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@2015 Television broadcast stations
Afghanistan
at least 10 (one government-run central television
station in Kabul and regional stations in nine of the 32 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
3 (plus 58 repeaters) (2001)
Algeria
46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)
American Samoa
1 (1997)
Andorra
0 (1997)
Angola
6 (2000)
Anguilla
1 (1997)
Antarctica
1 (cable system with six channels; American Forces
Antarctic Network-McMurdo)
note: information for US bases only (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda
2 (1997)
Argentina
42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)
Armenia
3 (plus an unknown number of repeaters); (1998)
Aruba
1 (1997)
Australia
104 (1997)
Austria
45 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001)
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
1;; (2001)
Bermuda
3 (1997)
Bhutan
0 (1997)
Bolivia
48 (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
33 (plus 277 repeaters) (September 1995)
Botswana
1 (2001)
Brazil
138 (1997)
British Indian Ocean Territory
1 (1997)
British Virgin Islands
1 (plus one cable company) (1997)
Brunei
2 (1997)
Bulgaria
39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)
Burkina Faso
1 (2002)
Burma
2 (1998)
Burundi
1 (2001)
Cambodia
6 (2003)
Cameroon
1 (2002)
Canada
80 (plus many repeaters) (1997)
Cape Verde
1 (and 7 repeaters) (2002)
Cayman Islands
1 with cable system
Central African Republic
1 (2001)
Chad
1 (2002)
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
NA
Colombia
60 (includes seven low-power stations) (1997)
Comoros
NA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
4 (2001)
Congo, Republic of the
1 (2002)
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 (2002)
Dominica
0 (however, there is one cable television company) (1997)
Dominican Republic
25 (1997)
East Timor
NA
Ecuador
7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2001)
Egypt
98 (September 1995)
El Salvador
5 (1997)
Equatorial Guinea
1 (2002)
Eritrea
1 (2000)
Estonia
3 (2001)
Ethiopia
1 plus 24 repeaters (2002)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2 (operated by the British Forces
Broadcasting Service)
note: cable television is available in Stanley (2002)
Faroe Islands
3 (plus 43 low-power repeaters) (September 1995)
Fiji
NA
Finland
120 (plus 431 repeaters) (1999)
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 four low-power repeaters) (2001)
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
10 (2001)
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 low-power stations (2001)
Guinea-Bissau
NA (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); note - unknown number were destroyed during the
March-April 2003 war
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
211 plus 7,341 repeaters
note: in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV
cable services (1999)
Jersey
2 (1997)
Johnston Atoll
commercial satellite television system, with 30
channels (2002)
Jordan
20 (plus 96 repeaters) (1995)
Kazakhstan
12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)
Kenya
8 (2002)
Kiribati
1 (not reported to be active) (2002)
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
1 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2001)
Libya
12 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999)
Liechtenstein
NA (linked to Swiss networks) (1997)
Lithuania
27
note: Lithuania has approximately 27 broadcasting stations, but may
have as many as 100 transmitters, including repeater stations (2001)
Luxembourg
5 (1999)
Macau
1 (2003)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
31 (plus 166 repeaters)
(1995)
Madagascar
1 (plus 36 repeaters) (2001)
Malawi
1 (2001)
Malaysia
1 (plus 15 high-power repeaters) (2001)
Maldives
1 (1997)
Mali
1 (plus repeaters) (2001)
Malta
6 (2000)
Man, Isle of
0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999)
Marshall Islands
2 (both are US military stations) (2002)
Martinique
11 (plus nine repeaters) (1997)
Mauritania
1 (2002)
Mauritius
2 (plus several repeaters) (1997)
Mayotte
3 (2001)
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 power
repeaters) (1999)
Montserrat
1 (1997)
Morocco
35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995)
Mozambique
1 (2001)
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
3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (2002)
Nigeria
3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations
and 15 repeater stations) (2002)
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 (all in the Port Moresby area)
note: additional stations at Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Lae, and Rabaul are
planned (2002)
Paraguay
4 (2001)
Peru
13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)
Philippines
75 (2000)
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
1 (plus three repeaters) (2001)
Reunion
35 (plus 18 low-power repeaters) (2001)
Romania
48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995)
Russia
7,306 (1998)
Rwanda
NA
Saint Helena
0
note: television programs are received in Saint Helena via satellite
and distributed by cable (2002)
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
2 (2002)
San Marino
1 (San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from
Italy) (1997)
Sao Tome and Principe
2 (2002)
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
6 (2000)
Slovakia
38 (plus 864 repeaters) (1995)
Slovenia
48 (2001)
Solomon Islands
0 (1997)
Somalia
4
note: two in Mogadishu; two in Hargeisa (2001)
South Africa
556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
0 (2003)
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
5 plus 7 relay stations (2001)
Sweden
169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995)
Switzerland
115 (plus 1,919 repeaters) (1995)
Syria
44 (plus 17 repeaters) (1995)
Taiwan
29 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
Tajikistan
13 (2001)
Tanzania
3 (1999)
Thailand
5 (all in Bangkok; plus 131 repeaters) (1997)
Togo
3 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
Tonga
2 (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) (2001)
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
20 (2001)
Uzbekistan
4 (plus two repeaters that relay Russian programs), 1
cable rebroadcaster in Tashkent; approximately 20 stations in
regional capitals (2003)
Vanuatu
1 (2002)
Venezuela
66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)
Vietnam
at least 7 (plus 13 repeaters) (1998)
Virgin Islands
2 (2002)
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)
Zambia
9 (2002)
Zimbabwe
16 (1997)