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Local Cable Avail Times

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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^
Approximately 85% of all local avails break at :15 and :45 past the hour
^Exception: During our informational programming block, avails break
at :29 and :59 minutes past the hour

 

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
Ttimes:                    2 - 60 seconds breaks per hour
Insertion Hours:      9pm - 6am

 

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:      2 - 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:           48 one-minute loca avails per 24 hour day.
2-one minute local avail breaks per hour
Times:                     Approximately 85% of all local avails break at :15 and :45 past the hour.
Our 2 one-minute avails falls between:
1) :10 and :20 minutes past the hour^
2) :40 and :50 minutes past the hour^
^Exception: During the informational programming block on BIO, avails will
break at :29 and :59 past the hour

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 8-9pm and 10-11pm ET
breaks are at :57.30 and :59.00 past the 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:                     2 - 60 seconds breaks per hour
Insertion Hours:      6am-9pm 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 1-minute break per hour

CNN en Español

Local Avails:           2 minutes per hour
Times:                     2 - 60 seconds floating breaks per hour

CNNI (International)

Local Avails:           2 minutes per hour
Times:                     2 - 60 second floating breaks per hour

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

Cooking Channel

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

Current TV

Local Avails:           2 - minutes per hour
Times:                     Please call for details

Discovery En Español

Local Avails:           2-minutes per hour
Times:                     Split into 2 breaks:
Break 2: 1-minute which occurs around 17 mins. into the hour.
Break 3: 1-minute which occurs around 31 mins. into the hour.

1/2 hour format: (1-minute allocation per half-hour show)
Break 2: 1-minute at approximately 16 mins. into the program.
Please note: this information will vary and the above times are approximations.

 

Discovery Familia

Local Avails:           2-minutes per hour
Times:                     Dkids Block: Consist of 1/2 Hour Shows/Programs and the break down is as follows:
1/2 hour format: (1-minute allocations per half-hour show)
Break 2: 1-minute approximately 16 mins. into the program.

Family Block/Hour:
Break 2: 1-minute which occurs around 17 mins. into the hour.
Break 3: 1-minute which occurs around 31 mins. into the hour.
                                Please note: this information will vary and the above times are approximations.

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 Hours:      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

ESPNU

Local Avails:           2 min 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 hour

 

Fox Deportes

Local Avails:           2 minutes per hour
Times:                     At the top of hour and at the half-hour                   

 

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

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-Sun 6a-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 (approximate)
2 minutes @00:45 (approximate)

GMC (Gospel Music Channel)

Local Avails:           Three (3) - one minute local avail breaks per hour
Times:                     Avail break #1 - 20 minutes past the hour
Avail break #2 - 40:15 past the hour
Avail break #3 - 41:15 past the hour

GOL TV

Local Avails:           2-one-minutes per hour
Times:                     Varies

Golf Channel

Local Avails:           2 minutes per hour
Times:                     Floating breaks - 2nd and 5th break of every hour

GSN

Local avails:            2 minutes per hour
Times:                     Approximately 00:20
Insertion Hours:      8am - 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^
Approximately 85% of all local avails break at :15 and :45 past the hour
^Exception: During our informational programming block, avails breaks at
:29 and :59 minutes past the hour.

HI (History International)

Local Avails:           48 one-minte local avails per 24 hour day;

2 one minute local avail breaks per hour
Times:                     Approximately 85% of all local avails break at :15 and :45 past the hour
1) :10 and :20 minutes past the hour^
2) :40 and :50 minutes past the hour^
^Exception: During the informational programming block on HI, avails will
break at :29 and :59 minutes past the hour

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

 

IFC

Local Avails:           2 minutes per hour
Times:                     2 one-minute floating breaks per hour, in program
Approximately 00:20 and 00:50
Insertion Hours:      6am - 5:59am

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)
chedule exception: Sundays, 07:00 to 9:00am
(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 breaks

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
econd (: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

 

mun2

Local Avails:           2 minutes per hour
Times:                     Breaks occur within the programs

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

 

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

ReelzChannel

Local Avails:           None
National Avails:      12-13 minutes per hour
Times:                     8am - 3am
Insertion Hours:      Mon-Fri 8am - 3am
at/Sun 9am - 3am
               

RLTV

Local Avails:           2 one-minute avails 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

 

Sportsman Channel

Local Avails:                           2 minutes per hour
Times:                                    29:15

 

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

Tr3s

Local Avails:           1 to 2 minutes per hour
Times:                     Floating avail between 00:32 and 00:50                

 

Travel Channel

Local Avails:           1 minute segment 1
1 minute segment 2
1 minute segment 3
1 minute segment 4
Times:                     N/A

 

truTV

Local Avails:           3 minutes per hour
Times:                     1-minute at 28 and 2-minutes at 57

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

Please check www.mtvn.com for avail schedule information.

 

TV One

Local Avails:           2 minutes per hour
Times:                     :60 floating break between :10-:20
:60 floating break between :30-: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
(For paid programming breaks occur right after 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

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

This list contains latest information CAB has compiled. Given that some networks change their schedules frequently and at last second, please check each networks site.