Television in Phinbella

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Phinbella’s television service was first introduced in -31BP, at which time the PhTA began trial broadcasts on September 10, -31BP. Phinbella became the second recipient in the Phineonesian region after Forajasaki when television broadcasting began on December 20, -29BP with the opening of TQKA-TV Channel 5/8, which is a public television service and is now known as FPPO 1, making it the first television in Phinbella and also the Free area of the Federation. On April 20, -20BP, the first pan-Phinbellan national television broadcast was launched in Tampines and it covered the entire Tampines area and much of Dimmsdale with the name Civilian Broadcasting Corporation Television and is now known as KBS 1TV, and on that date it is celebrated every year as Pan-Phinbellan Television Day. All televisions in Phinbella have been regulated by both government agencies, the Phinbellan Ministry of Communications and Multimedia and the Phinbellan Broadcasting Commission. Until today, there are several national television networks, of which the five largest television networks are KBS, SBS, NNN, SCB and MegaTXBN. Most of its major television studios are located in Nilam Puri, Kebun Jerok and Pandensor, Negara Awan. Phinbella is the second country to introduce the MUSE Hi-Vision system after Hoenn, and it was introduced in -5BP and subsequently all terrestrial channels have converted it in stages in RP 2615.

Every household in Phinbella that has a television set is allowed to be mandated to pay a television license fee to funding all public broadcasters in Phinbella, including KBS, but TDPP is exempt from funding because it is a government-owned broadcaster, commercial adveristments are the second revenue for funding all public broadcasters. The payment varies from ðƒ4.00 to ðƒ20.00 only, according to the ability of each depending on the method and time of payment. This fee can be waived if the household cannot afford it, and there is no compulsion to pay it, only the amount it allocates can finance it.

Terrestrial television

In Phinbella, there are fourteen national television networks - of which five are owned by three national public broadcasters KBS, TDPP and TPI, and eight commercial network key stations.

Network	Channel name	Key Flagship (Negara Awan)				Traded as	Transmitter area	Type (associated newspapers and film company)
		Analog		Digital
		Call sign	Ch.	Call sign	LCN
KBS	KBS 1TV	TQ04-AK-TV	4	TQ04-AK1-DTV	4.1		Mount Mariveles	Public broadcasting (none)
	KBS 2TV	TQ10-AB-TV	10	TQ10-AB-DTV	10.1
	Berita KBS			TQ04-AK3-DTV	4.3
FPPO	FPPO 1TV	TQ05-FA-TV	5	TQ05-FA-DTV	5.1
	FPPO 2TV	TQ08-FB-TV	8	TQ08-FB-DTV	8.1
	FPPO 3TV	TQ33-FY-TV	33	TQ33-FY-DTV	33.1
TPI	TPI	TQ01-QL-TV	1	TQ01-QL-DTV	1.1
SBS	SBS-RCTP	TQ06-KV-TV	6	TQ06-KV1-DTV	6.1			Commercial broadcasting (Koran Seputar Phinbella and MNC Pictures)
	TSR	TQ37-RX-TV	37	TQ06-KV2-DTV	6.2
	GTV	TQ51-GX-TV	51	TQ06-KV3-DTV	6.3
	Channel i	TQ30-NX-TV	30	TQ06-KV4-DTV	6.4
NNN	Channel 7	TQ07-AX-TV	7	TQ07-AX-DTV	7.1			Commercial broadcasting (The Nittoras Post and TBA)
FPNN	TBS	TQ11-KR-TV	11	TQ11-KR-DTV	11.1			Commercial broadcasting (The Maeil Times and TBA)
MegaTXBN	TXBN	TQ12-TX-TV	12	TQ12-TX-DTV	12.1			Commercial broadcasting (The Islands Times and TBA)
Kompos	Kompos TV	TQ13-DX-TV	13	TQ13-DX-DTV	13.1			Commercial broadcasting (Kompos Times and Kompos Capital Productions)
ARF	De Veertiende	TQ14-FX-TV	14	TQ14-FX-DTV	14.1			Commercial broadcasting (TBA and TBA)
THN	THB	TQ17-SG-TV	17	TQ17-SG-DTV	17.1			Commercial broadcasting (TBA and TBA)

•      This channel are nationwide programming networks, regional service are broadcast in analog channel.

Programs

Programming from one station to another varies according to the assigned slot, most generalizations have been made. Most commercial stations start their broadcasts before 5:00 a.m. every morning, it begins with a program schedule filled with selected songs, followed by the Phinbellan national anthem, Die Stem van Phinbella. After that, it was followed by the recitation of the Quran and zikr for the Umraists (majority religion in Phinbella) and several public service announcements before the first program began. The early morning hours are dominated by news and talk shows, usually between 6 and 8 a.m., most stations broadcast programs dedicated to children between 7 and 8 a.m., for them to prepare for school. Afterwards, to be targeted at housewives who complete their homework, late-morning programs such as telenovelas (for local programming) and lifestyle shows will be aired. After the afternoon news, programs to target the youth such as quizzes, documentaries and informative programs were broadcast, most of the stations broadcast foreign dramas, the programming was at 1 to 4 pm. A child-oriented animated show airs starting at 4 p.m. Peak hours between 5 or 6 pm to 8 or 9 pm are also broadcast various shows such as game shows and concerts in national programming, affiliate stations in the Gangwol region (except SBS) broadcast telenovelas. The evening news program airs at 8pm or 9pm and ends at 9 or 10pm. NNN aired a variety of shows for the evening after its main news program. Between 10pm and 12 midnight, they turned to television dramas (such as the Federation dramas in the Free area of the Federation, Creole dramas in Oriental Hispanioéire Taemhwan) that focused on the young and old age groups. The stations were broadcasting late night news at 12 midnight. After that, programs targeted at mature audiences like telenovelas (for Gangwol regional programming) and anime were aired and it didn’t expect enough viewing, most of the stations re-broadcast the missed drama episodes. Most commercial stations end their broadcasts between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. each night; only KBS and NNN stations in Gangwol region broadcast it 24 hours a day via UHF wavy digital broadcasts. All broadcasters close their broadcasts late nights of Friday and Sunday or other days for technical maintenance. KBS is required to broadcast it 24 hours a day except Friday and Sunday.

Most-viewed channels

Position	Channel	Group	Share of total viewing (%)

See also

• Television content rating system in Phinbella
• Television in Forajasaki