was also carried on WLVI in Boston, which was sold by Tribune to Sunbeam Television in late December 2006. Equity Broadcasting Corporation distributed the network's programming free-to-air on Galaxy 10R Ku-band satellite for carriage by some of the individual low-power televisions that it owned in different U.S. cities. Sinclair Broadcast Group would sign an affiliation agreement to carry The Tube as well. That relationship ended on January 1, 2007, in a dispute of contractual issues. The FCC ruled that in addition to the main analog channels, each digital subchannel would also be required to run the government-mandated three hours of educational and informational programming per week, as well as any Emergency Alert System tests and bulletins. The Tube would air the animal-focused music program Wildlife Jams to meet the E/I requirements. The rules would later be changed, requiring the main channel to air more E/I programming in relation to how many subchannels that the station operated and how much "free programming" they offered. On October 1, 2007 at 6AM, The Tube ceased operations due to "financial limitations"; the final video played was Alabama 3's "Woke Up This Morning", taking advantage of its famed use as the opening theme to the TV series The Sopranos by abruptly cutting to black just as the video ended, just as how the show used the theme. In early 2008, the company had three separate shareholder class-action lawsuits filed in Florida making financial improprieties claims. Affiliates See also TheCoolTV References External links Defunct television networks in the United States Lists of American television network affiliates Music video networks in the United States Television channels and stations established in 2004 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2007