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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Broadcast television |
Predecessor | Silver King Broadcasting (1986–1998) |
Founded | 1986 |
Defunct | January 14, 2002 |
Fate | Stations sold |
Successor | TelevisaUnivision |
Headquarters | Newark, New Jersey |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Lowell "Bud" Paxson, Roy Speer (former Silver King Owners), and Barry Diller |
Products | Broadcast television |
Parent | USA Networks, Inc. Vivendi Universal Entertainment |
Divisions | Studios USA Television USA Home Entertainment USA Cable Entertainment |
USA Broadcasting was an American television broadcasting company owned by the veteran entertainment industry executive Barry Diller. This company was the over-the-air broadcasting arm of USA Networks. Before founding USA Broadcasting, Diller was a helper in Gulf+Western's failed Paramount Television Service and News Corporation's new Fox Broadcasting Company that was launched on October 9, 1986.