Proper Noun - television/Television (retrieved)

06-12-2006, 04:29 AM Veniar vbmenu_register("postmenu_641169", true);
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(Proper Noun) television/Television
Something's been bothering me for the past few hours. When a channel is stated "BBC television" would that "t" in television be capatilized or lower-cased?
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06-12-2006, 04:52 AM Puma vbmenu_register("postmenu_641175", true);
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If it is part of the channel name - BBC Television, CBS Television Network, it would be capitalized. If it's not part of a particular name - television network, it wouldn't. Puma
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06-12-2006, 04:59 AM Veniar vbmenu_register("postmenu_641178", true);
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What if it's stated like this? "She won the BBC television's YMY award"?
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06-12-2006, 12:55 PM smiley10000 vbmenu_register("postmenu_641834", true);
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Should be capitalized. It may be considered reduntant though. You could probably just say "She won the BBC's YMY Award"

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06-12-2006, 01:02 PM reph vbmenu_register("postmenu_641843", true);
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BBC isn't exactly a brand of television. It's a broadcasting network. "She won the BBC's YMY award" (or "YMY Award," depending on what YMY is, or spell out what it stands for).

the ABC network
American Broadcasting Company
the Discovery channel
NPR
National Public Radio
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