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| Headquarters | Fort George G. Meade, Maryland |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Defense Media Activity |
| History | |
| Launched | May 14, 2004 |
| Closed | April 17, 2015 |
| Former names | The Pentagon Channel (2004–14) |
DoD News Channel was a television channel broadcasting military news and information for the 2.6 million members of the U.S. Armed Forces. It was widely available in the United States as a standalone television channel, or as part of programming on local PEG cable television channels. It could be viewed FTA in most Central and Western European countries (from Eurobird 9A at 9.0° East), Africa, the Americas and most of Asia via satellite, and globally via the Internet.[1] DoD News Channel was free, in the public domain, and accessible 24/7 to all U.S. cable and satellite providers.
The channel was founded in 2004 as The Pentagon Channel. On July 8, 2014, The Pentagon Channel was rebranded as the DoD News Channel. The channel ceased operations on April 17, 2015. However, content will still be produced for the American Forces Network and the website Defense.gov.[2]
- ^ DoDNews.Defense.gov
- ^ "'DoD News' TV channel going off the air". 8 August 2017.