Macro Cosmos Television

Macro Cosmos Television (or MCTV for short) is a Galarian free-to-air television network owned by Macro Cosmos Media, a division owned by large business conglomerate Macro Cosmos with its headquarters in Wyndon. It was launched in 1955 as Cosmos Television (CTV), to provide competition to GBC Television which had been established in 1928. The channel competes with GBC1, GBC2, Channel 4, Channel 5 and PBC Six. MCTV is the oldest commercial network in Galar. Since the passing of the Galar Broadcasting Act 1990, its legal name has been Channel 3, to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time, namely GBC1, GBC2 and Channel 4. In part, the number 3 was assigned because television sets would usually be tuned so that the regional MCTV station would be on the third button, with the other stations being allocated to the number within their name.
MCTV is a network of television companies that operate regional television services and also share programmes between each other to be shown on the entire network.
== History ==
The origins of MCTV lie in the passing of the Galar Television Act 1954, designed to break the monopoly on television held by the GBC Television Service. The act created the Cosmos Television Networks of Galar operated by government backed Macro Cosmos Inc. to heavily regulate the industry and to award franchises. The first six franchises were awarded in 1954 for Wyndon, Auldlands and Fledlands, with separate franchises for Weekdays and Weekends. The first CTN network to launch was Wyndon's General-Transvision on 22 September 1955, with Auldlands and Fledlands services launching in February 1956 and May 1956 respectively.
The network has been modified several times through franchise reviews that have taken place in 1963, 1967, 1974, 1980 and 1991, during which broadcast regions have changed and service operators have been replaced. Separate weekend franchises were removed in 1968 (with the exception of Wyndon) and over the years more services were added; these included a national breakfast franchise from 1983 onward—operating between 6:00 am and 9:25 am—and a teletext service. The Galar Broadcasting Act of 1990 changed the nature of MCT; the then regulator the Macro Cosmos Telvision Networks was replaced with a light-touch regulator, the Galarian Television Commission; companies became able to purchase other MCT regional companies and franchises were now being awarded based upon a highest-bidder auction, with few safeguards in place. This heavily criticized part of the review saw four operators replaced, and the operators facing different annual payments to the Galar Region's Ministry of Finance: Centre Television, for example, paid only 27,000 Poké-yen despite holding a lucrative and large region—because it was unopposed, while Turffield Television paid 40 billion Poké-Yen for a region of the same size and status, owing to heavy competition.
Following the 1993 changes, MCT as a network began to consolidate with several companies doing so to save money by ceasing the duplication of services present when they were all separate companies. By 2004, MCT was owned by five companies, of which two, Macro Cosmos Media and Cainwyn of Galar, had become major players by owning between them all the franchises in Galar. That same year, the two merged to form MCTV, still under the name of Macro Cosmos Television.
== Programming ==
== MCTV Channels ==
* MCTV
* C-More
* C-Even More
* C-Alot More
* C-The Life
* C-Me Grow
* C-The Fun
* C-The Events
* C-The Shop
* Univision Galar (Partnership with Univision Communications)
== Regional Stations ==
Regional Network 	Serving Area 	Notes
MCTV Wyndon (Flagship station of MCTV)	Wyndon 	
* First MCTV franchise station which began in 1955.
* Formally known as General-Transvision from 1955 to 1964, Transvision from 1964 to 1968, Limbens Television from 1968 to 1993 and Cainwyn from 1993 to 2002.
* Weekend broadcasts was provided by General Television Wyndon from 1955 to 1968 then Wyndon Weekend Television from 1968 to 2002.
MCTV Rondle 	Rondlelands 	
* Launched in 1991 as Rondle Broadcasting and was rebranded as MCT/MCTV Rondle in 2002.
* Before Rondle Broadcasting, two former networks served the Rondlelands area, Northern Television from 1958-1981 and TV North from 1981-1991.
MCTV Centre 	
* Auldlands
* Hammerlocke
* Northern Wild Area
* Stow-on-Side	
* Established in 1955 by General Television (GTV) as the second franchised MCTV station in Galar.
* GTV was succeeded by Centre Television in 1982. Later rebranded as Rose TV Centre from 1999 until 2002.
MCTV Ballon 	Ballonlea 	
* Launched in 1959 as Ballon Television.
* Rebranded to MCT/MCTV Ballon starting in 2002.
MCTV Eastern 	
* East Auldlands
* Circhester
* Spikemuth	
* Established in 1958 as East Broadcasting Television
* Succeeded in 1968 to Eastern Television.
* Became MCT/MCTV Eastern in 2002.
MCTV Turffield 	Turffield 	
* MCT began broadcasting in the Turffield area in 1956 with Granite Television providing weekday progamming and General Television providing weekend programming.
* Turffield Television launched in 1968.
* Rebranded to MCT1 Turrfield in 2002 then MCTV Turrfield in 2006.
MCTV Granite 	
* Middlelands
* Motostoke
* Hulbury
* Southern Wild Area	
MCTV Fledgate 	
* West Fledlands
* Wedgehurst
* Postwick	
MCTV Reeve Layne 	East Fledlands 	
MCTV Isle of Armor 	Isle of Armor 	Launched in 1962. Formally known as Isle Television.
Crown TV (North) 	Crown Tundra (North)	Formally known as Crown Television
Crown TV (South) 	Crown Tundra (South)	Formally known as Calyrex Television
== Logos ==
=== Logos ===
=== Screencaps ===
MCT1970s.png|Macro Cosmos Television logo used during the 1970s to early 1980s.
MCT 1989.png|MCT logo from 1989.
MCTV logobug.png|Current MCTV logo bug.
Category:Galar Region