Worldnet Television

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Worldnet Television was an international satellite television service created by the U.S. government to broadcast news and information programming abroad as part of its public diplomacy efforts.

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Worldnet Television canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. government international broadcasting service
international satellite television service
broadcastArea international
broadcastMedium satellite television
broadcastTo Africa NERFINISHED
Asia NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
Latin America NERFINISHED
contentType information programming
news programming
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 2004
distributionFormat satellite feed to foreign broadcasters
genre international news
public affairs programming
hasAlternativeName USIA Worldnet Television Service NERFINISHED
Worldnet NERFINISHED
hasKeyFunction to provide satellite-delivered television programming to overseas broadcasters
to support U.S. foreign policy communication goals
hasMission to present U.S. policies and society to foreign audiences
hasPurpose public diplomacy
to broadcast news and information programming abroad
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1983
language English
mergedInto Voice of America NERFINISHED
operatedBy U.S. government NERFINISHED
United States Information Agency NERFINISHED
ownedBy U.S. government NERFINISHED
United States Information Agency NERFINISHED
partOf U.S. public diplomacy efforts
regulator United States Information Agency NERFINISHED
successor Voice of America Television NERFINISHED
targetAudience foreign audiences
international television viewers

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United States Information Agency operated Worldnet Television