Inkopolis Radio and Television Corporation

The Inkopolis Radio and Television Corporation or IRTC (Inklish: Corporasine Radien oa Televisioe Inkopolisi, CRTI) is a public broadcaster that serves all of Inkopolis. The corporation was founded on July 21, 1970, with the launch of Inkopolis' first television station, Inkopolis Television. While the American networks (and Central TV) have affiliations with the city of Inkopolis, Inkopolis Television was the first. On May 29, 1972, the channel Inkopolis Television was renamed to Inkopolis TV 1 with the launch of Inkopolis TV 2 and 3. The broadcaster is headquartered in two areas, Inkopolis Plaza and Inkopolis Square, with both of these building housing master control and studio sets. The broadcaster also owns 24% of Inkopolis' NBC affiliate, INBC and Inkopolis' Central TV affiliate, IFIF respectively. The IRTC/CRTI held a major reorganization on May 29, 2012 which included moving NewsWorld Inkopolis entirely to Inkopolis Television One which resulted in the name change of NewsWorld Inkopolis to Inkopolis Television News. Its website crtvi.ik was shut down and replaced with CRTVI ha Demandi (crtvhd.crtvi.ik) on March 1, 2021.
==Inkopolis Television One / Televisioe Inkopolisi Ene==
Inkopolis Television One (Inklish: Televisioe Inkopolisi Ene) is the first television channel of the IRTC/CRTI. It was launched as Inkopolis Television on July 21, 1970. It was Inkopolis' first television station and the first broadcast was the eight o'clock news followed by a 30-minute informational program about the IRTC/CRTI. Inkopolis Television changed its name to the current one on May 29, 1972 with the launch of a second and third channel. Its main news programs are Horae de Pictafe: 12:30 and Horae de Pictafe: 20:15. Inkopolis Television One is a generalist channel during the day (starts at 2:30am) and simulcasts NewsWorld Inkopolis from IFIF (starting at 12:00am).
==Inkopolis Television Two / Televisioe Inkopolisi Duta==
Inkopolis Television Two (Inklish: Televisioe Inkopolisi Duta) is the second television channel of the IRTC/CRTI. It was launched along with Inkopolis Television Three on May 29, 1972. Inkopolis Television Two launched as the IRTC/CRTI was planning to launch 3 more television channels to expand its TV channel family. Its main news program is Culturai Horae de Pictafe. Inkopolis Television Two is a cultural channel and has a teleshopping program block named CRTI Shopfeit that airs for only 15 minutes on Saturdays/Sundays at 11:30.
==Inkopolis Television Three / Televisioe Inkopolisi Treh==
Inkopolis Television Three (Inklish: Televisioe Inkopolisi Treh, pronounced treshe) is the third television channel of the IRTC/CRTI. It was launched along with Inkopolis Television Two as Televisioe Inkopolisi Reginete (English: Inkopolis Television Regional) on May 29, 1972 and renamed to its current name two days later. It was split into 4 different channels on May 29, 2002, with the satellite version (Televisioe Inkopolisi Treh Satelit) being launched on May 30, 2002. Currently, Inkopolis Television Three has 4 regional channels (listed below). Its main news program is Pictafe Reginete, which airs at 19:30.
*Televisioe Inkopolisi Treh Nortinkopolisi, serving Northern Inkopolis. Its main news program is Pictafe Nortinkopolisi, which airs at 20:15.
*Televisioe Inkopolisi Treh Soedinkopolisi, serving Southern Inkopolis. Its main news program is Soedinkopolisi Pictafe, which airs at 20:45.
*Televisioe Inkopolisi Treh Wesinkopolisi, serving West Inkopolis. Its main news program is Pictafe Wesinkopolisi, which airs at 21:05.
*Televisioe Inkopolisi Treh Estinkopolisi, serving East Inkopolis. Its main news program is Pictafe Estinkopolisi, which airs at 22:30.
==Inkopolis Television Four / Televisioe Inkopolisi Quatri==
Inkopolis Television Four (Inklish: Televisioe Inkopolisi Quatri) is the fourth television channel of the IRTC/CRTI. It was launched on June 11, 1973 as CRTI Children and rebranded on March 1, 1996 to its current name, broadcasting children's programming 24/7 in Inklish with English subtitles. On March 13, 1996, the IRTC struck a deal with Inkopolis' ABN affiliate, IATV and began to air ABN Kids programming in English with Inklish subtitles under the title of ABN Kids ha Televisioe Inkopolisi Quatri from 6am-9am, and was rebranded to just ABN Kids Inkopolisi on March 1, 2000. Currently, Inkopolis Television Four provides children's and preschool programming aged 12 months-14 years. The ABN Kids block currently airs from 7am-9am starting March 21, 2002, and live-action programming begins at 9pm.
==Inkopolis Television News / Televisioe Inkopolisi Pictafe==
Inkopolis Television News (Inklish: Televisioe Inkopolisi Pictafe) is the fifth television channel of the IRTC/CRTI. It was launched as a fifth channel on July 21, 2010 under the name of NewsWorld Inkopolis. It was rebranded to its current name on May 29, 2012 after Central Television Network and The Pierre Péladeau Company moved NWLD Inkopolis to Inkopolis Television One and during a major reorganization of the IRTC/CRTI. It currently broadcasts news programming in full-time English from 12:00pm-12:00am and in Inklish from 12:00am-12:00pm. The newswheel is the same as TNT Headline News, listed below. On May 21, 2020, Inkopolis weather observations (at :24 and :54) plus a breakfiller (at :58.45) were added to the newswheel. The news channel also has a world counterpart for the English world, simply named Televisioe Inkopolisi World (Inkopolis Television World News), which launched on May 29, 2010.
* :00 Headlines
* :01 News
* :10 Business
* :12 News
* :15 Top Stories
* :16 News
* :18.30 Commercials
* :20 Sports
* :23 Weather (:24 Inkopolis Weather)
* :25 Local Edition
* :28.30 Commercial
* :30 Top Stories
* :31 News
* :40 Business
* :42 News
* :45 Top Stories
* :46 News
* :48.30 Commercial
* :50 Sports
* :53 Weather (:54 Inkopolis Weather)
* :55 Local Edition (Local News/Traffic/Weather)
* :58.30 Commercial
* :58.45 Breakfiller
== Bally Sports Networks Inkopolis ==
The IRTC also owns 4 regional sports networks under the name of Bally Sports Networks Inkopolis, and was formerly known as Espor Inkopolisi from 1988-1996, FSN Inkopolis from 1996-2012, and Fox Sports Networks Inkopolis from 2012-2021. The group was founded on July 19, 1988, and the networks launched on July 21, 1988. The networks broadcasted in Inklish until June 11, 1996, when all Espor Inkopolisi channels started broadcasting in English full-time, and one day later were brought under the FSN banner. The networks were rebranded again in 2012 to Fox Sports Networks Inkopolis, then brought under the Bally Sports banner on April Fools’ Day 2021. The four channels are:
* Bally Sports North Inkopolis, which broadcasts sport games from North Inkopolis teams. It was formerly known as Espor Inkopolisi 1 from 1988-1996, FSN North Inkopolis from 1996-2012, and Fox Sports North Inkopolis from 2012-2021. It also broadcasts sport talk shows and news programming from 6:00am-10:00am (branded Sports Today North Inkopolis), with a repeat from 6:00pm-10:00pm (branded Sports Tonight North Inkopolis).
* Bally Sports South Inkopolis, which broadcasts sport games from South Inkopolis teams. It was formerly known as Espor Inkopolisi 2 from 1988-1996, FSN South Inkopolis from 1996-2012, and Fox Sports South Inkopolis from 2012-2021. It also broadcasts inside looks at South Inkopolis teams as well as sport talk shows from 6:00am-10:00am.
*Bally Sports West Inkopolis, which broadcasts sport games from West Inkopolis teams. It was formerly known as Espor Inkopolisi 3 from 1988-1996, FSN West Inkopolis from 1996-2012, and Fox Sports West Inkopolis from 2012-2021. It simulcasts 25.8 (IATV ABN Sports) from 11:00pm-3:00am and also broadcasts sport supply infomercials.
*Bally Sports East Inkopolis, which broadcasts sport games from East Inkopolis teams. It was formerly known as Espor Inkopolisi 4 from 1988-1996, FSN East Inkopolis from 1996-2012, and Fox Sports East Inkopolis from 2012-2021. It also broadcasts talk shows as well as a radio show from 10:00pm-4:00am. For April Fools' 2018 (before Bally), Fox Sports East Inkopolis rebranded to Fox Sports East, Wait, WHAT? from 12:00am-6:00am, then returned to Fox Sports East Inkopolis.
== Availability on cable/satellite providers ==
All IRTC/CRTI channels operate on the following providers: DIRECTV channels 101-105, 645-662 (operating in HD full-time), Xfinity channels 231-235 and 589-594 in SD, 711-715 and 887-891 in HD, AT&T U-verse channels 71-75 SD/171-175 HD and 715-719 in HD full-time, and Dish Network channels 161-165 and 471-474 in HD full-time. YouTube TV support was added in March 2020, AT&T TV support was added in June 2020, and Vyond Cable support was added in December 2020. The Bally Sports channels operate far from the 5 main channels on the guide listings, and refer to themselves as BSNI, BSSI, BSEI, and BSWI. The 5 main channels refer to themselves as IN1, IN2, IN3, IN4, and INEWS respectively.
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