Television channels and stations disestablished in 1988

Antena 3 (Antena Tres) is a Spanish terrestrial television channel part of Atresmedia, of which it is the flagship station. Its current headquarters are located in San Sebastián de los Reyes.

Festival was an American premium cable television network that was owned by Home Box Office, Inc., then a subsidiary of Time Inc., and operated from 1986 to 1988. The channel's programming consisted of uncut and re-edited versions of recent older theatrically released motion pictures, along original music, comedy and nature specials sourced from the parent HBO channel aimed at a family audience.

musicbox was the first German music channel on television. It was launched in 1984, first via the cable pilot project and then as a nationwide television channel. In 1988 the station was converted into Tele 5.

Satellite Program Network (SPN) was a satellite and cable television network that broadcast in the United States from 1979 to 1989. Following a name change to Tempo Television in 1986, it was bought by NBC and relaunched as CNBC in 1989.

RTP (abbreviation of Radio Televisión Popular), is a Bolivian free-to-air television channel, based in La Paz. It was launched in 1985 by Carlos Palenque and is owned by Sistema Nacional de Radiodifusión Boliviana (better known as the RTP System).

WVRN-TV (channel 63) was an independent television station in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It operated from November 24, 1984, to September 8, 1988, first as a religious station, then a general entertainment independent station.

The Niugini Television Network (NTN) was the first television station in Papua New Guinea. It was built and operated by the Australian regional television station NBN Television from Newcastle. It operated for barely more than a year before shutting down; the launch of the channel was delayed several times due to government pressure.