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Field Listing :: Television broadcast stations
This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
Country
Television broadcast stations
Afghanistan 16 (1 state-run station and 15 registered private stations) (2009)
Akrotiri 0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)
Albania 65 (3 national, 62 local); 2 cable networks (2005)
Algeria 46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)
American Samoa 1 (2006)
Andorra 1 (2009)
Angola 6 (2000)
Anguilla 1 (1997)
Antarctica 1 (cable system with 6 channels; American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo - information for US bases only) (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda 2 (1997)
Argentina 42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)
Armenia 48 (private television stations alongside 2 public networks; major Russian channels widely available) (2006)
Aruba 1 (1997)
Australia 104 (1997)
Austria 9 (2010)
Azerbaijan 10 (2010)
Bahamas, The 2 (2006)
Bahrain 4 (1997)
Bangladesh 17 (2009)
Barbados 1 (plus 2 cable channels) (2004)
Belarus 47 (plus 27 repeaters) (1995)
Belgium 25 (plus 10 repeaters) (1997)
Belize 7 (2008)
Benin 6 (2007)
Bermuda 3 (2005)
Bhutan 1 (2007)
Bolivia 48 (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 33 (1995)
Botswana 2 (1 state-owned, 1 private) (2007)
Brazil 138 (1997)
British Indian Ocean Territory 1 (1997)
British Virgin Islands 1 (plus 1 cable company) (1997)
Brunei 4 (includes 2 UHF stations broadcasting a subscription service) (2006)
Bulgaria 39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)
Burkina Faso 3 (1 national, 2 private)
Burma 4 (2008)
Burundi 1 (2001)
Cambodia 9 (2009)
Cameroon 1 (2001)
Canada 148 (2007)
Cape Verde 1 (plus 7 repeaters) (2001)
Cayman Islands 4 with cable system (2004)
Central African Republic 1 (2001)
Chad 1 (2001)
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 0 (TV broadcasts received via satellite from mainland Australia) (2006)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 4 (2007)
Colombia 60 (1997)
Comoros NA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4 (2001)
Congo, Republic of the 1 (2001)
Cook Islands 1 (outer islands receive satellite broadcasts) (2004)
Costa Rica 20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire 14 (1998)
Croatia 36 (plus 321 repeaters) (1995)
Cuba 58 (1997)
Cyprus area under government control: 8
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 2 (plus 4 relay) (2004)
Czech Republic 71 (2008)
Denmark 172 (2008)
Dhekelia 0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)
Djibouti 1 (2001)
Dominica 1 (2004)
Dominican Republic 25 (2003)
Ecuador 7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2000)
Egypt 64 (2010)
El Salvador 5 (1997)
Equatorial Guinea 1 (2001)
Eritrea 2 (2006)
Estonia 15 (2008)
Ethiopia 1 (plus 24 repeaters) (2001)
European Union 2,700 (1995); note - sum of individual country television broadcast stations excluding repeaters; there is also a European-wide station (Eurovision)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to members of UK Forces as well as islanders); cable television is available in Stanley (2006)
Faroe Islands 3 (plus 43 repeaters) (September 1995)
Fiji NA
Finland 120 (plus 431 repeaters) (1999); note - on 1 September 2007, Finland began broadcasting all television signals digitally; analog broadcasts via cable networks were discontinued 29 February 2008
France 584 (plus 9,676 repeaters) (1995)
French Polynesia 7 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)
Gabon 4 (plus 4 repeaters) (2001)
Gambia, The 1 (government-owned) (1997)
Gaza Strip 1 (2008)
Georgia 12 (plus repeaters) (1998)
Germany 373 (plus 8,042 repeaters) (1995)
Ghana 7 (2007)
Gibraltar 1 (plus 3 repeaters) (1997)
Greece 36 (plus 1,341 repeaters); also 2 stations in the American Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1995)
Greenland 1 (plus some local low-power stations, and 3 American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) stations (1997)
Grenada 2 (2009)
Guam 3 (2006)
Guatemala 26 (plus 27 repeaters) (1997)
Guernsey 1 (1997)
Guinea 6 (2001)
Guinea-Bissau 1 (2007)
Guyana 3 (1 public station; 2 private stations which relay US satellite services) (1997)
Haiti 2 (plus a cable TV service) (1997)
Holy See (Vatican City) 1 (2008)
Honduras 11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)
Hong Kong 2 (2 TV networks, each broadcasting on 2 channels) (2009)
Hungary 95 (2008)
Iceland 14 (plus 156 repeaters) (1997)
India 1,400 (2009)
Indonesia 54 local TV stations (11 national TV networks; each with its group of local transmitters) (2006)
Iran 29 (plus 450 repeaters) (1997)
Iraq 28 (2009)
Ireland 4 (many repeaters) (2008)
Isle of Man 0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999)
Israel 7 (2009)
Italy 358 (plus 4,728 repeaters) (1995)
Jamaica 7 (1997)
Japan 211; note - in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services (1999)
Jersey 2 (UK television carried by local relays with a switch to digital broadcasts scheduled for 2010) (2008)
Jordan 4 (2009)
Kazakhstan 12 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998)
Kenya 8 (2008)
Kiribati 1 (possibly inactive) (2002)
Korea, North 4 (includes Korean Central Television, Mansudae Television, Korean Educational and Cultural Network, and Kaesong Television targeting South Korea) (2003)
Korea, South 57 (plus 103 cable operators and 119 relay cable operators) (2008)
Kuwait 13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)
Kyrgyzstan 8 (2 countrywide and 6 regional stations; state-owned); note - there are about 20 private TV stations, most of which rebroadcast other channels (2007)
Laos 28 (2010)
Latvia 37 (plus 31 repeaters) (2008)
Lebanon 12 (2009)
Lesotho 1 (2007)
Liberia 5 (plus 4 repeaters) (2007)
Libya 12 (plus 1 repeater) (1999)
Liechtenstein NA (linked to Swiss networks) (1997)
Lithuania 44 (may have as many as 100 transmitters, including repeater stations) (2008)
Luxembourg 5 (1999)
Macau 1 (2009)
Macedonia 76 (2009)
Madagascar 1 (plus 36 repeaters) (2001)
Malawi 1 (2001)
Malaysia 88 (mainland Malaysia 51, Sabah 16, and Sarawak 21) (2006)
Maldives 2 (2009)
Mali 2 (plus repeaters) (2007)
Malta 6 (2009)
Marshall Islands 2 (both are US military stations; Marshalls Broadcasting Service, a cable company, operates on Majuro) (2005)
Mauritania 1 (2002)
Mauritius 2 (plus several repeaters) (1997)
Mayotte 3 (2001)
Mexico 729 (2009)
Micronesia, Federated States of 3 (cable TV also available) (2004)
Moldova 40 (2006)
Monaco 5 (1998)
Mongolia 99 (2009)
Montenegro 13 (2004)
Montserrat 1 (1997)
Morocco 8 (2009)
Mozambique 4 (2008)
Namibia 2 (2007)
Nauru 1 (1997)
Nepal 9 (plus 9 repeaters) (2008)
Netherlands 342 (2009)
Netherlands Antilles 3 (there is also a cable service that supplies programs received from various US satellite networks and 4 Venezuelan channels) (2003)
New Caledonia 6 (plus 25 repeaters) (1997)
New Zealand 41 (plus about 700 repeaters) (1997)
Nicaragua 16 (2009)
Niger 5 (2007)
Nigeria 3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations) (2001)
Niue 1 (1997)
Norfolk Island 1 (local programming station plus 2 repeaters that air Australian programs by satellite) (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands 1 (on Saipan; in addition, 2 cable services on Saipan provide varied programming from satellite networks) (2006)
Norway 69 (2008)
Oman 13 (plus 25 repeaters) (1999)
Pakistan 20 (5 state-run channels and 15 privately-owned satellite channels) (2006)
Palau 1 (cable) (2005)
Panama 38 (including repeaters) (1998)
Papua New Guinea 3 (all in the Port Moresby area; stations at Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Lae, and Rabaul are planned) (2004)
Paraguay 6 (2009)
Peru 13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)
Philippines 297 (plus 873 CATV networks) (2008)
Poland 75 (2008)
Portugal 42 (2008)
Puerto Rico 34 (2008)
Qatar 1 (plus 3 repeaters) (2001)
Romania 623 (plus 200 repeaters) (2006)
Russia 7,306 (1998)
Rwanda 2 (2004)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 0 (3 television channels are received via satellite and distributed by UHF) (2005)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 (plus 3 repeaters) (2003)
Saint Lucia 2 (1 commercial broadcast station and 1 community antenna television or CATV channel) (2003)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 (2 repeaters rebroadcast programs from France, Canada, and the US) (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (plus 3 repeaters) (2004)
Samoa 2 (2002)
San Marino 1 (San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from Italy) (1997)
Sao Tome and Principe 2 (2001)
Saudi Arabia 117 (1997)
Senegal 7 (2008)
Serbia 138 (2009)
Seychelles 2 (plus 9 repeaters) (1997)
Sierra Leone 2 (1999)
Singapore 1 (broadcasting on 8 channels); additional reception of numerous UHF and VHF signals originating in Malaysia and Indonesia (2008)
Slovakia 37 (2008)
Slovenia 31 (2006)
Somalia 4 (2 in Mogadishu and 2 in Hargeisa) (2001)
South Africa 556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997)
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands 0 (2003)
Spain 379 (2008)
Sri Lanka 12 (2009)
Sudan 3 (1997)
Suriname 3 (plus 7 repeaters) (2000)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 12 (includes 7 relay stations) (2004)
Sweden 252 (2008)
Switzerland 106 (2007)
Syria 44 (plus 17 repeaters) (1995)
Taiwan 76 (5 television networks with 46 digital and 30 analog stations) (2007)
Tajikistan 24 (number of licensed stations with only about 15 active) (2009)
Tanzania 3 (1999)
Thailand 111 (2006)
Timor-Leste 1 (Timor-Leste has one national public broadcaster)
Togo 3 (plus 2 repeaters) (1997)
Tonga 3 (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago 6 (2005)
Tunisia 26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995)
Turkey 251 (2009)
Turkmenistan 4 (government-owned and programmed) (2008)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 (broadcasts received from The Bahamas; 2 cable television networks) (2003)
Tuvalu 0 (2004)
Uganda 8 (plus 1 repeater) (2001)
Ukraine 647 (2006)
United Arab Emirates 15 (2004)
United Kingdom 940 (2008)
United States 2,218 (2006)
Uruguay 62 (2005)
Uzbekistan 28 (includes 1 cable rebroadcaster in Tashkent and approximately 20 stations in regional capitals) (2006)
Vanuatu 1 (2004)
Venezuela 66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)
Vietnam 67 (includes 61 relay, provincial, and city TV stations) (2006)
Virgin Islands 5 (2006)
Wake Island 0 (2005)
Wallis and Futuna 2 (2000)
West Bank 31 (2010)
Western Sahara NA
World NA
Yemen 3 (including one Egypt-based station that broadcasts in Yemen); plus several repeaters (2007)
Zambia 9 (2001)
Zimbabwe 16 (1997)
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