C‑SPAN

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C‑SPAN is an American public service cable network best known for its uninterrupted, gavel-to-gavel coverage of U.S. government proceedings and public affairs programming.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
C-SPAN 5
C-SPAN (website) 1
C-SPAN Now app 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cable television channel
public affairs network
television network
availableOn cable television
internet streaming
satellite television
broadcastArea Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
coverageFocus United States Congress
surface form: U.S. Congress

United States House of Representatives
surface form: U.S. House of Representatives

United States Senate
surface form: U.S. Senate

U.S. politics
United States government
surface form: United States federal government

campaign events
presidential debates
press conferences
public affairs events
coverageStyle gavel-to-gavel coverage
uninterrupted coverage
distributionModel basic cable
editorialPolicy minimal commentary
nonpartisan
founder Brian Lamb
cable television industry
fundingModel carriage fees from cable and satellite providers
not funded by government appropriations
genre news
politics
public affairs programming
hasLogo C-SPAN logo
hasService C‑SPAN self-linksurface differs
surface form: C-SPAN Now app

C‑SPAN self-linksurface differs
surface form: C-SPAN Radio

C‑SPAN self-linksurface differs
surface form: C-SPAN.org
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1979-03-19
industry broadcasting
television
language English
motto Created by Cable. Offered as a Public Service.
nonProfitStatus nonprofit organization
operatedBy National Cable Satellite Corporation
owner National Cable Satellite Corporation
programmingIncludes book programs
historical programming
interviews with public officials
live coverage of U.S. House of Representatives
public policy discussions
sisterChannel C‑SPAN self-linksurface differs
surface form: C-SPAN2

C‑SPAN self-linksurface differs
surface form: C-SPAN3
subjectOf C‑SPAN self-linksurface differs
surface form: C-SPAN (website)

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Mitch Daniels boardMemberOf C‑SPAN
this entity surface form: C-SPAN
C‑SPAN sisterChannel C‑SPAN self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: C-SPAN
this entity surface form: C-SPAN2
C‑SPAN sisterChannel C‑SPAN self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: C-SPAN
this entity surface form: C-SPAN3
C‑SPAN hasService C‑SPAN self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: C-SPAN
this entity surface form: C-SPAN.org
C‑SPAN hasService C‑SPAN self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: C-SPAN
this entity surface form: C-SPAN Radio
C‑SPAN hasService C‑SPAN self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: C-SPAN
this entity surface form: C-SPAN Now app
C‑SPAN subjectOf C‑SPAN self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: C-SPAN
this entity surface form: C-SPAN (website)
National Book Festival hasMediaCoverage C‑SPAN
this entity surface form: C-SPAN
White House Correspondents' Dinner broadcastOn C‑SPAN
this entity surface form: C-SPAN
White House Correspondents' Dinner featuring the U.S. president broadcastOn C‑SPAN
this entity surface form: C-SPAN