In addition, popular U.S. soap operas such as General Hospital are aired by AFN on a one-week tape delay.
[7] In December 2004, AFN Prime Pacific replaced tape-delayed news programs with live simulcasts.
It targeted US troops in the Middle East, specifically Iraq and Afghanistan, showing its programming two hours earlier to accommodate the local timezones.
[12] The previous year, AFN Prime Korea refused to air live NFL games in order to prevent copyright infringement.
[14] Over-the-air broadcast to military bases in Germany and Belgium ended in 2010 as part of AFN's drive its technological improvement.