StarCitizen:SSN/CAtv

Template:Infobox company SSN/CAtv is a StarCitizen:Spectrum network that publishes news, political analyses, commentary programs and talk shows. It was founded as part of a merger between StarCitizen:Sheridan Special News Television (SSNtv) and StarCitizen:Communication Alliance (CA) in StarCitizen:2458. It was the first news company to broadcast to the entire StarCitizen:UEE.<ref name="galactapedia-snncatv">Template:Cite RSI</ref>

History

SSNtv was the first StarCitizen:Earth based news network to broadcast to StarCitizen:Mars and was the dominant StarCitizen:Human news network until the discovery of the StarCitizen:Croshaw system in StarCitizen:2271. With humanity expanding into other planetary systems SSNtv's communication satellites couldn't keep up and content delays could be weeks. The long content delays caused rival network CA to be established on StarCitizen:Reisse in StarCitizen:2398 to close the gap. CA's reach was rapidly expanding beyond that of SSNtv's, which lead SSNtv to struggle. In 2458, SSNtv accepted a merger proposal from CA and SSN/CAtv was founded.<ref name="galactapedia-snncatv">Template:Cite RSI</ref>

Their initial focus was mainly on news but in StarCitizen:2522 they ventured into politics by purchasing StarCitizen:Showdown!. And later on in StarCitizen:2529 provided ground coverage of the Unified Currency Riot. At the start of the StarCitizen:Messer Era the network took a hard pro-government stance and StarCitizen:Deacon Messer became one of the network's bigger shareholders in StarCitizen:2601. At this point they had become a UEE propaganda machine. During the power struggle between StarCitizen:Astrid Messer and StarCitizen:Samuel Messer, multiple reporters harshly criticized the Messers infighting. Which lead to Astrid Messer conducting mass arrests and censoring the majority of the networks programs in StarCitizen:2699. When Samuel Messer took office in StarCitizen:2701 he removed the censorship of the network but required that all content had to be approved before airing.<ref name="galactapedia-snncatv">Template:Cite RSI</ref>

SSN/CAtv insiders started helping anti-Messer activists as early as StarCitizen:2702 and would continue to do so. In StarCitizen:2792 they would publish information about the massacre of StarCitizen:Garron II alongside a message from the anti-Messer group StarCitizen:Tide.<ref name="galactapedia-snncatv">Template:Cite RSI</ref>

Programs

Name	Details
StarCitizen:Showdown!	A debate program hosted by StarCitizen:Eria Quint.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>
StarCitizen:Plain Truth	Investigative journalism focusing on more controversial topics.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>
StarCitizen:Empire Report	A daily Spectrum news channel.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>
StarCitizen:SSN/CAtv Nightly News	A companion to Empire Report which focuses on more local news.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>
StarCitizen:Newsflash	A short-form summary of leading news stories, presented by StarCitizen:James Herriman

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