Eli5: How do TV broadcasting and TV stations work?

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I mean how does this whole thing work and where is the source of such broadcasts? Is there a worker who just presses some buttons or something in order to play a specific episode of a show? And how do all those subsidiaries of international channels function and what happens after a channel is deleted? So many questions, I know I’m sorry, but this topic has always been so fascinating and mysterious to me.

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>I mean how does this whole thing work and where is the source of such broadcasts?

There are big towers that send out the signal you are receiving. Radio/TV waves are like light, but invisible and can go through walls.

>Is there a worker who just presses some buttons or something in order to play a specific episode of a show?

Used to be, now it’s all on the computer. Like a playlist.

>And how do all those subsidiaries of international channels function

There’s a main station somewhere and they send copies of what to broadcast either ahead of time, or simultaneously.
>and what happens after a channel is deleted?

Nothing, it just stops blasting the radio waves.
>So many questions, I know I’m sorry, but this topic has always been so fascinating and mysterious to me.

Yeah, it’s pretty interesting.

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