NTA Film Network

NTA Film Network
TypeDefunct broadcast television network
Country
United States
AvailabilityUnited States (1956–1961)
OwnerNational Telefilm Associates
Twentieth Century-Fox
Key people
Charles C. Barry
Oliver A. Unger
Launch date
October 1956 (1956-10)
DissolvedNovember 1961 (1961-11)

The NTA Film Network was an early American television network founded by Ely Landau in 1956 that operated on a part-time basis, broadcasting films and several first-run television programs from major Hollywood studios. Despite attracting more than 100 affiliate stations and securing the financial support of Twentieth Century-Fox (which purchased a 50% share of NTA in November 1956), the network proved unprofitable and was discontinued by 1961. The NTA Film Network's flagship station WNTA-TV is now WNET, one of the flagship stations of the Public Broadcasting Service.