Television broadcast stations (2003) | Television broadcast stations (2005) | ||
American Samoa | 1 (1997) | 1; note - one cable TV station (2004) | |
Austria | 45 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001) | 10 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001) | |
Bahamas, The | 1 (1997) | 2 (2004) | |
Barbados | 1 (plus two cable channels) (1997) | 1 (plus two cable channels) (2004) | |
Benin | 1;; (2001) | 1 (2001) | |
Bermuda | 3 (1997) | 4 (2004) | |
Bhutan | 0 (1997) | 1 (2005) | |
Burma | 2 (1998) | 2 (2004) | |
Cambodia | 6 (2003) | 7 (2003) | |
Cayman Islands | 1 with cable system | 4 with cable system (2004) | |
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) | |
Dominica | 0 (however, there is one cable television company) (1997) | 1 (2004) | |
Dominican Republic | 25 (1997) | 25 (2003) | |
European Union | - | 2,791 (1995); note - does not include repeaters; sum of individual country television broadcast stations; there is also a European-wide station (Eurovision) | |
Hong Kong | 4 (plus two repeaters) (1997) | 4 (2004) | |
Iraq | 13 (1997); note - unknown number were destroyed during the March-April 2003 war | 21 (2004) | |
Johnston Atoll | commercial satellite television system, with 30 channels (2002) | - | |
Korea, North | 38 (1999) | 4 (includes Korean Central Television, Mansudae Television, Korean Educational and Cultural Network, and Kaesong Television targeting South Korea) (2003) | |
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) | |
Macedonia | - | 31 (plus 166 repeaters) (1995) | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 31 (plus 166 repeaters) (1995) | - | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 2 (1997) | 3; note - cable TV also available (2004) | |
Mongolia | 4 (plus 18 provincial repeaters and many low power repeaters) (1999) | 52 (plus 21 provincial repeaters and many low power repeaters) (2004) | |
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) | |
Norfolk Island | 1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (1998) | 1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (2005) | |
Palau | 1 (1997) | 1 (cable) (2005) | |
Papua New Guinea | 3 (all in the Port Moresby area)
note: additional stations at Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Lae, and Rabaul are planned (2002) |
3 (all in the Port Moresby area)
note: additional stations at Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Lae, and Rabaul are planned (2004) |
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Paraguay | 4 (2001) | 5 (2003) | |
Philippines | 75 (2000) | 225; note - 1373 CATV networks (2004) | |
Pitcairn Islands | 0 (1997) | - | |
Puerto Rico | 18 (plus three stations of the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service) (1997) | 6 (19 relay stations) (2004) | |
Rwanda | NA | 2 (2004) | |
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) | |
Singapore | 6 (2000) | 7 (2003) | |
Slovakia | 38 (plus 864 repeaters) (1995) | 6 national broadcasting, 7 regional, 67 local (2004) | |
Solomon Islands | 0 (1997) | - | |
Swaziland | 5 plus 7 relay stations (2001) | 5 plus 7 relay stations (2004) | |
Tonga | 2 (2001) | 3 (2004) | |
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) | |
Tuvalu | 0 (1997) | 0 (2004) | |
United Arab Emirates | 15 (1997) | 15 (2004) | |
Uruguay | 20 (2001) | 23 (2002) | |
Vanuatu | 1 (2002) | 1 (2004) | |
Virgin Islands | 2 (2002) | 16 (2004) |