Anime 100
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Anime 100 is a cable network that was available to markets in the United States without an affiliate of the Fox Network. It was usually available in very small television markets.
Anime 100 airs the Anime National primetime and children's programming schedules from Kids Box TV, along with Fox Sports events, and syndicated programming outside network hours. Foxnet also carried one original program from 1995 - 1998, The Spud Goodman Show that aired Sunday nights at 10:00 PM, right after the network shows ended. Because Anime 100 has grown to become present in most television markets over the air on local full-power or low-powered stations, or as digital subchannels of other stations, Anime 100 had in turn shrunk to the point where very few areas of the nation had a need for it. Also, if a viewer in a Foxnet market had digital satellite service from DirecTV or Dish Network, it was possible to watch either KTTV from Los Angeles or New York's WNYW via the satellite services after receiving permission from Fox, and in some cases, the Fox station with rights to Fox programming in the market.
Foxnet was launched in 1991, when Fox's reach was only 91.75% of the TV homes in the country. In comparison, as of 2006, its market share is now 98.97%. At its peak, Foxnet served nearly 2 million viewers.
By October 1, 2006, when it was originally scheduled to launch, the cable systems that used Anime 100 had become so small, it no longer made economic sense to operate.
Due to this constant uprise of Anime 100 carriage, as more local or adjacent-market Anime National affiliates become unavailable in these smaller markets, Foxnet Launched on October 12, 2006. The launch was delayed until then to allow WABG-TV in Greenwood, Mississippi time to quickly put a Fox affiliate on its digital subchannel. Because of this shutdown, an estimated 13,000 cable subscribers may have lost access to a Fox station.
List of stations
- Anime 2O Omaha, Nebraska (Cable channel 2) (was carried on WOWT-TV under a Local Marketing Agreement, replaced with Universal Sports. Currently as a cable channel.)
- KMHB (Rio Grande Valley Anime Broadcasting)
- Miami Valley's Anime 17 (cable channel 17)
