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* Reversed by a recent trend of "vault" cable networks that went and defined a niche for themselves, when they used to be little more than rerun farms. TNT has repurposed itself as being the drama network, complete with the slogan "We Know Drama"; TBS wants you to know that everything they show is "Very Funny"; and USA has made a point of acquiring programs that showcase quirky characters to fit its "Characters Welcome" campaign.

:These networks also frequently show movies that don't fit the theme — comedies like ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' and ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'' on TNT, dramas like the ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' on TBS — but the ads present them as the network's genre; USA's broader "Characters Welcome" focus, and their knack for showing movies that fit the genre of their shows, lets them better avert this.

* ZTV, who was originally established as a Swedish alternative of MTV, pretty much went down the same line as MTV. In a brave attempt to counter this, however, in 2006 they decided to split the channel up; ZTV would go back to its musical roots, and the new channel TV6 would focus on the programs that had made ZTV decay. Both channels still exist to this day, and neither has decayed.

** Similar thing happened in Finland. Just replace ZTV with The Voice and [[TV 6]] with [[Punny Name|Vii5i]]. Except it was zigzagged;TV Viisi originally occupied the slot, which was replaced by The Voice in 2004. In 2008 the original channel, renamed Vii5i, started sharing the channel slot. In 2011 the channels were splitted to separate slots.

:However, new management has decidedly taken SBS back to its roots. It began by producing a slew of programs exploring the cooking and cultures of other countries through the eyes of minority-ethnicity Australian chefs, including ''Luke Nguyen's Vietnam''. Then came the documentaries about Australian immigration, such as ''Go Back To Where You Came From'' and the English/Vietnamese language ''Once Upon A Time In Cabramatta''. SBS has started a weekly Australian Mandarin-language news bulletin. Despite its history of changes, it still broadcasts in more languages than any other broadcaster in the world, with more than 68 languages on radio, more than 60 on television and more than 50 online.