List of television articles by country
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- Television in AfghanistanTelevision in AfghanistanTelevision in Afghanistan was first introduced in 1974, when a new organization called Radio Television Afghanistan founded two channels: RTA and Afghanistan National Television...
- Television in Albania
- Television in Algeria
- Television in Andorra
- Television in AngolaTelevision in AngolaTelevision in Angola was introduced in 1973.The following is a list of television channels broadcast in Angola.- Main channels :- Other channels :...
- Television in Antigua and Barbuda
- Television in Argentina
- Television in Armenia
- Television in Australia
- Television in AustriaTelevision in AustriaTelevision in Austria was introduced in 1956. The country currently uses the PAL colour system, and plans to convert terrestrial transmissions in digital by 2013 in line with EU policy.- List of channels :Public*ORF1*ORF1 HD*ORF2*ORF 2 HD*ORF 3...
- Television in AzerbaijanTelevision in AzerbaijanTelevision in Azerbaijan was introduced in 1956, when Azerbaijan was still known as the Azerbaijani SSR.- List of channels :This is a list of television channels that broadcast in Azerbaijan.- State-owned :PublicPrivate...
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- Television in Bahamas
- Television in Bahrain
- Television in Bangladesh
- Television in Barbados
- Television in BelarusTelevision in Belarus- Television channels :-See also:*Eastern Bloc information dissemination...
- Television in BelgiumTelevision in BelgiumTelevision in Belgium was introduced in 1953.-History:The three Belgian Communities - Dutch, French and German-speaking - have legal responsibility for audiovisual communication...
- Television in Belize
- Television in Benin
- Television in Bermuda
- Television in Bhutan
- Television in Bolivia
- Television in Bosnia and HerzegovinaTelevision in Bosnia and HerzegovinaTelevision in Bosnia and Herzegovina was first introduced in 1956.-Private Frequency:*Hayat*ATV*OBN*Pink BH*BN*NTV 101*RTVUSK*Kanal 3*Bel*Simić TV*TV1*OTV Valentino*Vikom*TV Zenica*TV Sarajevo*TV Istocno Sarajevo*Slon Extra*TV Hema...
- Television in Botswana
- Television in BrazilTelevision in BrazilTelevision in Brazil was introduced on September 18, 1950, with the launch of the now-defunct TV Tupi by media mogul Assis Chateaubriand. Since then, it has grown significantly, becoming one of largest and most productive commercial television systems in the world...
- Television in Brunei
- Television in Bulgaria
- Television in Burkina Faso
- Television in Burma
- Television in BurundiTelevision in BurundiTelevision in Burundi was introduced in 1984.The following is a list of television channels broadcast in Burundi.- Main channels :-See also:* Lists of television channels...
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- Television in Cambodia
- Television in Cameroon
- Television in CanadaTelevision in CanadaTelevision in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...
- Television in Cape Verde
- Television in the Central African Republic
- Television in Chad
- Television in Chile
- Television in the People's Republic of China
- Television in the Republic of China
- Television in ColombiaTelevision in ColombiaTelevision in Colombia or Colombian television is a media of Colombia. It is characterized for broadcasting telenovelas, series, game shows and TV news. Until 1998 it was a state monopoly...
- Television in Comoros
- Television in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Television in the Republic of the Congo
- Television in Costa Rica
- Television in Côte d'Ivoire
- Television in CroatiaTelevision in CroatiaTelevision in Croatia was first introduced in 1956.- Main channels :- Terrestrial :Source: Croatian Post and Electronic Telecommunications Agency,Odašiljači i veze d.o.o.* Dubrovačka televizija - from Dubrovnik, broadcast for the city...
- Television in Cuba
- Television in CyprusTelevision in CyprusTelevision in Cyprus was introduced in 1956. Private TV was introduced on the 26th of April, 1992, by LOGOS TV which started its transmissions in STEREO and TELETEXT from day one. The first private TV station of Cyprus was owned and operated by the Church of Cyprus. In August, 1995, the same...
- Television in the Czech RepublicTelevision in the Czech RepublicTelevision was introduced in Czechoslovakia in 1953.Experimental projects with DVB-T started in 2000. Finally on 21 October 2005, multiplex A was launched with 3 channels of Česká televize and one of TV Nova and radio channels of Český rozhlas....
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- Television in DenmarkTelevision in DenmarkTelevision in Denmark was established in the 1950s and was run by a monopoly with only one channel available until the 1980s.-History:The first television broadcasts in Denmark started on 2 October 1951. These were carried out by the national radio broadcaster Statsradiofonien and consisted of a...
- Television in Djibouti
- Television in Dominica
- Television in the Dominican Republic
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- Television in East Timor
- Television in EcuadorTelevision in EcuadorTelevision in Ecuador is most important among the country's mass media. Television programming is dominated by telenovelas, series, and news programming. Private and government-run channels coexist at the national, regional, and local levels. Cable channels are also beginning to appear, most of...
- Television in EgyptEgyptian televisionThe Egyptian Television Network is a television service run by the Egyptian Radio and Television Union. It commenced programming in 1960. Today it has more than three national channels, and several broadcast channels on satellite.- History :...
- Television in El Salvador
- Television in England (see Television in the United Kingdom)
- Television in Equatorial Guinea
- Television in Eritrea
- Television in Estonia
- Television in Ethiopia
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- Television in Fiji
- Television in Finland
- Television in FranceTelevision in FranceTelevision in France was introduced in 1931, making the country one of the first countries in the world to broadcast television programmes.- Terrestrial :...
- Television in the Faroe Islands
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- Television in Gabon
- Television in The Gambia
- Television in Georgia
- Television in Germany
- Television in Ghana
- Television in Greece
- Television in Grenada
- Television in Guatemala
- Television in Guinea
- Television in Guinea-Bissau
- Television in Guyana
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- Television in Haiti
- Television in Honduras
- Television in Hong Kong
- Television in Hungary
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- Television in IcelandTelevision in IcelandTelevision in Iceland began in September 1966. Channels can be received via analogue, or using broadband with the Skjárinn service from Síminn or Digital Ísland from Vodafone.- Present channels :...
- Television in IndiaTelevision in IndiaTelevision is one of the major mass media of India and is a huge industry and has thousands of programmes in all the states of India. The small screen has produced numerous celebrities of their own kind some even attaining national fame. TV soaps are extremely popular with housewives as well as...
- Television in IndonesiaTelevision in IndonesiaTelevision in Indonesia began on August 24, 1962 in Jakarta with the state-run station, TVRI, which began broadcasting on the seventeenth anniversary of Indonesian Independence...
- Television in Iran
- Television in Iraq
- Television in IrelandTelevision in IrelandDigital terrestrial television within the Republic of Ireland, known as Saorview, was launched on 27 May 2011. This service will effectively replace the current analogue terrestrial television system, which uses System I with 625 lines and the PAL colour standard, with NICAM digital stereo sound...
- Television in Israel
- Television in ItalyTelevision in ItalyTelevision in Italy was introduced in 1939, when the first experimental broadcasting began. However, this lasted for a very short time: when fascist Italy entered World War II in 1940 all the transmission were interrupted, and were resumed in earnest only nine years after the end of the conflict,...
- Television in Ivory Coast (see Television in Côte d'Ivoire)
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- Television in Jamaica
- Television in JapanTelevision in JapanTelevision broadcasting in Japan started in 1939, making the country one of the first in the world with an experimental television service. In spite of that, because of the beginning of World War II in the Pacific region, this first experimentation lasted only a few months...
- Television in Jordan
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- Television in Kazakhstan
- Television in Kenya
- Television in Khalistan
- Television in Kiribati
- Television in Korea (see Television in North Korea and Television in South Korea)
- Television in Kuwait
- Television in KyrgyzstanTelevision in KyrgyzstanTelevision in Kyrgyzstan was introduced in 1958, when Kyrgyzstan was still known as the Kirghiz SSR. KTR launched that year and broadcasted in Russian language.- List of channels :This is a list of television channels that broadcast in Kyrgyzstan....
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- Television in Laos
- Television in Latvia
- Television in LebanonTelevision in LebanonTelevision in Lebanon arose as a private initiative and not a state-institution. Lebanon, along with Iraq, was the first country in the Arab world to have indigenous television broadcasting...
- Television in Lesotho
- Television in Liberia
- Television in Libya
- Television in Liechtenstein
- Television in Lithuania
- Television in Luxembourg
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- Television in the Republic of MacedoniaTelevision in the Republic of MacedoniaTelevision in Republic of Macedonia was first introduced in 1964.- DVB-T :Digital Television began in Skopje in November, 2009. The platform was launched by ONE and is called 'BoomTV'. MPEG-2 is used for broadcasting standard definition channels and MPEG-4 is used for broadcasting high definition...
- Television in the Isle of ManTelevision in the Isle of ManThe Isle of Man is covered by the BBC North West region and the ITV franchise Granada Television. Unlike the Crown dependencies in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man does not have its own BBC Local Radio station, nor is there an Island-specific opt-out of the BBC Regional News programmes, in the...
- Television in Madagascar
- Television in Malawi
- Television in Malaysia
- Television in the Maldives
- Television in MaliTelevision in MaliTelevision in Mali was introduced in 1983.The following is a list of television channels broadcast in Mali.- Main channels :...
- Television in MaltaTelevision in MaltaTelevision in Malta was first introduced in 1962. The first person to sell televisions in Malta was The Most Noble Count Consiglio D'Amato.There are 5 major nationwide television channels in Malta: TVM, One Television, NET Television, Smash Television and Favourite Channel - currently transmitted...
- Television in the Marshall Islands
- Television in Mauritania
- Television in Mauritius
- Television in Mexico
- Television in the Federated States of Micronesia
- Television in MoldovaTelevision in MoldovaTelevision in Moldova was introduced in 1956.The following is a list of television channels broadcast in Moldova.- Private :* Sony Entertainment Television, a private, newly-opened television channel which rebroadcasts the Russian version of Sony Entertainment Television with Romanian-language...
- Television in Monaco
- Television in Mongolia
- Television in Montenegro
- Television in Morocco
- Television in Mozambique
- Television in Myanmar (see Television in Burma)
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- Television in Namibia
- Television in Nauru
- Television in Nepal
- Television in the Netherlands
- Television in New Zealand
- Television in Nicaragua
- Television in Niger
- Television in Nigeria
- Television in Niue
- Television in North Korea
- Television in NorwayTelevision in NorwayTelevision in Norway was introduced in 1954. Nowadays, 40% of the population have cable TV, and 30% have satellite TV. Another 30% have terrestrial television only.- Analogue terrestrial television :...
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- Television in Pakistan
- Television in Palau
- Television in Panama
- Television in Papua New Guinea
- Television in Paraguay
- Television in PeruTelevision in PeruTelevision in Peru has a history of more than fifty years. There are currently 105 television broadcasters in Peru, 22 of which are in Lima. In regard to television receivers, in 1997 there were 3,060,000 — that is 112 televisions for every thousand inhabitants...
- Television in the PhilippinesTelevision in the PhilippinesTelevision in the Philippines was introduced in 1953. But even before that, a number of academic experiments had been done and replicated by Filipino engineering students.-Origins:...
- Television in PolandTelevision in PolandTelevision in Poland was introduced in 1937. It was state owned, and was interrupted by the Second World War in 1939. Television returned to Poland in 1951 and for several decades was controlled by the communist government. Colour television was introduced in Poland in 1971...
- Television in PortugalTelevision in PortugalTelevision in Portugal was introduced in 1956 by Radiotelevisão Portuguesa , which held the nation-wide television monopoly until late 1992. Regular broadcasting was introduced on March 7, 1957...
- Television in Puerto Rico
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- Television in RomaniaTelevision in RomaniaTelevision in Romania was introduced on August 1955. State television started to broadcast in 1956, on December, 31st.Accorting to an article on the Romanian newspaper Adevărul, the top TV broadcasters were : Pro TV , TVR1 , Antena 1 , OTV , Acasă TV , Prima TV...
- Television in RussiaTelevision in RussiaTelevision in Russia was introduced in 1931, when Russia was still known as the Russian SFSR.- History :Between 1941 and 1945 all television broadcasts in the nation were interrupted because of Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union...
- Television in Rwanda
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- Television in Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Television in Saint Lucia
- Television in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Television in Samoa
- Television in San Marino
- Television in São Tomé and Príncipe
- Television in Saudi Arabia
- Television in Scotland (see Television in the United Kingdom)
- Television in SenegalTelevision in SenegalTelevision in Senegal was introduced in 1965.The following is a list of television channels broadcast in Senegal.- Main channels :...
- Television in Serbia
- Television in Seychelles
- Television in Sierra Leone
- Television in Sikkim
- Television in Singapore
- Television in Slovakia
- Television in Slovenia
- Television in Solomon Islands
- Television in Somalia
- Television in South AfricaTelevision in South AfricaTelevision in South Africa was first introduced in 1976. Despite being the most economically advanced country in Africa, South Africa was relatively late in introducing television broadcasting to its population.- Opposition to introduction :...
- Television in South Korea
- Television in SpainTelevision in SpainTelevision in Spain was launched in 1956, when TVE started its regular broadcasts. Prior to 1982, public television monopolised the Spanish television, but the first private television was not launched until 1990. In 1974, colour transmission started with tests in 1972. Full-time colour broadcasts...
- Television in Sri Lanka
- Television in Sudan
- Television in Suriname
- Television in Swaziland
- Television in SwedenTelevision in SwedenTelevision in Sweden began in Sweden in the early 1950s with the first test transmissions, prior to the opening of the first station, Radiotjänst, two years later. A second channel was launched in 1969...
- Television in SwitzerlandTelevision in SwitzerlandTelevision in Switzerland was introduced in 1950. People who live in Switzerland and receive television services are required by law to pay a television licence fee, which is used to finance the public radio and television service SRG SSR idée suisse...
- Television in Syria
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- Television in Taiwan (see Television in Republic of China)
- Television in Tajikistan
- Television in Tanzania
- Television in Tatarstan
- Television in ThailandTelevision in ThailandTelevision is by far the most popular medium in Thailand. More than 80% of Thais are estimated to rely on television as their primary source of news....
- Television in Togo
- Television in Tonga
- Television in Trinidad and Tobago
- Television in Tunisia
- Television in Turkey
- Television in Turkmenistan
- Television in Tuvalu
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- Television in Uganda
- Television in Ukraine
- Television in the United Arab Emirates
- Television in the United Kingdom
- Television in the United StatesTelevision in the United StatesTelevision is one of the major mass media of the United States. Ninety-nine percent of American households have at least one television and the majority of households have more than one...
- Television in Uruguay
- Television in Uzbekistan
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- Television in Vanuatu
- Television in VenezuelaTelevision in VenezuelaTelevision networks in Venezuela can be divided into three categories:* National broadcasting networks, such as Vendevision* Regional broadcasting networks, such as Televisora Regional del Táchira* Community broadcasting networks, such as Catia TVe...
- Television in Vietnam
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- Television in Wales (see Television in the United Kingdom)
- Television in Western Sahara
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- Television in Zaire
- Television in Zambia
- Television in Zimbabwe