Compare Television broadcast stations (2001) - Television broadcast stations (2004)

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	Television broadcast stations (2001)	Television broadcast stations (2004)
Afghanistan	at least 10 (one government run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in nine of the 30 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)	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	9 (plus 264 repeaters) (1995)	3 (plus 58 repeaters) (2001)
American Samoa	1 (1997)	1 (2004)
Angola	7 (1999)	6 (2000)
Antarctica	1 (the US Navy Antarctic Support Group operates a cable system with six channels for the American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo) note: information for US bases only (2000)	1 (cable system with six channels; American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo) note: information for US bases only (2002)
Armenia	4 (1998)	3 (plus an unknown number of repeaters); (1998)
Austria	45 (plus 960 repeaters) (1995)	10 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001)
Bahamas, The	1 (1997)	2 (2004)
Benin	2 (one privately-owned) (1997)	1 (2001)
Bermuda	3 (1997)	4 (2003)
Botswana	0 (1997)	1 (2001)
Bulgaria	96 (plus 1,030 repeaters) (1995)	39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)
Burkina Faso	1 (1997)	1 (2002)
Burma	2 (1998)	2 (2004)
Burundi	1 (1999)	1 (2001)
Cambodia	5 (1999)	7 (2003)
Cameroon	1 (1998)	1 (2002)
Cape Verde	1 (1997)	1 (and 7 repeaters) (2002)
Cayman Islands	NA	1 with cable system
Central African Republic	NA	1 (2001)
Chad	1 (1997)	1 (2002)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0 (1997)	NA
Comoros	0 (1998)	NA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	20 (1999)	4 (2001)
Congo, Republic of the	1 (1999)	1 (2002)
Cook Islands	2 (plus eight low-power repeaters) (1997)	1 (outer islands receive satellite broadcasts) (2004)
Costa Rica	6 (plus 11 repeaters) (1997)	20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002)
Cyprus	Greek Cypriot area: 4 (plus 225 low-power repeaters) (September 1995); Turkish Cypriot area: 4 (plus 5 repeaters) (September 1995)	Republic of Cyprus: 4 (plus 225 low-power repeaters) (September 1995);; north Cyprus: 4 (plus 5 repeaters) (September 1995)
Djibouti	1 (plus 5 low-power repeaters) (1998)	1 (2002)
Dominica	0 (however, there is one cable television company) (1997)	1 (2004)
Dominican Republic	25 (1997)	25 (2003)
East Timor	-	NA
Ecuador	15 (including one station on the Galapagos Islands) (1997)	7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2001)
Equatorial Guinea	1 (1997)	1 (2002)
Estonia	31 (plus five repeaters) (September 1995)	3 (2001)
Ethiopia	25 (1999)	1 plus 24 repeaters (2002)
European Union	-	2,791 (1995); note - does not include repeaters; sum of indiviual country television broadcast stations; there is also a European-wide station (Eurovision)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2 (operated by the British Forces Broadcasting Service) (1997)	2 (operated by the British Forces Broadcasting Service) note: cable television is available in Stanley (2002)
Finland	130 (plus 385 repeaters) (1995)	120 (plus 431 repeaters) (1999)
Gabon	4 (plus five low-power repeaters) (1997)	4 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2001)
Ghana	11 (1999)	10 (2001)
Guinea	6 (1997)	6 low-power stations (2001)
Guinea-Bissau	2 (1997)	NA (1997)
Hong Kong	4 (plus two repeaters) (1997)	4 (2004)
Iraq	13 (1997)	21 (2004)
Japan	7,108 (plus 441 repeaters; note - in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services) (1999)	211 plus 7,341 repeaters note: in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services (1999)
Jersey	1 (1997)	2 (1997)
Johnston Atoll	commercial satellite television system, with 16 channels (1997)	-
Kenya	8 (1997)	8 (2002)
Kiribati	1 (1997)	1 (not reported to be active) (2002)
Korea, South	121 (plus 850 repeater stations and the eight-channel American Forces Korea Network) (1999)	64 (additionally 119 Cable Operators; 239 Relay Cable Operators) (2004)
Liberia	2 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2000)	1 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2001)
Libya	12 (plus one low-power repeater) (1998)	12 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999)
Lithuania	20 (plus 30 repeaters) (1995)	27 note: Lithuania has approximately 27 broadcasting stations, but may have as many as 100 transmitters, including repeater stations (2001)
Macau	0 (receives Hong Kong broadcasts) (1997)	1 (2003)
Macedonia	-	31 (plus 166 repeaters) (1995)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	31 (plus 166 repeaters) (1995)	-
Madagascar	1 (plus 36 repeaters) (1997)	1 (plus 36 repeaters) (2001)
Malawi	1 (1999)	1 (2001)
Malaysia	27 (plus 15 high-power repeaters) (1999)	1 (plus 15 high-power repeaters) (2001)
Mali	1 (plus two repeaters) (1997)	1 (plus repeaters) (2001)
Marshall Islands	3 (of which two are US military stations) (1997)	2 (both are US military stations) (2002)
Mauritania	1 (1997)	1 (2002)
Mauritius	2 (plus 11 repeaters) (1997)	2 (plus several repeaters) (1997)
Mayotte	3 (1997)	3 (2001)
Micronesia, Federated States of	2 (1997)	3; note - cable TV also available (2004)
Mongolia	4 (plus 18 provincial repeaters and many low powered repeaters) (1999)	9 (plus 18 provincial repeaters and many low power repeaters) (2004)
Mozambique	1 (2000)	1 (2001)
Netherlands Antilles	3 (there is also a cable service which supplies programs received from various US satellite networks and two Venezuelan channels) (1997)	3 (there is also a cable service, which supplies programs received from various US satellite networks and two Venezuelan channels) (2004)
Niger	10 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)	3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (2002)
Nigeria	2 government-controlled; note - in addition, in 1993, 14 licenses to operate private television stations were granted (1999)	3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations) (2002)
Palau	1 (1997)	1 (cable) (2005)
Papua New Guinea	3 (1997)	3 (all in the Port Moresby area) note: additional stations at Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Lae, and Rabaul are planned (2004)
Paraguay	4 (2001)	5 (2003)
Philippines	31 (1997)	225; note - 1373 CATV networks (2004)
Portugal	62 (plus 166 repeaters) note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands (1995)	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)	6 (19 relay stations) (2004)
Qatar	2 (plus three repeaters) (1997)	1 (plus three repeaters) (2001)
Reunion	22 (plus 18 low-power repeaters) (1997)	35 (plus 18 low-power repeaters) (2001)
Rwanda	2 (1997)	NA
Saint Helena	0 (1997)	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)	1 (plus three repeaters) (2004)
Saint Lucia	3 (of which two are commercial stations and one is a community antenna television or CATV channel) (1997)	2 (of which one is a commercial broadcast station and one is a community antenna television or CATV channel) (2004)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)	1 (plus three repeaters) (2004)
Samoa	6 (1997)	2 (2002)
Sao Tome and Principe	2 (1997)	2 (2002)
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)
Singapore	6 (2000)	7 (2003)
Slovakia	38 (plus 864 repeaters) (1995)	6 national broadcasting, 7 regional, 67 local (2004)
Somalia	1 (1997)	4 note: two in Mogadishu; two in Hargeisa (2001)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0 (1997)	0 (2003)
Spain	224 (plus 2,105 repeaters) note: these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands (1995)	224 (plus 2,105 repeaters) note: these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands (1995)
Swaziland	10 (2000)	5 plus 7 relay stations (2001)
Tajikistan	0 (there are, however, repeaters that relay programs from Russia, Iran, and Turkey) (1997)	13 (2001)
Tokelau	NA	-
Tonga	1 (2001)	2 (2001)
Trinidad and Tobago	4 (1997)	4 (2004)
Turkmenistan	3 (much programming relayed from Russia and Turkey) (1997)	4 (government owned and programmed) (2004)
Turks and Caicos Islands	0 (broadcasts from The Bahamas are received; cable television is established) (1997)	0 (broadcasts from The Bahamas are received; 2 cable television networks) (2004)
Uganda	8 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999)	8 (plus one low-power repeater) (2001)
United Arab Emirates	15 (1997)	15 (2004)
Uruguay	26 (plus ten low-power repeaters for the Montevideo station) (1997)	23 (2002)
Uzbekistan	4 (plus two repeaters that relay Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tadzhik programs) (1997)	4 (plus two repeaters that relay Russian programs), 1 cable rebroadcaster in Tashkent; approximately 20 stations in regional capitals (2003)
Vanuatu	1 (1997)	1 (2002)
Virgin Islands	2 (1997)	2 (2002)
Yugoslavia	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)	-
Zambia	9 (1997)	9 (2002)