teen ▁hours ▁of ▁its ▁schedule ▁each ▁day ▁consist ▁of ▁entertain ment ▁programming , ▁with ▁inf omer ci als ▁and ▁religious ▁programming ▁making ▁up ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁schedule ), ▁making ▁the ▁I on ▁network ▁the ▁largest ▁English - language ▁commercial ▁television ▁network ▁to ▁be ▁totally ▁responsible ▁for ▁its ▁affili ates ' ▁programming . ▁I on ▁diff ers ▁from ▁other ▁commercial ▁networks ▁in ▁that ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁its ▁stations ▁are ▁owned - and - oper ated ▁by ▁its ▁parent ▁company ▁with ▁very ▁few ▁affili ates , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁distributed ▁exclus ively ▁via ▁cable ▁and ▁satellite ▁in ▁mark ets ▁where ▁the ▁network ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁local ▁station ; ▁I on ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁of ▁the ▁seven ▁conventional ▁English ▁language ▁commercial ▁broadcast ▁networks ▁to ▁expand ▁into ▁distribution ▁via ▁digital ▁mult ic ast ing , ▁having ▁re lied ▁entirely ▁on ▁cable ▁and ▁satellite ▁distribution ▁in ▁mark ets ▁where ▁it ▁otherwise ▁could ▁not ▁maintain ▁a ▁primary ▁affili ation ▁until ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁when ▁it ▁began ▁accepting ▁sub channel - only ▁affili ates ▁through ▁de als ▁with ▁Te lem undo ▁Station ▁Group ▁and ▁Media ▁General . ▁ ▁Digital ▁mult ic ast ▁services ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁digital ▁television ▁transition , ▁which ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁two ▁phases ▁in ▁February ▁and ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁digital ▁mult ic ast ing ▁has ▁given ▁bre ed ▁to ▁various ▁networks ▁created ▁for ▁distribution ▁on ▁these ▁multiple x ed ▁fe eds ▁of ▁new ▁and ▁existing ▁stations . ▁However , ▁for ▁the ▁most ▁part , ▁very