Bravo (US cable network)
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| Launched | December 1, 1980 |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
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| Website | www |
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | 237 (HD/SD) |
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| C-Band - H2H/4DTV |
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| Cable | |
| Available on most other U.S. cable systems | Consult your local cable provider for channel availability |
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| Apple TV | tvOS Application |
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| AT&T U-verse |
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| Streaming media | |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
| PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
| DirecTV Now | Internet Protocol television |
Bravo is an American cable and satellite television network, launched on December 1, 1980. It is a program service operated by NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, which is owned by NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast and headquartered in the Comcast Building in New York City. The channel originally focused on programming related to fine arts and film; it currently broadcasts several reality television series targeted at 25-54 year-old women as well as the LGBT community, along with acquired and original dramas, and mainstream theatrically released feature films.
As of January 2016, approximately 89,824,000 American households (77.169 percent of households with TV) receive Bravo.
Bravo originally launched as a commercial-free premium channel on December 1, 1980. It was originally co-owned by Cablevision's Rainbow Media division and Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment; the channel claimed to be "the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts". The channel originally broadcast its programming two days a week and—like Bravo's former sister network Nickelodeon, which shared its channel space with Alpha Repertory Television Service—shared its channel space with the adult-oriented pay channel Escapade, which featured softcore pornographic films. In 1981, Bravo was available to 48,000 subscribers throughout the United States; this total increased four years later to around 350,000 subscribers. A 1985 profile of Bravo in The New York Times observed that most of its programming consisted of international, classic, and independent film. Celebrities such as E. G. Marshall and Roberta Peters provided opening and closing commentary to the films broadcast on the channel.
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