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Sep 2, 2010 Local Cable Avail Times


 

LOCAL AVAILS: An alphabetical listing of ad-supported cable network local avail times. ** All network insertion times are 24 hours, unless otherwise indicated.

A&E

Local Avails: 2-one minute local avail breaks per hour

Times: Avail break #1-Between :10 and :20 minutes past the hour

    Avail break #2-Between :40 and :50 minutes past the hour

    Exception: 4am-7am ET breaks at :29 and :59 past the hour

Insertion Hours: 4am Classroom no local avails. First Tues of every month (one per month)

    24 hours Saturday and Sunday

ABC Family

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Approximately 00:15 and 00:45

    Times varies depending on program segment durations.

Adult Swim

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 1-minute at 00:25 and 1-minute at 00:55

Insertion Hours: 10pm-6am seven nights a week

AMC

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 2-one-minute floating breaks per hour, in program

    Approximately 00:20 and 00:50

Insertion Hours: 9am-6am ET

BBC America:

Local Avails: 2 - one-minute local avail breaks per hour

National Avails: 7 - one-minute national avail breaks per hour

Times: N/A

BET

Local avails: 2 (:60 seconds breaks per hour)

Times: :13 minutes past each hour to :23 minutes past each hour

    :40 minutes past each hour to :50 minutes past each hour

    Cue tones during our Inspirational Programming Block are :29 and :59

    Note: No tone is delivered at 4:59am ET. Our Broadcast day begins at 6am

Big Ten Network

Local Avails: Varies

Times: Varies

BIO

Local avails: 2-one minute local avail breaks per hour

Times: Avail break #1-Between :10 and :20 minutes past the hour

    Avail break #2-Between :40 and :50 minutes past the hour

    Exception: 5am-8am ET breaks at :29 and :59 past the hour (M, W-F)

    5am-7am ET breaks at :29 and :59 past the hour (Sa-Su)

Insertion Hours: 23 hours on Tuesday (no local avails from 7-8am)

    24 hours on Saturday and Sunday

Bloomberg Television

Local avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Break 1 - :29 minutes past the hour

    Break 2 - :59 minutes past the hour

    Note: Charlie Rose, at 8pm and 10p ET, M-F (includes 3 breaks per hour)

Bravo

Local avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: :29 & :59 after the hour

    :10-:20, :35-:50

Cartoon Network

Local avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 1-minute at 00:25 and 1-minute at 00:55

Insertion Hours: 6am-10pm seven days a week


Chiller

Local avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Breaks occur inside the program

CMT

Local avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Floating avails

CNBC

Local avails: 3 minutes per hour

Times: CNBC programming: Sponsored Programming

    :60 floating break between :03-:17 :28:30 - :90 hard break

    :60 floating break between :24-:34 :58:30 - :90 hard break

    :60 floating between :41-:51

CNN

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

If system carries HLN & TBS: Additional 1 minute per hour

Times: 2 floating 1-minute breaks per hour

If system carries HLN & TBS: Additional 1 floating of 1-minute breaks per hour

CNN en Español

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 1 minute at 00:29 and 1-minute at 00:59

CNNI (International)

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 1-minute at 00:29 and 1-minute at 00:59

Comedy Central

Local Avails: 3 minutes local per hour

Times: Three (3) floating avails: (3 x :60 breaks per hour)

1 avail will hit in the first half-hour

2 avail will hit in the second half-hour

>Current TV

Local avails: 2 - minutes per hour

Times: Please call for details

Disney Channel

Local Avails: N/A

Times: N/A

Disney XD

Local avails: Disney XD provides affiliates 2 minutes per hour on average of

    local ad insertion, delivered in 60-seconds breaks

Times: Each break is activated by a start event followed by an end event.

    Each local break has an 8-second pre-roll.

(Visit www.abccng.com for current schedule)

DIY

Local avails: One minute per half-hour

Times: In break 2 of each half-hour

Insertion Hours: 7am - 4am ET

E!

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 1-minute at 00:15

1-minute at 00:45

Insertion: Mon-Sun (7am-4am)

ESPN

Local Avails: 2.5 minutes per hour on average

Times: Vary

ESPN2

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour on average

Times: Vary

Avail Data: 60-second positions in all dayparts

ESPN Deportes

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour on average

Times: Vary

ESPNEWS

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour on average

Times: Vary

Avail Data: 60-second positions in all dayparts

Food Network

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: :18-:19 after the hour

    1 minute local break

    :48-:49 after the hour

    1 minute local break

Fox Business Network

Local Avails: 60-seconds

Times: Between 12:00-24:00 per each hour

Between 28:00-30:00 per each hour (Long Form)

Fox College Sports

Local avails: 2 - :60 seconds local avail breaks per hour

Times: 1 - :60 second in the top half of the hour

    1 - :60 second in the bottom half of the ho

Fox News Channel

Local Avails: 3 minutes per hour

Times: 00:18 - 60 seconds

00:45 - 120 seconds

Fox Soccer Channel

Local Avails: 2-one minute local avail breaks per hour

Times: The top of every hour and half-hour

Fox Sports en Español

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: At the top of hour and at the half-hour

FSN

Local avails: 2 - one minute local avail breaks per hour

Times: Avail Break #1: Between :10 and :20 minutes past the hour

    Avail Break #2: Between :40 and :50 minutes past the hour

    Exception 5am-7pm (ET) breaks at :29 and :59 past the hour

FUEL TV

Local Avails: 2 - one minute breaks per hour

Times: Avail Break#1: Between :10 and :20 minutes past the hour

Avail Break#2: Between :40 and :50 minutes past the hour

FUSE

Local Avails: 2 - one-minute local avail breaks per hour

Times: Break #1: Between 18:00-22:00 past the hour

    Break #2: Between 48:00-52:00 past the hour

Insertion Hours: Mon-Thu 6a-8a & 11a-6a

    Fri 6a-7:30a & 11a-6a

    Sat-Sun 6a-6:30a & 11a-6a

FX

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: :20 and :55

Insertion Hours: 19 hours (7am-2am)

G4

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 00:15 and 00:45

Insertion Hours: 9am-5am ET


GAC

Local Avails: 4 minutes per hour

Times: 2 minutes @00:15

2 minutes @00:45

GMC (Gospel Music Channel)

Local Avails: 4 minutes per hour

Times: 2 minutes @00:15 (approximate)

    2 minutes @00:45 (approximate)

Golf Channel

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Floating breaks - 2nd and 5th break of every hour

GOLTV

Local Avails: 2-one-minutes per hour

Times: Varies

GSN

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Approximately 00:20

Insertion Hours: 9am - 4am ET

Hallmark Channel

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Varies with program*

*There are exceptions, please call 212-445-6653 for details

Hallmark Movie Channel

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Varies with program*

*There are exceptions, please call 212-445-6653 for details.

HGTV

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: :08 - :23

    :38 - :53

Insertion Hours: 6:30am (ET) - 4am (ET) Monday-Friday

    7am (ET) - 4am (ET) Saturday & Sunday

HISTORY

Local Avails: 2-one minute local avail breaks per hour

Times: Avail break #1-Between :10 and :20 minutes past the hour

    Avail break #2-Between :40 and :50 minutes past the hour

    Exception: 4am-7am ET breaks at :29 and :59 past the hour.

    No 6am local avails Monday only

Insertion Hours: 24 hours per day Tuesday through Sunday

    23 hours per day Monday only

HI (History International)

Local Avails: 2-one minute local avail breaks per hour

Times: Avail break #1-Between :10 and :20 minutes past the hour

    Avail break #2-Between :40 and :50 minutes past the hour

    Exception: 5am-8am ET breaks at :29 and :59 past the hour (M, W-F)

      5am-7am ET breaks at :29 and :59 past the hour (Sa-Sun)

HLN

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Local avails for Local edition: Additional :30 at each break

Times: 1-minute at 00:29 and 1-minute at 00:59

Local avails for Local edition: Three (3) :30 avails are inserted inside of a 4 ½ minute local news insert, creating a

    six minute window each half-hour at 00:24 and 00:59

Lifetime

Local avails: 2-one minute breaks per hour

Times: Avails are two minutes per hour:

    a) At the half-hour between 10:00 and 30:00 after the hour

    b) At the hour between 40:00 and 00:00 (straight up)

    Schedule exception: Sundays, 06:00 to 10:00am

    (ET on the East Feed, PT on the West Feed)

    1-two-minute local avail will take place between 55:00 and 00:00 (straight up)

LMN (Lifetime Movie Network)

Local Avails: Provides 48-one-minute local avails per 24-hour day.

Times: 2-one-minute avails will “float” in each hour of the day. At all times, local avail break will be separated by at least one program segment.

LOGO

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Two floating or event based avail

    First (:60) avail in the first 1/2 hour

    Second (:60) avail in the second 1/2 hour

MSNBC

Local Avails: 3 minutes per hour

Times: Floating Breaks Between

    :01-:15 window

    :26-:30 window

    :42-:52 window

MTV

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 00:20 and 00:50

    (As of April 11, 2005, MTV switched to floating or “event-based” avails)

MTV2

Local Avails: 3 minutes per hour

Times: 00:14-32:00, 34:00-52:00, and 46:00-00:04 EST

MTV Tr3s

Local Avails: 1 to 2 minutes per hour

Times: Floating avail between 00:32 and 00:50

mun2

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: mun2 programming: :60 floating break between :10-:20

    :60 floating break between :40-:50

Insertion Hours: 6am-3am - 7 days a week (2009)

National Geographic Channel

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 1st Avail - Between 00:15 and 00:30

    2nd Avail - Between 00:45 and 00:57

Insertion Hours: 9am-6am Monday-Sunday

NatGeoWild

Local Avails: 2 - minutes per hour, floating avails

Times: 1:00 per half-hour

Insertion Hours: 8am - 4am ET, Monday-Sunday

NewsChannel 8

Local Avails: Average 12 minutes per hour

Times: Station control virtually 100% of programming and inventory.

Break times are adjusted based on live news programming.

Nick at Nite

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 2 floating :60 breaks.

1-per each half-hour

Insertion: 7 days a week

    9pm-6am Sunday-Thursday

    6am-6:30am Monday-Friday

    10pm-6am Friday-Saturday

Nickelodeon

Local Avails: 1 minute per hour (6am-9am, 11am-8pm)

2 minutes per hour (8pm-10pm)

Times: Floating Avail Break #1: avail falls the second half-hour

Floating Avail Break #2: (8pm-10pm Only): one avail per half-hour

Insertion: 7 days a week; all day except from 9am-11am

Outdoor Channel

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Varies (typically 28:30 and 58:30)

Ovation TV

Local Avails: 2 one-minute local avail breaks per hour

Times: Avail break #1-Between :20 and :30 minutes past the hour

    Avail break #2-Between :50 and :60 minutes past the hour

    Exception: Mon-Fri 4am-8am ET breaks at :29 and:59 past the hour

      Sat-Sun 4am-12pm ET breaks at :29 and :59 past the hour

Oxygen

Local Avails: 3 minutes per hour, :90 each half-hour

Times: 20 and 45 minutes after the hour (+/- 5 minutes)

Insertion Hours: Mon-Fri - 6am - 3am ET/PT

    Sat-Sun - 8am - 3am ET/PT

ReelzChannel

local Avails: None (national avails: 10 minutes per hour)

Times: 7am - 3am

Insertion hours: Mon-Fri 7am - 3am

    Sat. 9am - 3am

    Sun. 12noon - 3am

Retirement Living TV

Local Avails: 2 - one-minutes per hour

Times: Vary

Sleuth

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Breaks occur inside the program

SOAPnet

Local Avails: 3 minutes per hour

Times: Each half-hour program offers a 1:30 local break within the show

    Each one-hour program offers two local breaks within the show

SPEED

Local Avails: 3 minutes per hour

Times: Vary

Spike TV

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 2 floating Avails; (:60 breaks per hour)

    1-avail will hit in both the first half and second half-hour

Sprout

Local Avails: Only national avails

Times: Approximately 6 minutes of national avails per hour


Style Network

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 1-minute at 00:15

    1-minute at 00:45

Insertion Hours: Mon-Sun (6am-3am)

SyFy

Local Avails: 3 minutes per hour

Times: Breaks occur inside the programs

TBS

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 2 floating 1-minute breaks per hour

TNT

Local Avails: 3 minutes per hour

Times: 3 floating 1-minute breaks per hour

truTV

Local Avails: 3 minutes per hour

Times: 1-minute at 28:49 and 2-minutes at 57:49

TV Guide Network

Local Avails: 3 minutes per hour

Times: Local avail window: 00:00 to 59:59

Insertion Hours: 11:00am - 2:00am

TV Land

Local Avails: Three minutes per hour

Times: Three floating avails

TV One

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: :60 floating break between :10-:20

:60 floating break between :40-:50

Universal HD

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Breaks occur inside the program

USA

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: Breaks occur inside the program

VERSUS (VS)

Local Avails: 3 minutes per hour. For all live sporting events,

    local avails are subject to change.

Times: 1st avail falls between 10 and 20 minutes

    2nd avail falls at approximately 30 minutes

    3rd avail falls between 40 and 52 minutes

VH1

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 00:23 and 00:53

WE tv

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 2 one-minute floating breaks per hour, in program

    Approximately 00:20 and 00:50

Insertion Hours: 10am-5am ET

The Weather Channel

Local Avails: 2 - :60 breaks per hour

Times: At approximately 00:17 and 00:47

The Crawl: 280-character generated message during the local forecast.

Times: Approximately 138 times a day


Weatherscan

Local Avails: 2 - :60 breaks per hour

Times: At approximately 00:17 and 00:47

The Crawl: 280-character generated message during the local forecast.

Times: Approximately 138 times a day

Wedding Central

Local Avails: 2 minutes per hour

Times: 2 one-minute floating breaks per hour, in program

    Approximately 00:20 and 00:50

Insertion Hours: 10am-5am ET

   
 
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