. S . ▁households . ▁Its ▁distribution ▁network ▁includes ▁Com cast , ▁Dire c TV , ▁Ver izon ▁F i OS , ▁DIS H ▁Network , ▁C able vision , ▁AT & T ▁U - verse ▁TV , ▁Char ter ▁Communic ations , ▁and ▁a ▁host ▁of ▁smaller ▁distrib utors . ▁Its ▁stated ▁mission ▁is ▁" to ▁advance ▁the ▁educational , ▁social , ▁cultural , ▁and ▁economic ▁circumstances ▁of ▁His pan ics ." ▁ ▁Other ▁languages ▁French ▁language ▁programming ▁is ▁generally ▁limited ▁in ▁scope , ▁with ▁some ▁locally ▁produced ▁French ▁and ▁cre ole ▁programming ▁available ▁in ▁the ▁Miami ▁area ▁( ser ving ▁refuge es ▁from ▁H ait i ) ▁and ▁Louisiana , ▁along ▁with ▁some ▁local es ▁along ▁the ▁heavily ▁populated ▁Eastern ▁Se ab o ard . ▁Franc oph one ▁areas ▁near ▁the ▁eastern ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁Canada – Un ited ▁States ▁border ▁generally ▁receive ▁television ▁broadcast s ▁presented ▁in ▁the ▁language ▁from ▁French ▁Canadian ▁networks ▁( such ▁as ▁I ci ▁Radio - Can ada ▁T élé ▁and ▁TV A ), ▁which ▁are ▁widely ▁available ▁over - the - air ▁but ▁rarely ▁on ▁cable ▁in ▁those ▁areas . ▁ ▁Many ▁large ▁cities ▁also ▁have ▁television ▁stations ▁that ▁broadcast ▁programming ▁in ▁various ▁Asian ▁languages ▁( such ▁as ▁K TS F ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco ▁and ▁K Y A Z ▁in ▁Houston ), ▁especially ▁after ▁the ▁digital ▁television ▁transition , ▁which ▁has ▁allowed ▁some ▁smaller ▁stations ▁in ▁areas ▁with ▁heavy ▁populations ▁of ▁Asian ▁imm igr ants ▁and ▁American ▁n atives ▁of ▁Asian ▁origin ▁fl uent ▁in