NTA Film Network
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The NTA Film Network was an early American television network founded by Ely Landau in 1956 that operated on a part-time basis, broadcasting films and several first-run television programs from major Hollywood studios. Despite attracting more than 100 affiliate stations and securing the financial support of Twentieth Century-Fox (which purchased a 50% share of NTA in November 1956), the network proved unprofitable and was discontinued by 1961. The NTA Film Network's flagship station WNTA-TV is now WNET, one of the flagship stations of the Public Broadcasting Service.
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Type | Defunct broadcast television network |
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Country | United States |
Availability | United States (1956–1961) |
Owner | National Telefilm Associates Twentieth Century Fox |
Key people | Charles C. Barry Oliver A. Unger |
Launch date | October 1956; 67 years ago (October 1956) |
Dissolved | November 1961; 62 years ago (November 1961) |
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