Media > Television > List of TV stations: Countries Compared

National Television Afghanistan - run by state broadcaster (NRTA), via terrestrial relays and satellite

Albanian Radio and TV (RTSh) - public, operates two networks

Enterprise Nationale de Television (ENTV) - state-run

TVA - public, operated by Radio i Televisio d'Andorra

Televisao Popular de Angola (TPA) - state-run, operates national Canal 1, and Canal 2 in Luanda

ABS Television - run by Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service (ABS)

Telefe (Canal11) - leading national network, operated by Grupo Telefe

Public TV of Armenia - national, state-run

ABC - national, public

ORF - public broadcaster, operates national channels ORF 1, ORF 2

AzTV - state-run, operates three networks

Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC) - state-run; operates five terrestrial TV networks

Bangladesh Television (BTV) - government-run

Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) - government-owned, operates CBC TV

Belarussian TV - state-run, operates the First National Channel, entertainment network Lad (Harmony), satellite station Belarus-TV

RTBF - French-language public broadcaster

Channel 5 - commercial

Television Nationale - operated by state-run Office de Radiodiffusion et de Television du Benin (ORTB)

Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) - state-owned

Unitel (Canal 9) - private, Santa Cruz

Botswana TV - state-run

TV Band - commercial network operated by Grupo Bandeirantes

Radio Television Brunei - state-controlled, broadcasts in Malay and English

BNT (Bulgarian National Television) - public, operates Kanal 1 and satellite channel TV Bulgaria

Television Nationale du Burkina - state-run

Myanmar Radio and TV (MRTV) - broadcasts in Bamar, Arakanese (Rakhine), Shan, Karen, Kachin, Kayah, Chin, Mon and English

Television Nationale du Burundi - government-controlled, in Kirundi, Swahili, French and English

National Television of Cambodia (TVK) - state broadcaster

Cameroon Radio Television - state-run

CBC - public, operates English-language national network and cable news channel CBC Newsworld

TCV - state-run, operated by Radiotelevisao Caboverdiana

Tele-Tchad - state-owned

National Television of Chile - state-owned but not under direct government control

Chinese Central TV (CCTV) - state-run national broadcaster, networks include English-language CCTV News

Senal Colombia - state-run

Television Nationale Comorienne (TNC) - national, state-owned, operated by Office de la Radio et de la Television des Comores (ORTC)

Cook Islands Television (CITV) - private

Teletica (channel 7) - private

Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne (RTI) - state-run, operates La Premiere and TV2

Croatian TV - public, operates national networks

Cubavision - state-run

Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) - public, operates CyBC1, CyBC2 and a satellite network

Czech TV - public, operates mainstream CT1 and cultural channel CT2

Radio-Television Nationale Congolaise (RTNC) - state-run terrestrial and satellite TV with near-national coverage

DR TV - public, operates DR1 and DR2

Djibouti Television - operated by RTD

Marpin Telecom and Broadcasting - cable TV provider

Televisao de Timor-Leste (TVTL) - public

TC Television - private

Egypt Radio Television Union (ERTU) - state-run, operates domestic and satellite networks, including Nile News, Nile TV International and Nile TV thematic channels

Teledos (Canal 2) - private

Television Nacional - state-run

Eri TV - state-run

Eesti Televisioon - public, English-language pages

Ethiopian Television (ETV) - state-owned

KPON TV - Pohnpei, commercial

Fiji TV - operates national free-to-air Fiji 1 and pay-TV service Sky Fiji

Yleisradio Oy (YLE) - public, web pages in English

France 2 - national, main public TV network

Polynesie 1 - public, operated by France's Reseau Outre-Mer, provides two channels

Radiodiffusion-Television Gabonaise - state-run, operates two channels

Gambia Television (GRTS TV) - state-run, single-channel national service

Georgian Public TV - operates two networks

ARD - organisation of regional public broadcasters; operates Das Erste, the main national public TV channel

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) - state-run, operates Ghana TV (GTV) and digital networks, including news channel GBC 24

Public TV (DT) - temporary replacement for state broadcaster ERT, which was shut down in June 2013

GBN TV GBN TV - operated by Grenada Broadcasting Network

KUAM - commercial

Canal 3 - commercial

Radiodiffusion-Television Guineenne (RTG) - state-run

Radio Televisao de Guinea-Bissau (RTGB) - state-run

National Communications Network (NCN) TV (Channel 11) - state-owned

Tele Caraibes - private

Televicentro - operates Telesistema Hondureno, Canal 5 El Lider and Telecadena 7 y 4 networks

Radio-TV Hong Kong (RTHK) - government-funded

Magyar Televizio (MTV) - public, operates two channels

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service - operates public network Sjonvarpid

Doordarshan - public TV; operates national, regional, local and satellite services

Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) - public, operates two networks

IRIB - state-run, operates provincial, national and international services

Al-Iraqiya - state-run

RTE - public, operates RTE 1, RTE 2, RTE News Now, RTE Jnr, TRTE

Israel Broadcasting Authority - public TV, operates Channel 1

Rai - public, stations include Rai Uno, Rai Due, Rai Tre, rolling news channel Rai News 24 and cable/satellite services

Television Jamaica Limited (TVJ) - formerly Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, privatised in 1997

NHK - public, operates the General TV, Educational TV channels. NHK also runs HD satellite channels BS1 and BS Premium. NHK World is the organisation's international English-language channel.

Jordan Radio and Television - state-run, operates main network Channel One, sports network Channel Two, film network Channel Three and Jordan Satellite Channel

Kazakh TV (first channel) - state-owned, in Kazakh and Russian

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) - state-owned

Kuwaiti TV - state-run, operates four networks and satellite channel

Kyrgyz National TV and Radio Broadcasting Corporation - state-run, two networks

Lao National TV - state-run

Latvian Television (LTV) - public, operates LTV1 and LTV7

Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) - commercial, market leader and pan-regional broadcaster; channels comprise LBC Sat, LBC Europe, LBC Sat America, LBC Sat Australia and LBC Nagham

Lesotho Television - national, state-run

Clar TV - private

Libya TV - aka Libya al-Ahrar; pro-NTC, Qatar-based satellite station, launched in April 2011

Lithuanian Radio and TV (LRT) - public, operates LTV, cultural station LTV2, satellite-delivered LTV World

RTL Tele Letzebuerg - RTL's domestic network

Teledifusao Macau - operates Chinese and Portuguese-language networks

Television Malagasy (TVM) - state-owned

Television Malawi (TVM) - state-run

Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) - state-run, operates TV1, TV2

Office de la Radiodiffusion Television du Mali (ORTM) - public, operates ORTM TV and TM2, programmes in French and local languages

Television Malta (TVM) - public

MBC TV - state-run

Television de Mauritanie (TVM) - state-run, operates MTV and MTV 2 Plus, programmes in Arabic and French

MBC - state-run, operates three main channels and digital networks

Televisa - Mexico's TV giant, operates four networks and has many local affiliates

Moldova One - public, operated by Teleradio-Moldova. A variant, TV Moldova International, is available via satellite

TV Monte-Carlo (TMC)

Mongolian National Broadcaster (MNB) - national, public broadcaster

TV Montenegro - state-funded, operates two networks and a satellite channel

Radio-Television Marocaine (RTM) - operates state-run Television Marocaine (TVM)

Televisao de Mozambique (TVM) - state-run

Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) - national state broadcaster

Nauru Television (NTV) - government-owned

Nepal Television Corporation (NTV) - state-run, operates NTV and NTV Metro channels

NOS - public broadcaster

Nouvelle Caledonie 1ere - public, operated by Reseau France Outre-Mer

Television New Zealand (TVNZ) - state-owned, operates TV One, entertainment-based TV 2, digital services TVNZ 6 and TVNZ 7

Nicavision Canal 12 - commercial

Tele-Sahel - state-run

Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) - state-run, operates scores of national and regional stations; national services broadcast in English

Television Niue - operated by Niue Broadcasting Corporation

Korean Central Broadcasting Station - radio station of Korean Workers' Party

NRK - public broadcaster, operates NRK-1, NRK-2, NRK-3 and NRK Super

Oman TV - state-run

Pakistan Television Corporation Ltd - state TV, operates PTV Home, regional network PTV National, Baluchi-language PTV Bolan, PTV News

There are no terrestrial over-the-air TV stations based in Palau, but most households have cable TV, which carries US and international channels.

Telemetro - commercial

EMTV - commercial

RED Guarani (Canal 2) - private

TV Peru - state-owned

ABS-CBN - commercial

Telewizja Polska (TVP) - public, operates two national networks, regional services and international satellite channel TV Polonia

RTP - public, operates RTP1, RTP2 and external services RTP Africa, RTP Internacional

Telemundo (channel 2) - commercial

Al-Jazeera - influential pan-Arab satellite broadcaster, financed by the Qatar government

MTV - state-owned, operates three national networks and satellite network

TVR - state-owned

Russia One - national network, run by state-owned Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK)

Television Rwandaise - state-owned

ZIZ Television ZIZ Television - commercial, government-owned

Helen Television Systems (HTS) - private

SBC TV - government-run, commercial

Televisao Saotomense (TVS) - state-run national broadcaster

Saudi TV - state-run, operates four networks, including news network Al-Ikhbariya

Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise (RTS) - state-run, operates RTS1 and RTS2

Radio-Television Serbia (RTS) - government-funded

SBC TV - state-run, operated by Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC)

Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) - terrestrial network with limited coverage

MediaCorp - operates entertainment-based Channel 5 and Channel 8, Malay channel Suria, Mandarin-language Channel U

Slovak TV - public, operates two national networks

RTV Slovenia - public broadcaster, operates two national TV channels and regional services

One Television

Somali National Television - state-run, from Mogadishu

SABC - state broadcaster, operates three national TV networks, two pay-TV channels

Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) - public, operates two networks; web pages in English

South Sudan TV - government-run

TVE - public, services include national networks La Primera and La 2, satellite-delivered TVE Internacional, rolling news channel 24 Horas

Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC)- state-owned, operates Rupavahini in Sinhala, Channel Eye in English and Nethra in Tamil

Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation (SNBC) - government-run, operates two channels, also available via satellite

ATV - government-owned, commercial

Swazi TV - operated by state-run Swaziland Television Authority

Sveriges Television (SVT) - public, operates terrestrial networks SVT 1 and SVT 2, news channel SVT24, European satellite channel SVT Europa

SF-DRS - German-language public broadcaster, operates three channels

Syrian TV - state-run, operates domestic and satellite networks

China Television Company (CTV) - commercial

Tajik TV - state-run; operates Tajik TV first channel, Safina youth channel, news channel Jahonnamo, children's network Bahoriston and regional channels

Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) - state-run

Thai TV3 - operated by the Mass Communications Organization of Thailand (MCOT), a government agency

ZNS TV - operated by government-owned, commercially-run Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB)

Television Togolaise (TVT) - state-run

Tonga Broadcasting Commission - state-owned, operates Television Tonga

CCN TV6 - private, owned by Caribbean Communications Network (CCN)

National Tunisian TV - state-run

Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) - state broadcaster, operates four national networks

Turkmen TV - state-owned, networks include main channel Altyn Asyr (Golden Age)

UBC TV - public, run by Uganda Broadcasting Corporation

National TV Company of Ukraine - state-run, operates UT1, UT2, UT3 networks

Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) - Dubai government-owned pan-Arab broadcaster, operates Dubai TV, Dubai One

BBC TV - operates BBC1, BBC2 and digital services including BBC News channel

ABC - major commercial network

Teledoce - Montevideo

National Television and Radio Company - state-run, operates four networks including youth TV Yoshlar

Television Blong Vanuatu - operated by state-owned Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (VBTC)

Venezolana de Television - state-run

VTV - Vietnam Television

Republic of Yemen Television - state-run, operates Channel One from Sanaa, Channel Two from Aden, youth network Saba TV and Islamic channel Al-Iman

Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) - single-channel state-run TV

Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) - state-run, operates ZTV1