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Lifetime Medical Television
Lifetime Medical Television (LMT) was a television service featuring programming directed at doctors. It aired on the Lifetime cable channel in the United States from 1983 to 1993. Co-owned with the network by Hearst-ABC/Viacom Entertainment Services (HAVES), LMT was the longest-running specialist program service for doctors at its closure. Some of its programs were sponsored by a core group of pharmaceutical companies, who also aired advertisements for specific drugs aimed at physicians. History In June 1983, the Cable Health Network, one of two predecessors of Lifetime, began to air specialty medical programs that featured advertising directed at physicians. The production of medical programming, interspersed with other shows, continued after Cable Health Network merged into Lifetime on February 1, 1984, and in 1985, the various shows it aired for this audience were consolidated as "Doctors' Sunday", giving rise to Lifetime Medical Television. For a time in 1986, a daily two-ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lifetime (TV Network)
Lifetime is an American basic cable channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a subsidiary of A&E Networks, which is jointly owned by Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company. It features programming that is geared toward women or features women in lead roles. , Lifetime is available to approximately 63,000,000 pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 100,000,000 households. As of November 2023, Lifetime has garnered nominations for 63 Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards and 20 Critics' Choice Movie Awards. History Predecessors There were two television channels that preceded Lifetime in its current incarnation. Daytime, originally called BETA, was launched in March 1982 by Hearst-ABC Video Services.(June 15, 1983Hearst-ABC, Viacom in Pact. New York Times. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
