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{{short description|American television network from 1979 to 1989}}
{{distinguish|ESPN}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
[[File:Satellite_Program_Network_logo.png|thumb|right]]▼
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Satellite Program Network
| logo_size =
| logo_alt =
| logo_caption = Original logo as Satellite Program Network
| image_size =
| image_alt =
| alt =
| caption = Logo for network as Tempo Television (1986–1989)
| type = [[Television broadcaster|Television network]]
| country = [[United States]]
| area = United States<br>[[Puerto Rico]]
| language = English
| picture_format = [[Standard-definition television|SDTV]] 4:3
| owner =
Southern Satellite Systems (1979–1985)<br>Satellite Syndicated Systems (1985–1986)<br>Tempo Enterprises (1986–1988)<br>[[NBC]] (1988–1989)
| parent = Satellite Syndicated Systems (1979–1985)
| sister_channels = Tempol International (SPN International) (1986–1989)
| founded =
| founder = Ed Taylor
| launch_date = 1979
| closed_date = April 1, 1989
| replaced_by = [[CNBC]]
| former_names = Satellite Program Network (SPN) (1979–1986)<br>Tempo Television (1986–1989)
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'''Satellite Program Network''' ('''SPN''') was a satellite and cable [[television network]] that broadcast in the United States from 1979 to 1989. Following a name change to '''Tempo Television''' in 1986, it was bought by [[NBC]] and relaunched as [[CNBC]] in 1989.
==History==
===Early years===
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SPN was created by Ed Taylor, an associate of [[Ted Turner]] and the head of the Southern Satellite Systems company. The network, which began in 1979, was the second-oldest cable-only network. In 1985, SPN was acquired by [[Satellite Syndicated Systems]].<ref>"Satellite Syndicated Systems reports earnings for Qtr to June 30." ''[[The New York Times]]''. August 6, 1985. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DEFDB1639F935A3575BC0A963948260] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402150845/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/06/business/satellite-syndicated-sysems-reports-earnings-for-qtr-to-june-30.html |date=2023-04-02 }}</ref>▼
SPN was created by Ed Taylor, an associate of [[Ted Turner]] and the head of the Southern Satellite Systems company. The network, which began in 1979, was the second-oldest cable-only network.
Among the programs broadcast on SPN were ''[[Video Concert Hall]]'', an early [[music video]] show (before the launch of [[MTV]]); ''News from Home'', a program for Canadians in the US, hosted by early [[CNN]] news anchor Don Miller; ''[[The Shopping Game]]'', a Nicholson-Muir [[game show]] produced in [[Nashville]] and hosted by [[Art James]]; ''The Susan Noon Show'', featuring celebrity interviews; ''Nutrition Dialogue'', hosted by Dr. Betty Kamen; ''[[Sewing with Nancy]]''; ''The [[Paul Ryan (actor)|Paul Ryan]] Show'', another celebrity interview program with the actor/interviewer of the same name; and ''Moscow Meridian'', a [[Current affairs (news format)|current-affairs]] program produced by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] authorities and hosted by [[Vladimir Pozner Jr.|Vladimir Posner]]. [[Rerun]]s of old [[situation comedies]] and movies, mostly from [[B movie|low-budget]] studios, rounded out the schedule.
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In 1984, the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) paid SPN to broadcast some [[college football]] games of the [[Division I-AA]] playoffs, including that season's [[1984 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game|championship game]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31284927/bobcats_ready_for_iaa_championship/ |title=Bobcats ready for I-AA championship shootout |first=George |last=Geise |newspaper=[[Great Falls Tribune]] |___location=[[Great Falls, Montana]] |page=1-B |date=December 15, 1984 |access-date=May 5, 2019 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=November 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118033231/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31284927/bobcats_ready_for_iaa_championship/ |url-status=live }}</ref> following a [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] ruling (''[[NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma]]'') that halted the NCAA's practice of negotiating television contracts for its members.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30866152/iaa_playoffs_spell_trouble_money/ |title=I-AA playoffs spell trouble M-O-N-E-Y |first=Roscoe |last=Nance |newspaper=[[The Clarion-Ledger]] |___location=[[Jackson, Mississippi]] |page=2D |date=December 1, 1984 |access-date=April 22, 2019 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430040826/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30866152/iaa_playoffs_spell_trouble_money/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Later years===
In March 1986, Satellite Syndicated Systems changed its name to Tempo Enterprises, and SPN and SPN International were changed to Tempo Television and
Using a counter-programming philosophy, Tempo Television fulfilled viewer needs by dividing its program schedule into various dayparts including international programming, finance, sports, leisure and classic films. Market studies clearly indicated that this unique programming approach attracted and retained upscale audiences who were looking for entertainment that was informative and substantially different from the standard options.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
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