Country profile category: Communications
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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) |