Owned and operated station

In the television industry (especially in North America), an owned and operated station (frequently abbreviated as O&O) is a television station that is owned by the network with which it is associated. This distinguishes such a TV station from an affiliate, whose ownership lies elsewhere other than the network it is linked to.

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Television - North America - Television station - Network - Affiliate

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For example: in the Boston television market, WBZ-TV carries CBS programming, and is owned by the CBS network. As such, WBZ-TV is an O&O. On the other hand, WCVB-TV and WHDH-TV carry ABC and NBC programming respectively, but neither is owned by its parent network. As such, these two stations are considered regular affiliates.

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Boston - WBZ-TV - CBS - WCVB-TV - WHDH-TV - ABC - NBC

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The concept of O&O is more clearly defined in North America (and to some extent, several other countries such as Australia and Brazil) than in other parts of the world, as many television networks in other places are largely composed of O&Os, rendering a separate notion for such a concept redundant.

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Australia - Brazil

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