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Field Listing :: Television broadcast stations

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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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