![]() | 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 | NA |
![]() | 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) |
![]() | 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 their own 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 | 7 (1 countrywide and 6 regional stations) (2006) |
![]() | 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 | 31 (plus 166 repeaters) (1995) |
![]() | 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, which 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) |
![]() | 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 | 8 (includes 1 cable rebroadcaster in Tashkent; approximately 20 stations in regional capitals) (2006) |
![]() | Vanuatu | 1 (2004) |
![]() | Venezuela | 66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997) |
![]() | Vietnam | 6 (plus 61 provincial 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) |