| Television broadcast stations Country profile category: Communications |
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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: | 9 (plus 264 repeaters) (1995)
Algeria: | 46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)
American Samoa: | 1 (1997)
Andorra: | 0 (1997)
Angola: | 7 (1999)
Anguilla: | 1 (1997)
Antarctica: | 1 (the US Navy Antarctic Support Group operates a cable system with six channels for the American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo) note: information for US bases only (2000)
Antigua and Barbuda: | 2 (1997)
Argentina: | 42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)
Armenia: | 4 (1998)
Aruba: | 1 (1997)
Australia: | 104 (1997)
Austria: | 45 (plus 960 repeaters) (1995)
Azerbaijan: | 2 (1997)
Bahamas, The: | 1 (1997)
Bahrain: | 4 (1997)
Bangladesh: | 15 (1999)
Barbados: | 1 (plus two cable channels) (1997)
Belarus: | 47 (plus 27 repeaters) (1995)
Belgium: | 25 (plus 10 repeaters) (1997)
Belize: | 2 (1997)
Benin: | 2 (one privately-owned) (1997)
Bermuda: | 3 (1997)
Bhutan: | 0 (1997)
Bolivia: | 48 (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 33 (plus 277 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: | 96 (plus 1,030 repeaters) (1995)
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) (September 1995); Turkish Cypriot area: 4 (plus 5 repeaters) (September 1995)
Czech Republic: | 150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000)
Denmark: | 26 (plus 51 repeaters) (1998)
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: | 98 (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: | 3 (plus 43 low-power repeaters) (September 1995)
Fiji: | NA
Finland: | 130 (plus 385 repeaters) (1995)
France: | 584 (plus 9,676 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: | 373 (plus 8,042 repeaters) (1995)
Ghana: | 11 (1999)
Gibraltar: | 1 (plus three low-power repeaters) (1997)
Greece: | 36 (plus 1,341 low-power repeaters); also two stations in the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1995)
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: | 26 (plus 27 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: | 35 (plus 161 low-power repeaters) (1995)
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: | 4 (many low-power repeaters) (2001)
Israel: | 17 (plus 36 low-power repeaters) (1995)
Italy: | 358 (plus 4,728 repeaters) (1995)
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: | 20 (plus 96 repeaters) (1995)
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: | 44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995)
Lebanon: | 15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995)
Lesotho: | 1 (2000)
Liberia: | 2 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2000)
Libya: | 12 (plus one low-power repeater) (1998)
Liechtenstein: | NA (linked to Swiss networks) (1997)
Lithuania: | 20 (plus 30 repeaters) (1995)
Luxembourg: | 5 (1999)
Macau: | 0 (receives Hong Kong broadcasts) (1997)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 31 (plus 166 repeaters) (1995)
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 (2000)
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: | 1 (plus 30 repeaters) (1995)
Monaco: | 5 (1998)
Mongolia: | 4 (plus 18 provincial repeaters and many low powered repeaters) (1999)
Montserrat: | 1 (1997)
Morocco: | 35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995)
Mozambique: | 1 (2000)
Namibia: | 8 (plus about 20 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Nauru: | 1 (1997)
Nepal: | 1 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998)
Netherlands: | 21 (plus 26 repeaters) (1995)
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: | 360 (plus 2,729 repeaters) (1995)
Oman: | 13 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1999)
Pakistan: | 22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)
Palau: | 1 (1997)
Panama: | 38 (including repeaters) (1998)
Papua New Guinea: | 3 (1997)
Paraguay: | 4 (2001)
Peru: | 13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)
Philippines: | 31 (1997)
Pitcairn Islands: | 0 (1997)
Poland: | 179 (plus 256 repeaters) (September 1995)
Portugal: | 62 (plus 166 repeaters) note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands (1995)
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: | 48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995)
Russia: | 7,306 (1998)
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)
Seychelles: | 2 (plus 9 repeaters) (1997)
Sierra Leone: | 2 (1999)
Singapore: | 6 (2000)
Slovakia: | 38 (plus 864 repeaters) (1995)
Slovenia: | 48 (2001)
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: | 224 (plus 2,105 repeaters) note: these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands (1995)
Sri Lanka: | 21 (1997)
Sudan: | 3 (1997)
Suriname: | 3 (plus seven repeaters) (2000)
Svalbard: | NA
Swaziland: | 10 (2000)
Sweden: | 169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995)
Switzerland: | 115 (plus 1,919 repeaters) (1995)
Syria: | 44 (plus 17 repeaters) (1995)
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 (2001)
Trinidad and Tobago: | 4 (1997)
Tunisia: | 26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995)
Turkey: | 635 (plus 2,934 repeaters) (1995)
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 repeaters that relay broadcasts from Russia) (1997)
United Arab Emirates: | 15 (1997)
United Kingdom: | 228 (plus 3,523 repeaters) (1995)
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 repeaters 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 (2000)
West Bank: | NA
Western Sahara: | NA
World: | NA
Yemen: | 7 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)
Yugoslavia: | 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)
Zambia: | 9 (1997)
Zimbabwe: | 16 (1997)
Taiwan: | 29 (plus two repeaters) (1997)