The networks, he said, must own many more outlets to compete with cable and other viewing options.

The network still owned the name, but needed to essentially build a new show from scratch.

But those networks also own such services as home care agencies and skilled nursing facilities built around the hospitals.

And although news and sports were once the primary programming a network could own, that is no longer true.

But soccer is a global obsession, and the network owns the worldwide rights to champion league games outside Europe.

The group's global network owned numerous business ventures in various countries.

Each network can own and produce 100 percent of its 22 hours a week of prime-time programming.

The network also owns the rights to the 2012 Summer Games.

The network now directly owns all of the stations that broadcast its programming.

Already this fall, networks own a higher percentage of the new programs on the air than ever before.