36-521: [REDACTED] Look up get in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Get or GET may refer to: Businesses and brands [ edit ] GetTV , an American television network Get AS , a Norwegian cable and Internet provider GET-ligaen , a Norwegian ice hockey league (now Eliteserien ) Get 27 , a French mint liqueur Education [ edit ] Groupe des Écoles des Télécommunications ,
72-662: A French collegiate university Guaranteed Education Tuition Program , Washington, United States Other uses [ edit ] Get (animal) , in livestock breeding Get (divorce document) , in Jewish religious law GET (HTTP) , in Internet protocols "Get" (song) , 2010, by the Groggers Georgia Time Gets (people) , an ancient Thracian tribe Graded exercise therapy , for chronic fatigue syndrome Geraldton Airport , Western Australia GET (posting) ,
108-523: A channel lease agreement with the Sinclair Broadcast Group ; the deal gave getTV affiliations with stations that Sinclair owns or operates from Deerfield Media and Cunningham Broadcasting (including several that formerly carried TheCoolTV and The Tube on a digital subchannel that had been silent immediately prior to joining the network) in 33 markets, increasing getTV's reach to 70% of U.S. television households. 29 Sinclair stations added
144-874: A film is in progress) to accommodate regular programming on the main channel. On February 1, 2016, Sony announced that it had reached a distribution agreement with Media General (which had announced days prior that it would merge with the Nexstar Broadcasting Group ) for the network to be carried on stations owned and/or operated by the group in 20 markets (including San Francisco, Portland , Indianapolis , Grand Rapids and Harrisburg ). WISH-TV in Indianapolis, WOTV in Grand Rapids and WHTM-TV in Harrisburg began carrying getTV on new or existing subchannels on that date, with additional Media General stations adding
180-447: A result of the deal, in which the network was added as part of a renewed carriage agreement with Dish Network for sister networks Sony Movie Channel and Cine Sony Television, getTV became the first digital multicast network to be carried by Dish, which (as with other satellite and IPTV providers) has typically refrained from seeking agreements to carry subchannels programmed by individual local television stations. In September 2023,
216-476: A tradition of venerating special post numbers like 99999, 100000, or 123456 on imageboards See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Get All pages with titles containing Get Geats , a tribe who modern southern Sweden from antiquity until the late Middle Ages Git (disambiguation) Got (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
252-419: Is an American digital multicast television network owned by the network television division of Sony Pictures Television . Originally known as GetTV from 2014 until its rebranding in 2023, the network was initially formatted as a movie-oriented service , and over time transitioned into a general entertainment network featuring primarily classic television shows from the 1960s through the 2000s. The network
288-471: Is available in many media markets via the digital subchannels of broadcast television stations and on the digital tiers of select cable providers through a local affiliate of the network. It is also carried by several streaming services such as Philo and Amazon Freevee , and broadcasts in 480i standard definition . Sony Pictures announced the formation of getTV on April 22, 2013; with an initial main focus on pre-1980s films, Sony scheduled
324-401: Is ill-suited for digital broadcasting. In these cases, the outlying areas of a TMA may only be served by cable and satellite, or perhaps by small translators . (There are some cases, such as that of Olean, New York , where a sizable number of independent stations operate, but none carry any major network affiliation unless they operate as translators. Because of this, Olean is considered part of
360-556: Is used by advertisers to determine how to reach a specific audience . In countries such as the United States, media regions are defined by a privately held institution without government status; in countries such as the United Kingdom , government-run television stations map their own regions. A Television Market Area ( TMA ) is a group of counties in the United States covered by a specific group of television stations . The term
396-583: Is used by the U.S. Government's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate broadcast, cable, and satellite transmissions, according to the Code of Federal Regulations , at 47 CFR § 76.51 and FCC.gov. The TMAs not only have full control over local broadcasts, but also delineate which channels will be received by satellite or cable subscribers ( "must-carry" rules ). These market areas can also be used to define restrictions on rebroadcasting of broadcast television signals. Generally speaking, only stations within
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#1732852540250432-678: The Buffalo, New York market despite none of that city's major signals reaching the city from 70 miles [110 km] away.) Conversely, a geographically small market such as Erie, Pennsylvania may have stations where their signal spills well over into neighboring TMAs (most of Chautauqua County, New York , is closer to Erie than Buffalo, but the county is also located within the Buffalo DMA). Arbitron (now Nielsen Audio) also maintained similar areas for television ratings, each called an "area of dominant influence" (ADI), which were first created in 1966. For
468-675: The Cox Media Group became the first station group outside the core Univision-owned outlets to sign select stations to carry getTV on their digital subchannels; Cox-owned KIRO-TV in Seattle , WAXN-TV in Charlotte and KMYT-TV in Tulsa began carrying the network on that date, with WTEV-TV (now WJAX-TV ) in Jacksonville following suit that summer. Most notably, on June 23, 2014, the network reached
504-600: The United States , radio markets are generally a bit smaller than their television counterparts, as broadcast power restrictions are stricter for radio than TV, and TV reaches further via cable. AM band and FM band radio ratings are sometimes separated, as are broadcast and cable television ratings. Market researchers also subdivide ratings demographically between different age groups, genders , and ethnic backgrounds, as well as psychographically between income levels and other non-physical factors. This information
540-517: The extensive library of films and television series currently owned by network sister companies Sony Pictures Television and Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group ( Columbia Pictures ), which comprises more than 3,500 films and 2,000 television series. Sony Pictures already maintains programming distribution agreements with Antenna TV (owned by Nexstar Media Group ) and Movies! (a joint venture between Weigel Broadcasting and Fox Television Stations ), which allows those networks to carry films from
576-465: The 1993–1994 television season, there were 209 ADIs in the continental United States. Arbitron stopped offering a television ratings service in late 1993. Nielsen Audio (previously Arbitron) maintains smaller areas for radio stations ; each is called an Arbitron Radio Metro . Whereas a typical TMA may cover ten counties, an Arbitron market generally covers two to four, and a TMA may contain two to four separate Radio Metros. There are 302 Radio Metros in
612-620: The Sony library, in addition to a distribution deal with Antenna TV to broadcast television series to which Sony's television unit holds rights (mainly those produced by the various predecessors that existed prior to the company's 2002 consolidation of Columbia TriStar Television , Columbia Pictures Television and TriStar Television ). In the fall of 2015, getTV began to break from its all-movie format (outside required children's programming content) to incorporate television series to its schedule, including series that have either not been syndicated in
648-399: The United States. The network is offered to prospective affiliates through leasing arrangements , in which the network pays a monthly license fee to its stations for subchannel carriage, and handles all responsibility in selling advertising inventory – instead of the typical method for multicast services by securing affiliation deals through barter deals, with a network's affiliates sharing
684-436: The center of the market region. However, geography and the fact that some metropolitan areas have large cities separated by some distance can make markets have unusual shapes and result in two, three, or more names being used to identify a single region (such as Wichita – Hutchinson, Kansas ; Chico – Redding, California ; Albany – Schenectady – Troy, New York ; and Harrisburg – Lebanon – Lancaster – York, Pennsylvania ). In
720-600: The cornerstones of a new Monday night block of variety and talk programming (running from 8:00 to 11:00 pm. Eastern Time, with same-night replay after the initial airing). The block, which debuted on October 12, also features musical variety specials and episodes from variety series (helmed by performers such as Andy Williams , Carol Channing , Pearl Bailey , Dionne Warwick and Jim Nabors ) acquired through agreements with Legacy Entertainment and Paul Brownstein Productions. As of 2021, variety shows are no longer included on
756-409: The duty of selling ads (as such, advertisements carried by most getTV affiliates strictly are those broadcast by the network, with no locally provided content outside federally mandated hourly station identifications ). When the network was first announced, getTV entered into a channel lease agreement with Univision Communications, which launched the network in 24 markets served by a station owned by
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#1732852540250792-466: The edge of one media market may be able to receive content from other nearby markets. They are widely used in audience measurements , which are compiled in the United States by Nielsen Media Research . Nielsen has measured both television and radio audiences since its acquisition of Arbitron , which was completed in September 2013. Markets are identified by the largest city, which is usually located in
828-650: The getTV schedule. On January 1, 2018, the network began to air the most prominent sitcoms in the Sony Pictures Television library such as All in the Family , Sanford and Son and Good Times as part of their primetime lineup, after the expiration of Sony's contract with Tribune Broadcasting 's Antenna TV , along with the expiration six months prior with Rural Media Group where SPT programmed that company's FamilyNet with sitcoms until they went in another programming direction as The Cowboy Channel. Since 2021,
864-414: The group or operated through local marketing agreements with Entravision Communications – giving getTV affiliates in 17 of the 20 largest U.S. television markets (including markets such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas – Fort Worth and Miami). The network immediately sought carriage on the digital subchannels of television stations owned by other broadcasting companies; on April 1, 2014,
900-453: The inaugural program shown on the network was the 1957 comedy film Operation Mad Ball . On May 2, 2016, getTV switched its programming format from a largely exclusive focus on movies to a general entertainment network featuring a mix of television series and feature films (with its film focus shifting more towards movies released after 1960, outside its core Saturday western block). With the addition of series to its weekday daytime schedule,
936-453: The most viewers. There are 210 Nielsen DMAs in the United States, 70 of which are metered (in other words, viewership in these markets are estimated automatically instead of through the archaic diary system still in use in the smaller markets). TMAs may cover a much larger area than the stations that serve it, especially since the digital television transition . This is particularly true in markets that have hilly or mountainous terrain that
972-406: The network completed a rebranding process involving the removal of the "TV" reference from its branding, as it had introduced a backronymed meaning for its branding as Great Entertainment Television earlier in the year identical to the ‘’Memorable Entertainment Television used by MeTV . Due to its ownership by Sony Pictures Entertainment, get's program schedule relies in part on a portion of
1008-457: The network on July 1, with the others beginning to carry getTV by the end of September 2014. Several stations involved in the Sinclair agreement have opted to preempt certain getTV programs to run to carry sports events from the company's American Sports Network syndication service in place of the network's national schedule during prime time (with some even switching to ASN event programming while
1044-450: The network separated these programs into three daily blocks, consisting of sitcoms during the early morning, Westerns during the mid- and late-morning, and action and crime drama series during the afternoon and prime access dayparts (programs of the latter genre were also incorporated into the network's early morning schedule, preceding the comedy block, in September 2016). getTV started Christmas programming in 2015 with two days. In 2016,
1080-730: The network throughout the first quarter of 2016. Media market A media market , broadcast market , media region , designated market area (DMA) , television market area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media such as newspapers and internet content. They can coincide with or overlap with one or more metropolitan areas , though rural regions with few significant population centers can also be designated as markets. Conversely, very large metropolitan areas can sometimes be subdivided into multiple segments. Market regions may overlap, meaning that people residing on
1116-451: The network's formal launch for that fall. On its website, the network had originally announced that it would launch in October 2013; the premiere date was later pushed back to February 3, 2014. getTV launched at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on that date, initially debuting on the subchannels of twelve Univision and fourteen UniMás stations owned and/or managed by Univision Communications ;
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1152-406: The networks started airing game shows from its sister cable channel Game Show Network including Catch 21 , Tug of Words , and Winsanity . As of May 2016 , getTV has current or pending affiliation agreements with 92 television stations in 87 media markets encompassing 35 states (including stations in 47 of the 50, and all of the 25 largest Nielsen markets), covering approximately 73.24% of
1188-570: The past or have merely not been seen on broadcast television in decades. Then on September 28, 2015, getTV announced that it had reached respective agreements with World Nation Live Entertainment and Reelin' In the Years Productions to acquire the rights to The Judy Garland Show (which had not aired on television since it originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1964) and a selection of about 50 episodes of The Merv Griffin Show , which would serve as
1224-599: The programming event expanded to 29 days starting on November 27 and was then named "The Most Wonderful Month of the Year". The Most Wonderful Month event also featured the network's first original program, A Nashville Christmas music variety special, in 2017. Separate from the network's broadcast affiliation agreements, on December 17, 2015, Sony Pictures Television announced that the satellite provider would begin carrying getTV nationally on channel 373, available at minimum to subscribers of its "America's Top 120" programming tier. As
1260-487: The same market area can be rebroadcast. The only exception to this rule is the " significantly viewed " list. Virtually all of the United States is located within the boundaries of exactly one TMA. A similar term used by Nielsen Media Research is the Designated Market Area (DMA), and they control the trademark on it. DMAs are used by Nielsen Media Research to identify TV stations that best reach an area and attract
1296-536: The title Get . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Get&oldid=1221774339 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages GetTV Get ("great entertainment television", stylized as get. since 2023, and formerly stylized as getTV )
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