Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of international television channels

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The result was delete. Sandstein 22:53, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of international television channels[edit]

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Nowadays it is common for channels to distribute in multiple countries. LISTCRUFT, no specific criteria. Störm (talk) 14:44, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 18:07, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 18:07, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Indeed, the inclusion criteria here are somewhere between indiscriminate and entirely nonexistent — many of the entries here are not actually television channels with worldwide distribution, but are multinational media companies which operate different channels in different countries (Sky Italia is not, frex, the same channel as Sky UK just because they're both owned by Sky plc), while others broadcast terrestrially only in one country and then use internet streaming to reach the rest of the world. And if that latter was an inclusion criteria, then in 2018 almost every television channel that exists at all would belong in this list. It's basically just pointless. Bearcat (talk) 22:55, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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