Field Listing - Television broadcast stations

Country
Television broadcast stations
Afghanistan at least 7 (1 government-run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in 6 of the 34 provinces) (2006)
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 0 (1997)
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 10 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001)
Azerbaijan 2 (1997)
Bahamas, The 2 (2006)
Bahrain 4 (1997)
Bangladesh 15 (1999)
Barbados 1 (plus 2 cable channels) (2004)
Belarus 47 (plus 27 repeaters) (1995)
Belgium 25 (plus 10 repeaters) (1997)
Belize 5 (2006)
Benin 6 (2007)
Bermuda 3 (2005)
Bhutan 1 (2007)
Bolivia 48 (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 33 (plus 277 repeaters) (September 1995)
Botswana 2 (1 state-owned, 1 private)
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 (including 2 TV relay stations with French and Vietnamese broadcasts); excludes 18 regional relay stations (2006)
Cameroon 1 (2001)
Canada 80 (plus many repeaters) (1997)
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 150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000)
Denmark 26 (plus 51 repeaters) (1998)
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 98 (September 1995)
El Salvador 5 (1997)
Equatorial Guinea 1 (2001)
Eritrea 2 (2006)
Estonia 3 (2001)
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 became one of the first countries in the world to broadcast all television signals digitally
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 US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1995)
Greenland 1 (plus some local low-power stations, and 3 Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) stations (1997)
Grenada 2 (1997)
Guam 3 (2006)
Guatemala 26 (plus 27 repeaters) (1997)
Guernsey 1 (1997)
Guinea 6 (2001)
Guinea-Bissau NA (2005)
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 (2005)
Honduras 11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)
Hong Kong 55 (2 TV networks, each broadcasting on 2 channels) (2007)
Hungary 35 (plus 161 repeaters) (1995)
Iceland 14 (plus 156 repeaters) (1997)
India 562 (1997)
Indonesia 54 local TV stations (11 national TV networks; each with its group of local transmitters) (2006)
Iran 28 (plus 450 repeaters) (1997)
Iraq 21 (2004)
Ireland 4 (many repeaters) (2001)
Isle of Man 0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999)
Israel 17 (plus 36 repeaters) (1995)
Italy 358 (plus 4,728 repeaters) (1995)
Jamaica 7 (1997)
Japan 211 (plus 7,341 repeaters); in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services (1999)
Jersey 2 (1997)
Jordan 22 (2007)
Kazakhstan 12 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998)
Kenya 8 (2001)
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 43 (plus 59 cable operators and 190 relay cable operators) (2005)
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 7 (includes 1 station relaying Vietnam Television from Hanoi) (2006)
Latvia 44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995)
Lebanon 15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995)
Lesotho 1 (2000)
Liberia 4 (plus 4 repeaters) (2007)
Libya 12 (plus 1 repeater) (1999)
Liechtenstein NA (linked to Swiss networks) (1997)
Lithuania 27 (may have as many as 100 transmitters, including repeater stations) (2001)
Luxembourg 5 (1999)
Macau 1 (2006)
Macedonia 52 (2007)
Madagascar 1 (plus 36 repeaters) (2001)
Malawi 1 (2001)
Malaysia 88 (mainland Malaysia 51, Sabah 16, and Sarawak 21) (2006)
Maldives 1 (2006)
Mali 2 (plus repeaters) (2007)
Malta 5 (2006)
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 236 (plus repeaters) (1997)
Micronesia, Federated States of 3 (cable TV also available) (2004)
Moldova 40 (2006)
Monaco 5 (1998)
Mongolia 456 (including provincial and low-power repeaters) (2006)
Montenegro 13 (2004)
Montserrat 1 (1997)
Morocco 35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995)
Mozambique 1 (2000)
Namibia 2 (2007)
Nauru 1 (1997)
Nepal 1 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998)
Netherlands 21 (plus 26 repeaters) (1995)
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 3 (plus 7 repeaters) (1997)
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 360 (plus 2,729 repeaters) (1995)
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 5 (2007)
Peru 13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)
Philippines 250 (plus 1,501 CATV networks) (2007)
Poland 40 (2006)
Portugal 62 (plus 166 repeaters; includes Azores and Madeira Islands) (1995)
Puerto Rico 32 (2006)
Qatar 1 (plus 3 repeaters) (2001)
Romania 623 (plus 200 repeaters) (2006)
Russia 7,306 (1998)
Rwanda 2 (2004)
Saint Helena 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 4 (2007)
Seychelles 2 (plus 9 repeaters) (1997)
Sierra Leone 2 (1999)
Singapore 1 (broadcasting on six channels); additional reception of numerous UHF and VHF signals originating in Malaysia and Indonesia (2006)
Slovakia 80 (national broadcasting 6, regional 7, local 67) (2004)
Slovenia 31 (2006)
Somalia 4 (2 in Mogadishu and 2 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; includes 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands) (1995)
Sri Lanka 14 (2006)
Sudan 3 (1997)
Suriname 3 (plus 7 repeaters) (2000)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 12 (includes 7 relay stations) (2004)
Sweden 169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995)
Switzerland 115 (plus 1,919 repeaters) (1995)
Syria 44 (plus 17 repeaters) (1995)
Taiwan 76 (46 digital and 30 analog) (2007)
Tajikistan 6 (2006)
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 635 (plus 2,934 repeaters) (1995)
Turkmenistan 4 (government-owned and programmed) (2004)
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 228 (plus 3,523 repeaters) (1995)
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 30 (2008)
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)

This page was last updated on 4 September 2008
 

Source : The World Factbook