C-SPAN

==Organization and operations==
[[File:C-SPAN Leadership.jpg|left|thumb|Founder Brian Lamb (center) in 2012 with co-CEOs Rob Kennedy (left) and Susan Swain (right)]]
{{infobox organization
|name                      = National Cable Satellite Corporation
|headquarters              = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|employees                 = 282<ref name="C-SPAN's Mission">{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/About/The-Company/Company-and-Mission/ |title=Company & Mission Statement |date=January 22, 2013 |work=c-span.org |publisher=C-SPAN |access-date=January 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124201338/http://www.c-span.org/About/The-Company/Company-and-Mission/ |archive-date=January 24, 2013 }}</ref> or 337<ref name= 990-2013>"[http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments//2014/840/751/2014-840751854-0b0fbefa-9.pdf Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax]". ''National Cable Satellite Corporation''. [[Guidestar]]. March 31, 2014.</ref>
|employees_year            = 2013
|revenue                   = $73,244,854<ref name= 990-2013/>
|revenue_year              = 2014
|expenses                  = $63,409,586<ref name= 990-2013/>
|expenses_year             = 2014
|leader_name               = Brian Lamb<ref name= 990-2013/>
|leader_title              = [[Chairman]], [[President (corporation)|President]]
|tax_id                    = 84-0751854<ref name= 990-2013/>
|status                    = [[501(c)(3)]] [[nonprofit organization]]
|affiliations              = C-SPAN Education Foundation<ref name= 990-2013/>
|founded                   = {{start date and age|1978|11|14}}<ref name=corp>"[https://corp.dcra.dc.gov/BizEntity.aspx/ViewEntityData?entityId=2759034 National Cable Satellite Corporation]{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}". ''District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs''. Accessed on January 22, 2016.</ref>
|website                   = {{URL|c-span.org}}
}}
C-SPAN is operated by the National Cable Satellite Corporation, a [[nonprofit organization]].<ref name=Wallace/>  Early chairmen included [[Robert Rosencrans|Bob Rosencrans]], John Saeman, Ed Allen and Gene Schneider.<ref name=AboutBoard>{{cite web |url=http://legacy.c-span.org/about/company/index.asp?code=BOARD |title=The Board |work=c-span.org |publisher=C-SPAN |access-date=December 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717181318/http://legacy.c-span.org/about/company/index.asp?code=BOARD |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

As a non-commercial public service, C-SPAN receives most of its funding from subscriber fees charged to cable and [[direct-broadcast satellite]] (DBS) operators.<ref name=AboutCompany>{{cite web |url=http://legacy.c-span.org/about/company/index.asp?code=MISSION |title=Company/Corporate Information |work=c-span.org |publisher=C-SPAN |access-date=March 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717181144/http://legacy.c-span.org/about/company/index.asp?code=MISSION |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> {{as of|2012}}, C-SPAN received 6¢ of each subscriber's cable bill for an annual budget of $60&nbsp;million.<ref name=Touhey12>{{cite news |title=C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb starts new chapter in his life |first=Emmanuel|last=Touhey |url=https://thehill.com/capital-living/cover-stories/111102-c-span-founder-brian-lamb-starts-new-chapter-in-his-life/ |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=April 10, 2012 |access-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref> C-SPAN began airing internet commercials early in 2021 and now sells C-SPAN merchandise.

As the network is an independent entity, neither the cable industry nor Congress controls the content of its programming.<ref name="Gillespie"/>

{{As of|2013|1}}, the network has 282<ref name="C-SPAN's Mission"/> or 337<ref name = 990-2013/> employees. C-SPAN is led by co-CEOs [[Rob Kennedy]] and [[Susan Swain]]. Founder and former CEO Brian Lamb serves as the executive chairman of the board of directors.<ref name="BrianStelter">{{cite news |title=C-Span Founder to Step Down as Chief Executive |first=Brian|last=Stelter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/business/media/c-span-founder-brian-lamb-to-step-down-as-ceo.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 18, 2012 |access-date=February 13, 2013}}</ref> The majority of C-SPAN's employees are based at C-SPAN's headquarters located on [[Capitol Hill]] in Washington, D.C. In 2003 television studios were opened in [[New York City]] and [[Denver, Colorado]]. These studios use digital equipment that can be controlled from Washington.<ref name=Barnhart/>

C-SPAN also maintains [[archives]] in [[West Lafayette, Indiana]], at the Purdue Research Park under the direction of [[Robert X. Browning]].<ref name=Harden/>