HSV

The Hawkins Sams Vantage (HSV) is an American broadcasting television channel that serves as the flagship property for HSV TV, a division of The Hawkins-Gonzalez-Villanueva Company. The network is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

History
The channel was launched in 1975 as the The Hawkins Sams Vantage Channel, as its successor to the Front Central Television (FCT) from 1949 to 1974.

Its current channel launched in 2003, as HSV (the Hawkins Sams Vantage name is still used on promos). Hawkins Sams Vantage was purchased and relaunched by The Hawkins-Gonzalez-Villanueva Company in 2003, with some of its shows (eg. Horror Story) moved to the new channel.

Prime time
The Hawkins Sams Vantage currently programs its primetime programs from 8 pm to 11 pm on weekdays, and from 7 pm to 11 pm on weekends. From 2006 to 2016, only reruns air on Saturdays, except for its films, where they are titled The Movie Night on HSV.

Weekdays
On the weekdays, the daytime starts at 7 am with Good Morning HSV, and airs until 9 am. At 11 am, a talk show called The Live Show airs until noon. The rest of the time slots are chosen by local stations.

Weekends
Good Morning HSV airs on the weekends, as the only program from the weekdays to air on the weekends. On Saturdays, a kids block is used under the name HSV Adventures. It airs from 9 am to 12 pm, and was launched in 2005. On Sundays, a public affairs/news analysis program called Reviewing What's New. It airs from 9 am until 10 am.

Evenings
At 7 pm, on weekdays, the channel airs the British soap opera Coronation Street (with a contract from ITV that was signed in September 2005 that was in effect that the contract was made for 20 years for a one million dollars, the contract was extended in 2020 for broadcasting until 2030).

Late night
The network airs late-night programming on weekdays including Up Late from 11 pm till 12 am, and Early Morning HSV from 3 am to 4 am.

Programming Library
The current channel of HSV includes comedies, dramas, reality and game shows, adventure, horror, fantasy, mystery, and police shows.

Current shows from the first season of its current channel include World's Funniest Videos (a clip comedy show), Law Crime Service (a police procedural), Anatomy Hospital (a medical drama), and Horror Story (an anthology horror which aired since October 1989).

Current reality shows include Island Survivor (a reality game show), Obstacle Race (a reality game show), and Voice Contest (a reality singing contest).

Sports
Since The Hawkins-Gonzalez-Villanueva Company has its own sports brands, HSV has the rights to broadcast the company's sports brand including:
 * HGV Hockey League (In the winter)
 * HGV Basketball League (In the fall to spring)
 * HGV Extreme Sports (In the summer)

The sports air on weekend afternoons, and sometimes they air during primetime.

Visuel Idenity
The logo for the original channel in 1975 had changed 5 times. The original logo, which was retained from 1975 to 1981, consisted of a television screen with the HSV logo in the middle. The logo was changed four more times after this.

In 2003, when the channel relaunched, HSV was given an entirely new logo that has been used since with minor revisions. The original 2003 version is still used alongside the current revision.
 * In 2005, the logo became 3D and there was a red version that was used for promos.
 * In 2007, the logo added some gradients to the logo (the edges get the darkest while the middle gets the lightest), and blue and green versions were added.
 * In 2019, the logo added a white version to the logo, and the gradients to the logo were removed.

Stations
HSV has 10 owned-and-operated stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Austin, Jacksonville, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Nashville. HSV also has at least one affiliate in every state except New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Delaware, and a total of 275 affiliates in total.

Streaming
A majority of the shows from the channel can be streamed at HSV Plus, which also has exclusive shows branded by HSV. There was also an HSV when it launched in November 2010 for iOS devices, and March 2013 for Android devices, before getting discontinued in 2020 to focus on HSV Plus.

HD Services
When the channel was relaunched in 2003, the Hawkins-Gonzalez-Villanueva Company announced it started to translate into HD. Most shows transformed into HD in the 2008-09 season. By the 2010-11 season, all shows were transformed into HD, and the last show that aired in SD was dated September 1, 2010.

HSV channels
Channels offered by HSV include: HSV is targeted at ages 12 and above. HSV Kids is targeted at ages 6 to 12. HSV Kids Junior is targeted at ages under 6. HSV Extreme covers more objectable content than HSV, targeting ages 18 and above.
 * HSV
 * HSV 2
 * HSV Kids
 * HSV Kids Junior
 * HSV Extreme