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Access Television Network (ATN) is a company based in Irvine

Irvine, California

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, California

California

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which distributes infomercial

Infomercial

Infomercials are direct response television commercials which generally include a phone number or website. There are long-form infomercials, which are typically between 15 and 30 minutes in length, and short-form infomercials, which are typically 30 seconds to 120 seconds in length. Infomercials...

s and other paid programming through about 300 cable

Cable television

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television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

systems airing in more than 35 million households. ATN's around-the-clock digital

Digital

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satellite

Satellite

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feeds are generally broadcast by cable systems on existing channels during the early morning hours when no regular programming is scheduled. In late 2002, ATN expanded with the purchase of Product Information Network, a similar 24-hour cable advertising

Advertising

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network. Founded by William Bernard in 1993, the company is owned by venture capital

Venture capital

Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...

firm Spectrum Equity Investors

Spectrum Equity Investors

Spectrum Equity Investors is a Boston-based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1994. The firm focuses on business services, entertainment, communications, information services, media, and related growth sectors. The firm currently has a capital base of approximately $4.7 billion...

and the Hearst Family Fund.^[1]

The company uses a transponder on the Galaxy 11

PanAmSat

The former PanAmSat Corporation founded in 1984 by Reynold Anselmo, was a satellite service provider headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. It operated a fleet of communications satellites used by the entertainment industry, news agencies, internet service providers, government agencies, and...

satellite.^[2][3]

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