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CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Television broadcast stations
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Television broadcast stations</font></b><br>(Country profile category: Communications)</td></TR></TABLE>
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<p><b>Afghanistan:</b>
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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)
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<p><b>Albania:</b>
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13 (1999)
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<p><b>Algeria:</b>
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18 (not including low-power stations) (1999)
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<p><b>American Samoa:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Andorra:</b>
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0 (1997)
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<p><b>Angola:</b>
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7 (1999)
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<p><b>Anguilla:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Antarctica:</b>
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1 (American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo) (1999)
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<p><b>Antigua and Barbuda:</b>
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2 (1997)
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<p><b>Argentina:</b>
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42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Armenia:</b>
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4 (1998)
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<p><b>Aruba:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Australia:</b>
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104 (1997)
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<p><b>Austria:</b>
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51 (plus 920 repeaters) (1999)
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<p><b>Azerbaijan:</b>
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2 (1997)
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<p><b>Bahamas, The:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Bahrain:</b>
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4 (1997)
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<p><b>Bangladesh:</b>
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15 (1999)
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<p><b>Barbados:</b>
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1 (plus two cable channels) (1997)
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<p><b>Belarus:</b>
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17 (1997)
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<p><b>Belgium:</b>
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24 (1997)
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<p><b>Belize:</b>
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2 (1997)
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<p><b>Benin:</b>
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2 (one privately-owned) (1997)
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<p><b>Bermuda:</b>
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3 (1997)
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<p><b>Bhutan:</b>
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0 (1997)
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<p><b>Bolivia:</b>
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48 (1997)
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<p><b>Bosnia and Herzegovina:</b>
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33 (plus 292 repeaters) (September 1995)
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<p><b>Botswana:</b>
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0 (1997)
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<p><b>Brazil:</b>
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138 (1997)
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<p><b>British Indian Ocean Territory:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>British Virgin Islands:</b>
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1 (plus one cable company) (1997)
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<p><b>Brunei:</b>
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2 (1997)
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<p><b>Bulgaria:</b>
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33 (1999)
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<p><b>Burkina Faso:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Burma:</b>
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2 (1998)
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<p><b>Burundi:</b>
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1 (1999)
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<p><b>Cambodia:</b>
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5 (1999)
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<p><b>Cameroon:</b>
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1 (1998)
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<p><b>Canada:</b>
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80 (plus many repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Cape Verde:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Cayman Islands:</b>
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NA
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<p><b>Central African Republic:</b>
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NA
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<p><b>Chad:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Chile:</b>
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63 (plus 121 repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>China:</b>
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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)
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<p><b>Christmas Island:</b>
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NA
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<p><b>Cocos (Keeling) Islands:</b>
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0 (1997)
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<p><b>Colombia:</b>
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60 (includes seven low-power stations) (1997)
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<p><b>Comoros:</b>
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0 (1998)
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<p><b>Congo, Democratic Republic of the:</b>
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20 (1999)
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<p><b>Congo, Republic of the:</b>
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1 (1999)
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<p><b>Cook Islands:</b>
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2 (plus eight low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Costa Rica:</b>
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6 (plus 11 repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Cote d'Ivoire:</b>
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14 (1999)
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<p><b>Croatia:</b>
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36 (plus 321 repeaters) (September 1995)
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<p><b>Cuba:</b>
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58 (1997)
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<p><b>Cyprus:</b>
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Greek Cypriot area: 4 plus 225 low-power repeaters; Turkish Cypriot area: 4 plus 5 repeaters (September 1995)
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<p><b>Czech Republic:</b>
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102 (of which 35 are low power stations), plus about 500 repeaters (1988)
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<p><b>Denmark:</b>
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42 (plus 44 repeaters) (September 1995)
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<p><b>Djibouti:</b>
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1 (plus 5 low-power repeaters) (1998)
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<p><b>Dominica:</b>
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0 (however, there is one cable television company) (1997)
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<p><b>Dominican Republic:</b>
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25 (1997)
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<p><b>Ecuador:</b>
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15 (including one station on the Galapagos Islands) (1997)
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<p><b>Egypt:</b>
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51 (September 1995)
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<p><b>El Salvador:</b>
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5 (1997)
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<p><b>Equatorial Guinea:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Eritrea:</b>
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1 (2000)
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<p><b>Estonia:</b>
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31 (plus five repeaters) (September 1995)
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<p><b>Ethiopia:</b>
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25 (1999)
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<p><b>Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):</b>
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2 (operated by the British Forces Broadcasting Service) (1997)
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<p><b>Faroe Islands:</b>
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7 (plus 51 low-power repeaters) (September 1995)
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<p><b>Fiji:</b>
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NA
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<p><b>Finland:</b>
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130 (plus 385 repeaters) (1995)
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<p><b>France:</b>
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574 (plus 9,634 repeaters) (1995)
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<p><b>French Guiana:</b>
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3 (plus eight low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>French Polynesia:</b>
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7 (plus 17 low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Gabon:</b>
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4 (plus five low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Gambia, The:</b>
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1 (government-owned) (1997)
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<p><b>Gaza Strip:</b>
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2 (operated by the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation) (1997)
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<p><b>Georgia:</b>
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12 (plus repeaters) (1998)
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<p><b>Germany:</b>
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9,513 (including repeaters) (1998)
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<p><b>Ghana:</b>
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11 (1999)
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<p><b>Gibraltar:</b>
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1 (plus three low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Greece:</b>
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64 (plus about 1,000 low-power repeaters); also two stations in the US Armed Forces Network (1999)
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<p><b>Greenland:</b>
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1 publicly-owned station, some local low-power stations, and three AFRTS (US Air Force) stations (1997)
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<p><b>Grenada:</b>
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2 (1997)
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<p><b>Guadeloupe:</b>
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5 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Guam:</b>
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5 (1997)
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<p><b>Guatemala:</b>
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6 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Guernsey:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Guinea:</b>
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6 (1997)
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<p><b>Guinea-Bissau:</b>
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2 (1997)
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<p><b>Guyana:</b>
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3 (one public station; two private stations which relay US satellite services) (1997)
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<p><b>Haiti:</b>
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2 (plus a cable TV service) (1997)
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<p><b>Holy See (Vatican City):</b>
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1 (1996)
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<p><b>Honduras:</b>
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11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Hong Kong:</b>
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4 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Hungary:</b>
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39 (plus several low-power stations) (1997)
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<p><b>Iceland:</b>
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14 (plus 156 low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>India:</b>
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562 (of which 82 stations have 1 kW or greater power and 480 stations have less than 1 kW of power) (1997)
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<p><b>Indonesia:</b>
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41 (1999)
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<p><b>Iran:</b>
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28 (plus 450 low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Iraq:</b>
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13 (1997)
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<p><b>Ireland:</b>
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10 (plus 36 low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Israel:</b>
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24 (plus 31 low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Italy:</b>
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6,317 (of which only 117 have 2 kW or more of transmitter power) (1997)
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<p><b>Jamaica:</b>
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7 (1997)
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<p><b>Japan:</b>
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7,108 (plus 441 repeaters; note - in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services) (1999)
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<p><b>Jersey:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Johnston Atoll:</b>
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commercial satellite television system, with 16 channels (1997)
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<p><b>Jordan:</b>
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8 (plus approximately 42 repeaters and 1 TV receive-only satellite link) (1999)
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<p><b>Kazakhstan:</b>
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12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)
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<p><b>Kenya:</b>
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8 (1997)
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<p><b>Kiribati:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Korea, North:</b>
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38 (1999)
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<p><b>Korea, South:</b>
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121 (plus 850 repeater stations and the eight-channel American Forces Korea Network) (1999)
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<p><b>Kuwait:</b>
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13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)
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<p><b>Kyrgyzstan:</b>
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NA (repeater stations throughout the country relay programs from Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkey) (1997)
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<p><b>Laos:</b>
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4 (1999)
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<p><b>Latvia:</b>
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74 (1998)
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<p><b>Lebanon:</b>
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28 (1997)
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<p><b>Lesotho:</b>
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1 (2000)
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<p><b>Liberia:</b>
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2 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2000)
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<p><b>Libya:</b>
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12 (plus one low-power repeater) (1997)
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<p><b>Liechtenstein:</b>
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NA (linked to Swiss networks) (1997)
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<p><b>Lithuania:</b>
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82 (mainly repeater stations) (1998)
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<p><b>Luxembourg:</b>
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8 (1999)
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<p><b>Macau:</b>
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0 (receives Hong Kong broadcasts) (1997)
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<p><b>Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:</b>
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136 (1997)
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<p><b>Madagascar:</b>
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1 (plus 36 repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Malawi:</b>
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1 (1999)
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<p><b>Malaysia:</b>
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27 (plus 15 high-power repeaters) (1999)
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<p><b>Maldives:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Mali:</b>
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1 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Malta:</b>
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6 (1999)
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<p><b>Man, Isle of:</b>
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0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999)
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<p><b>Marshall Islands:</b>
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3 (of which two are US military stations) (1997)
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<p><b>Martinique:</b>
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11 (plus nine repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Mauritania:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Mauritius:</b>
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2 (plus 11 repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Mayotte:</b>
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3 (1997)
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<p><b>Mexico:</b>
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236 (plus repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Micronesia, Federated States of:</b>
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2 (1997)
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<p><b>Moldova:</b>
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40 (1998)
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<p><b>Monaco:</b>
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5 (1997)
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<p><b>Mongolia:</b>
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1 (plus 18 provincial repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Montserrat:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Morocco:</b>
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26 (plus 35 repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Mozambique:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Namibia:</b>
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8 (plus about 20 low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Nauru:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Nepal:</b>
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6 (1998)
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<p><b>Netherlands:</b>
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15 (plus five low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Netherlands Antilles:</b>
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3 (there is also a cable service which supplies programs received from various US satellite networks and two Venezuelan channels) (1997)
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<p><b>New Caledonia:</b>
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6 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>New Zealand:</b>
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41 (plus 52 medium-power repeaters and over 650 low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Nicaragua:</b>
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3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Niger:</b>
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10 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Nigeria:</b>
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2 government-controlled; note - in addition, in 1993, 14 licenses to operate private television stations were granted (1999)
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<p><b>Niue:</b>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Norfolk Island:</b>
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1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (1998)
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<p><b>Northern Mariana Islands:</b>
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1 (on Saipan and one station planned for Rota; in addition, two cable services on Saipan provide varied programming from satellite networks) (1997)
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<p><b>Norway:</b>
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209 (1997)
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<p><b>Oman:</b>
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<br>
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13 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1999)
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<p><b>Pakistan:</b>
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<br>
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22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Palau:</b>
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<br>
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1 (1997)
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<p><b>Panama:</b>
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<br>
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9 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Papua New Guinea:</b>
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<br>
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3 (1997)
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<p><b>Paraguay:</b>
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<br>
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10 (1997)
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<p><b>Peru:</b>
|
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<br>
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13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Philippines:</b>
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<br>
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31 (1997)
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<p><b>Pitcairn Islands:</b>
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<br>
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0 (1997)
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<p><b>Poland:</b>
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<br>
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150 (1997)
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<p><b>Portugal:</b>
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<br>
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36 (plus 62 repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Puerto Rico:</b>
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<br>
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18 (plus three stations of the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service) (1997)
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<p><b>Qatar:</b>
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<br>
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2 (plus three repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Reunion:</b>
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<br>
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22 (plus 18 low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Romania:</b>
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<br>
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130 (plus about 400 low-power repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Russia:</b>
|
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<br>
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7,349 (1996)
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<p><b>Rwanda:</b>
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<br>
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2 (1997)
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<p><b>Saint Helena:</b>
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<br>
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0 (1997)
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<p><b>Saint Kitts and Nevis:</b>
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<br>
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1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Saint Lucia:</b>
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<br>
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3 (of which two are commercial stations and one is a community antenna television or CATV channel) (1997)
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<p><b>Saint Pierre and Miquelon:</b>
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<br>
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0 (there are, however, two repeaters which rebroadcast programs from France, Canada, and the US) (1997)
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<p><b>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:</b>
|
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<br>
|
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1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)
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<p><b>Samoa:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
6 (1997)
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<p><b>San Marino:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
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1 (San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from Italy) (1997)
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<p><b>Sao Tome and Principe:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
2 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Saudi Arabia:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
117 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Senegal:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
1 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Serbia and Montenegro:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
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)
|
|
<p><b>Seychelles:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
2 (plus 9 repeaters) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Sierra Leone:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
2 (1999)
|
|
<p><b>Singapore:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
4 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Slovakia:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
41 (1998)
|
|
<p><b>Slovenia:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
23 (plus about 400 low-power repeaters) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Solomon Islands:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
0 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Somalia:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
1 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>South Africa:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
0 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Spain:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
228 (plus 2,112 repeaters); note - these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 89 repeaters in the Canary Islands (September 1995)
|
|
<p><b>Sri Lanka:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
21 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Sudan:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
3 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Suriname:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
3 (plus seven repeaters) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Svalbard:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
NA
|
|
<p><b>Swaziland:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
2 (plus seven repeaters) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Sweden:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
163 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Switzerland:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
108 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Syria:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
54 (of which 36 are low-power and repeater stations) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Tajikistan:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
0 (there are, however, repeaters that relay programs from Russia, Iran, and Turkey) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Tanzania:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
3 (1999)
|
|
<p><b>Thailand:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
5 (all in Bangkok; plus 131 repeaters) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Togo:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
3 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Tokelau:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
NA
|
|
<p><b>Tonga:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
1 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Trinidad and Tobago:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
4 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Tunisia:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
19 (plus some low power stations) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Turkey:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
69 (plus 476 low-power repeaters) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Turkmenistan:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
3 (much programming relayed from Russia and Turkey) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Turks and Caicos Islands:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
0 (broadcasts from The Bahamas are received; cable television is established) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Tuvalu:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
0 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Uganda:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
8 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999)
|
|
<p><b>Ukraine:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
at least 33 (plus 21 repeater stations that relay broadcasts from Russia) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>United Arab Emirates:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
15 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>United Kingdom:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
78 (plus 869 repeaters) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>United States:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
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)
|
|
<p><b>Uruguay:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
26 (plus ten low-power repeaters for the Montevideo station) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Uzbekistan:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
4 (plus two repeater stations that relay Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tadzhik programs) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Vanuatu:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
1 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Venezuela:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Vietnam:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
at least 7 (plus 13 repeaters) (1998)
|
|
<p><b>Virgin Islands:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
2 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Wake Island:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
0 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Wallis and Futuna:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
2 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>West Bank:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
NA
|
|
<p><b>Western Sahara:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
NA
|
|
<p><b>World:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
NA
|
|
<p><b>Yemen:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
7 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Zambia:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
|
9 (1997)
|
|
<p><b>Zimbabwe:</b>
|
|
<br>
|
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16 (1997)
|
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<p><b>Taiwan:</b>
|
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<br>
|
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29 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
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