SCOLA is a nonprofit educational organization transmitting international television programs for educational use via satellite.   The SCOLA news channel (channel one) is carried on the John Carroll University cable TV system on channel two.  SCOLA channel one programming is listed here.

Dish Network is a commercial satellite service which includes a number of international channels.  There is a TV guide available at the Dish Network web site.  To access the TV guide, go to the Dish Network home page and follow the links to the guide.  The channel abbreviations used in the guide are in red type in the list below.

TVJPN TV Japan (channel 640) TV Japan provides Japanese Americans with premium Japanese television including top- quality broadcasts from NHK. Enjoy live news, documentaries, dramas, sports, variety shows, children's programming and other popular NHK programs. Don't miss exclusive coverage of Sumo Wrestling tournaments and the latest NHK News at 7 and 10.
http://www.tvjapan.net/

TV-5 TV 5 (channel 606) TV5 offers a multitude of television programs from France, Belgium, Switzerland and Quebec, Canada. Broadcast 24-hours-a-day, TV5 provides the latest newscasts, current affairs programs, documentaries, movies, sports (including live French Soccer League) and cultural entertainment.
http://www.tv5.org

RAII RAI International (channel 601) RAI International provides 24 hours of top-quality entertainment every day, live from Italy. Enjoy hours of Italian and European soccer, live news, mini-series, movies, children's cartoons and much more. Sit back, relax and enjoy.

PHNIX Phoenix North America Chinese Channel (channel 581) Phoenix provides the latest news and entertainment television from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and other countries in the Asian Pacific region, 24-hours-a-day. Broadcast primarily in Mandarin, PNACC delivers a complete variety of television entertainment, including movies, dramas, talk shows, game shows, family and children's programming, documentaries and live news.

CCTV-4 China Central Television (channel 582) CCTV-4 provides millions of Chinese Americans in the United States with a television channel packed with news, documentaries, talk shows and much more.

ATV ATV Home Channel (channel 587) A leading Cantonese television channel from Hong Kong, ATV provides a full range of television entertainment to Chinese communities throughout the United States. This channel broadcasts the best and most up-to-date cultural and current events from Hong Kong. The latest dramas, movies, talk shows, news, current affairs and children's entertainment are all part of this fantastic channel.

Dish Latino Stations

DISCE Discovery En Español (channel 845) offers Spanish-speaking audiences of all ages the very best in nonfiction entertainment including nature, science and technology, history and world exploration. Like its sister networks, Discovery en Español aims to educate, inform and entertain viewers with quality programming designed to help them explore their world and satisfy their natural curiosity.
http://www.discoveryespanol.com/ 

TVEI Televisión Española Internacional (channel 840) ,
Spain's premier broadcast channel, offering you the best general
entertainment of its kind. You will enjoy Spanish game shows, sports, the
arts, educational programs, fiction series, movies, and the best news
broadcasts from Spain. A unique alternative to Spanish T.V., now in the
United States.

TVAZT TV Azteca (channel 825) - Azteca 13 is a leading network in Mexico offering general entertainment, popular novelas, news, children's programs and sports, including Mexican National League soccer.

TVCHL TV Chile (channel 842) - A 24 hour-a-day network, with 90% of the programming coming from Chile, including news, telenovelas, sports, and nature documentaries. TV Chile also has the broadcast rights to the professional Chilean soccer season bringing you several games each week, as well as the championship games.

TMNDO Telemundo (channel 835) - A full-service Spanish language network featuring novellas (soap operas), movies, news, sports, children's programming, talk shows, specials and music videos. Broadcast from United States and Mexico.

TMDOW Telemundo West (channel 836) - see description above.

SUR SUR (channel 857) allows viewers to stay informed of newsworthy events in Latin America by retransmitting live the daily newscasts and most popular shows from the leading broadcasting networks of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
http://www.canalsur.com/

FSESP Fox Sports En Español (channel 855) - The first 24-hour U.S. domestic and Latin American Spanish language sports network providing coverage of a multitude of international sporting events such as soccer, basketball, tennis, cycling, wrestling, volleyball, rugby.

HTV Hispanic TV (channel 870) - A 24-hour all-Spanish language television music network providing a mix of old and new hit music videos. Its format includes balada, salsa, merengue and other popular Latin rhythms, introduced by the artists themselves in place of vee jays.; HTV is broadcast from all Spanish speaking countries.

MTVES MTV Español (channel 872) - Through music, MTV Espanol reflects the bicultural and bilingual world of the young Latino viewers. Programming is a dynamic mix of Latin Pop, Rock en Espanol and Latin Alternative music as well as Spanish versions of MTV favorites like Beavis and Butthead and Daria.

CINEL Cine Latino (channel 865) - offers 100-percent Spanish language movies with the best contemporary productions from Latin America and Spain.

GOLTV GOL TV (channel 853) - (sports) no description available from Dish Network.

CNNES CNN En Español (channel 859) - CNN en Espanol is the Spanish-language version of the worldwide CNN news channel offering the latest in politics, sports, weather, business, travel and entertainment news.

PELIC De Pelicula (channel 862) - no description available from Dish Network.

PCLAS De Pelicula Clasico (channel 863) - De Película Clásico is a 24-hours-a-day classic movie channel, incorporating movies from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, which represents the "Golden Era" of Mexican film making.

MUN2 MUN2 (channel 838) - Mun2 is a Spanish-language television network with an informal, fresh and hip focus targeting young Latinos. Programming includes variety, movies and teen programming.

FTRAE Telefutura East (channel 830) - Telefutura offers alternative programming genres in nearly every daypart, including comedy, entertainment, games, talk shows and more hours of sports programming than any other Spanish-language broadcast network. In addition Telefutura's signature programming is its monumental movie library, which is among the largest ever assembled for Spanish-language television.

TLHIT Telehit (channel 868) - Serving young adults, Telehit is a lifestyle and music channel in Latin America and Europe. This 24-hours-a-day channel features the most popular pop, rock and alternative music videos in Spanish and English, as well as concerts, celebrity interviews and music news.

UNVSW Univision West (channel 828) - (general entertainment) no description available from Dish Network.

Last update 10/13/2003

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