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===Tempo Television===
In theMarch 1980s1986, Satellite Syndicated Systems changed its name to Tempo Enterprises, and SPN and SPN International were changed to Tempo Television and TEMPO International, respectively.<ref name="CRTC 1988-58">"Public Notice{{cite CRTCnews 1988-58|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30866505/tv_column/ Revised|title=(TV Listcolumn) of|newspaper=[[Akron PartBeacon IIJournal]] Eligible|___location=[[Akron, SatelliteOhio]] Services|page=C4 and|date=March List10, of1986 Part|accessdate=April III22, Non-Canadian2019 Eligible|via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite Satellitenews Services|url=https://www."newspapers.com/clip/30866409/notice/ |title=(notice) |newspaper=[[CanadianChicago Radio-televisionTribune]] and|page=13 Telecommunications|date=March Commission]].23, 1986 |accessdate=April 1322, 1988.2019 [http://www.crtc|via=newspapers.gc.ca/eng/archive/1988/PB88-58.htm]com}}</ref> Tempo Television was a 24-hour national cable network serving all contiguous states, including [[Alaska]], [[Hawaii]] and [[Puerto Rico]].
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.{{cn|date=April 2019}}
A Canadian regulatory description of the channel in 1988 said that Tempo's "schedule consists of outdoors, travel, general information and entertainment programming and classic feature films that are in the public ___domain."<ref>{{cite web name|title="Public Notice CRTC 1988-58": Revised List of Part II Eligible Satellite Services and List of Part III Non-Canadian Eligible Satellite Services. |publisher=[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] |date=April 13, 1988 |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1988/PB88-58.htm}}</ref> In May 1988, by which time Tempo had 1512 million subscribers, the channel was purchased by [[NBC]], mainly for its existing carriage and not its programming.<ref>"{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30866732/nbc_buy_latest_as_hollywood_goes_cable/ |title=NBC buy latest as Hollywood goes cable |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Battle Creek Enquirer]] |___location=[[Battle Creek, Michigan]] |page=8A |date=May 3, 1988 |accessdate=April 22, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Media Business: NBC to Buy Cable Service." ''|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]''. |date=May 3, 1988. [|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDC103FF930A35756C0A96E948260]}}</ref> It was relaunched on April 17, 1989, in a new guise as the [[business news]] channel [[CNBC]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30867027/a_pretty_big_baby_just_one_day_old/ |title=A pretty big baby just one day old |first=Lee |last=Winfrey |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |page=1-E |date=April 18, 1989 |accessdate=April 22, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
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