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Television broadcast stations (Country profile category: Communications)

Afghanistan:
at least 10 (one government run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in nine of the 30 provinces; the regional stations operate on a reduced schedule; also, in 1997, there was a station in Mazar-e Sharif reaching four northern Afghanistan provinces) (1998)

Albania:
13 (1999)

Algeria:
18 (not including low-power stations) (1999)

American Samoa:
1 (1997)

Andorra:
0 (1997)

Angola:
7 (1999)

Anguilla:
1 (1997)

Antarctica:
1 (American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo) (1999)

Antigua and Barbuda:
2 (1997)

Argentina:
42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)

Armenia:
4 (1998)

Aruba:
1 (1997)

Australia:
104 (1997)

Austria:
51 (plus 920 repeaters) (1999)

Azerbaijan:
2 (1997)

Bahamas, The:
1 (1997)

Bahrain:
4 (1997)

Bangladesh:
15 (1999)

Barbados:
1 (plus two cable channels) (1997)

Belarus:
17 (1997)

Belgium:
24 (1997)

Belize:
2 (1997)

Benin:
2 (one privately-owned) (1997)

Bermuda:
3 (1997)

Bhutan:
0 (1997)

Bolivia:
48 (1997)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
33 (plus 292 repeaters) (September 1995)

Botswana:
0 (1997)

Brazil:
138 (1997)

British Indian Ocean Territory:
1 (1997)

British Virgin Islands:
1 (plus one cable company) (1997)

Brunei:
2 (1997)

Bulgaria:
33 (1999)

Burkina Faso:
1 (1997)

Burma:
2 (1998)

Burundi:
1 (1999)

Cambodia:
5 (1999)

Cameroon:
1 (1998)

Canada:
80 (plus many repeaters) (1997)

Cape Verde:
1 (1997)

Cayman Islands:
NA

Central African Republic:
NA

Chad:
1 (1997)

Chile:
63 (plus 121 repeaters) (1997)

China:
3,240 (of which 209 are operated by China Central Television, 31 are provincial TV stations and nearly 3,000 are local city stations) (1997)

Christmas Island:
NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
0 (1997)

Colombia:
60 (includes seven low-power stations) (1997)

Comoros:
0 (1998)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
20 (1999)

Congo, Republic of the:
1 (1999)

Cook Islands:
2 (plus eight low-power repeaters) (1997)

Costa Rica:
6 (plus 11 repeaters) (1997)

Cote d'Ivoire:
14 (1999)

Croatia:
36 (plus 321 repeaters) (September 1995)

Cuba:
58 (1997)

Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot area: 4 plus 225 low-power repeaters; Turkish Cypriot area: 4 plus 5 repeaters (September 1995)

Czech Republic:
102 (of which 35 are low power stations), plus about 500 repeaters (1988)

Denmark:
42 (plus 44 repeaters) (September 1995)

Djibouti:
1 (plus 5 low-power repeaters) (1998)

Dominica:
0 (however, there is one cable television company) (1997)

Dominican Republic:
25 (1997)

Ecuador:
15 (including one station on the Galapagos Islands) (1997)

Egypt:
51 (September 1995)

El Salvador:
5 (1997)

Equatorial Guinea:
1 (1997)

Eritrea:
1 (2000)

Estonia:
31 (plus five repeaters) (September 1995)

Ethiopia:
25 (1999)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
2 (operated by the British Forces Broadcasting Service) (1997)

Faroe Islands:
7 (plus 51 low-power repeaters) (September 1995)

Fiji:
NA

Finland:
130 (plus 385 repeaters) (1995)

France:
574 (plus 9,634 repeaters) (1995)

French Guiana:
3 (plus eight low-power repeaters) (1997)

French Polynesia:
7 (plus 17 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Gabon:
4 (plus five low-power repeaters) (1997)

Gambia, The:
1 (government-owned) (1997)

Gaza Strip:
2 (operated by the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation) (1997)

Georgia:
12 (plus repeaters) (1998)

Germany:
9,513 (including repeaters) (1998)

Ghana:
11 (1999)

Gibraltar:
1 (plus three low-power repeaters) (1997)

Greece:
64 (plus about 1,000 low-power repeaters); also two stations in the US Armed Forces Network (1999)

Greenland:
1 publicly-owned station, some local low-power stations, and three AFRTS (US Air Force) stations (1997)

Grenada:
2 (1997)

Guadeloupe:
5 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)

Guam:
5 (1997)

Guatemala:
6 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)

Guernsey:
1 (1997)

Guinea:
6 (1997)

Guinea-Bissau:
2 (1997)

Guyana:
3 (one public station; two private stations which relay US satellite services) (1997)

Haiti:
2 (plus a cable TV service) (1997)

Holy See (Vatican City):
1 (1996)

Honduras:
11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)

Hong Kong:
4 (plus two repeaters) (1997)

Hungary:
39 (plus several low-power stations) (1997)

Iceland:
14 (plus 156 low-power repeaters) (1997)

India:
562 (of which 82 stations have 1 kW or greater power and 480 stations have less than 1 kW of power) (1997)

Indonesia:
41 (1999)

Iran:
28 (plus 450 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Iraq:
13 (1997)

Ireland:
10 (plus 36 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Israel:
24 (plus 31 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Italy:
6,317 (of which only 117 have 2 kW or more of transmitter power) (1997)

Jamaica:
7 (1997)

Japan:
7,108 (plus 441 repeaters; note - in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services) (1999)

Jersey:
1 (1997)

Johnston Atoll:
commercial satellite television system, with 16 channels (1997)

Jordan:
8 (plus approximately 42 repeaters and 1 TV receive-only satellite link) (1999)

Kazakhstan:
12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)

Kenya:
8 (1997)

Kiribati:
1 (1997)

Korea, North:
38 (1999)

Korea, South:
121 (plus 850 repeater stations and the eight-channel American Forces Korea Network) (1999)

Kuwait:
13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)

Kyrgyzstan:
NA (repeater stations throughout the country relay programs from Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkey) (1997)

Laos:
4 (1999)

Latvia:
74 (1998)

Lebanon:
28 (1997)

Lesotho:
1 (2000)

Liberia:
2 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2000)

Libya:
12 (plus one low-power repeater) (1997)

Liechtenstein:
NA (linked to Swiss networks) (1997)

Lithuania:
82 (mainly repeater stations) (1998)

Luxembourg:
8 (1999)

Macau:
0 (receives Hong Kong broadcasts) (1997)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
136 (1997)

Madagascar:
1 (plus 36 repeaters) (1997)

Malawi:
1 (1999)

Malaysia:
27 (plus 15 high-power repeaters) (1999)

Maldives:
1 (1997)

Mali:
1 (plus two repeaters) (1997)

Malta:
6 (1999)

Man, Isle of:
0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999)

Marshall Islands:
3 (of which two are US military stations) (1997)

Martinique:
11 (plus nine repeaters) (1997)

Mauritania:
1 (1997)

Mauritius:
2 (plus 11 repeaters) (1997)

Mayotte:
3 (1997)

Mexico:
236 (plus repeaters) (1997)

Micronesia, Federated States of:
2 (1997)

Moldova:
40 (1998)

Monaco:
5 (1997)

Mongolia:
1 (plus 18 provincial repeaters) (1997)

Montserrat:
1 (1997)

Morocco:
26 (plus 35 repeaters) (1997)

Mozambique:
1 (1997)

Namibia:
8 (plus about 20 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Nauru:
1 (1997)

Nepal:
6 (1998)

Netherlands:
15 (plus five low-power repeaters) (1997)

Netherlands Antilles:
3 (there is also a cable service which supplies programs received from various US satellite networks and two Venezuelan channels) (1997)

New Caledonia:
6 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1997)

New Zealand:
41 (plus 52 medium-power repeaters and over 650 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Nicaragua:
3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)

Niger:
10 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)

Nigeria:
2 government-controlled; note - in addition, in 1993, 14 licenses to operate private television stations were granted (1999)

Niue:
1 (1997)

Norfolk Island:
1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (1998)

Northern Mariana Islands:
1 (on Saipan and one station planned for Rota; in addition, two cable services on Saipan provide varied programming from satellite networks) (1997)

Norway:
209 (1997)

Oman:
13 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1999)

Pakistan:
22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)

Palau:
1 (1997)

Panama:
9 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)

Papua New Guinea:
3 (1997)

Paraguay:
10 (1997)

Peru:
13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)

Philippines:
31 (1997)

Pitcairn Islands:
0 (1997)

Poland:
150 (1997)

Portugal:
36 (plus 62 repeaters) (1997)

Puerto Rico:
18 (plus three stations of the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service) (1997)

Qatar:
2 (plus three repeaters) (1997)

Reunion:
22 (plus 18 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Romania:
130 (plus about 400 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Russia:
7,349 (1996)

Rwanda:
2 (1997)

Saint Helena:
0 (1997)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)

Saint Lucia:
3 (of which two are commercial stations and one is a community antenna television or CATV channel) (1997)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
0 (there are, however, two repeaters which rebroadcast programs from France, Canada, and the US) (1997)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)

Samoa:
6 (1997)

San Marino:
1 (San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from Italy) (1997)

Sao Tome and Principe:
2 (1997)

Saudi Arabia:
117 (1997)

Senegal:
1 (1997)

Serbia and Montenegro:
more than 771 (including 86 strong stations and 685 low-power stations, plus 20 repeaters in the principal networks; also numerous local or private stations in Serbia and Vojvodina) (1997)

Seychelles:
2 (plus 9 repeaters) (1997)

Sierra Leone:
2 (1999)

Singapore:
4 (1997)

Slovakia:
41 (1998)

Slovenia:
23 (plus about 400 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Solomon Islands:
0 (1997)

Somalia:
1 (1997)

South Africa:
556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
0 (1997)

Spain:
228 (plus 2,112 repeaters); note - these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 89 repeaters in the Canary Islands (September 1995)

Sri Lanka:
21 (1997)

Sudan:
3 (1997)

Suriname:
3 (plus seven repeaters) (1997)

Svalbard:
NA

Swaziland:
2 (plus seven repeaters) (1997)

Sweden:
163 (1997)

Switzerland:
108 (1997)

Syria:
54 (of which 36 are low-power and repeater stations) (1997)

Tajikistan:
0 (there are, however, repeaters that relay programs from Russia, Iran, and Turkey) (1997)

Tanzania:
3 (1999)

Thailand:
5 (all in Bangkok; plus 131 repeaters) (1997)

Togo:
3 (plus two repeaters) (1997)

Tokelau:
NA

Tonga:
1 (1997)

Trinidad and Tobago:
4 (1997)

Tunisia:
19 (plus some low power stations) (1997)

Turkey:
69 (plus 476 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Turkmenistan:
3 (much programming relayed from Russia and Turkey) (1997)

Turks and Caicos Islands:
0 (broadcasts from The Bahamas are received; cable television is established) (1997)

Tuvalu:
0 (1997)

Uganda:
8 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999)

Ukraine:
at least 33 (plus 21 repeater stations that relay broadcasts from Russia) (1997)

United Arab Emirates:
15 (1997)

United Kingdom:
78 (plus 869 repeaters) (1997)

United States:
more than 1,500 (including nearly 1,000 stations affiliated with the five major networks - NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and PBS; in addition, there are about 9,000 cable TV systems) (1997)

Uruguay:
26 (plus ten low-power repeaters for the Montevideo station) (1997)

Uzbekistan:
4 (plus two repeater stations that relay Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tadzhik programs) (1997)

Vanuatu:
1 (1997)

Venezuela:
66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)

Vietnam:
at least 7 (plus 13 repeaters) (1998)

Virgin Islands:
2 (1997)

Wake Island:
0 (1997)

Wallis and Futuna:
2 (1997)

West Bank:
NA

Western Sahara:
NA

World:
NA

Yemen:
7 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)

Zambia:
9 (1997)

Zimbabwe:
16 (1997)

Taiwan:
29 (plus two repeaters) (1997)

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