical locations – Atlantic (Europe) and Pacific (Japan/Korea).
AFN|xtra takes you on and off the field with a highly-targeted blend of sports events, Emmy-award winning
talk shows and unscripted series, action sports, and videogaming programming. AFN|xtra is your
destination for around-the-clock top professional and collegiate sports events every weekend and brings
you top rated personality-driven programming and reality-based series during the week. Home of the Emmy
and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart along with Best Damn Sports Show Period,
The Contender, World Series of Poker and the widely popular UFC, WWE Smackdown! and RAW
franchises, AFN|xtra brings you big name athletes, celebrities, and comedians with topical sports and
entertainment news, trends, youth culture and current events, while getting you inside the fast-paced
worlds of action sports and videogaming.
The Pentagon Channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via a U.S. domestic satellite to
stateside bases and on AFRTS to service members stationed overseas. The Pentagon Channel is
available to all U.S. Department of Defense bases/installations for airing on their base/installation cable
systems, and to anyone wishing to receive it via satellite on the DISH Network and on a number of
commercial cable systems in the continental United States. (Please see more detail in separate fact
sheet.)
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