Lists of television channels - Definition and Overview

The lists of television channels are grouped by name, country or language:

For an alphabetical list see Television station.

Lists of television stations by country or continent

• List of Burmese television channels
• List of television stations in Europe
• List of African television stations
• List of Eastern Asia television stations (excl. South Pacific)
• List of North American television stations
• Oceania-South Pacific television stations
• List of South American television stations
• List of Western and Central Asian television stations
• List of Indian television stations
• List of Malaysian television stations

Lists of television channels by English-speaking areas

• List of Australian television channels
• List of British television channels
• List of Canadian television channels
• List of the Caribbean television channels
• List of Irish television channels
• List of Namibian television channels
• List of New Zealand television channels
• List of South African television channels
• List of United States television networks

Lists of television channels by language

• List of Arabic language television channels in Africa
• List of Arabic language television channels in the Middle East
• List of Belorussian language television channels
• List of Berber language television chennels
• List of Bulgarian language channels
• List of Catalan language television channels
• List of Celtic languages television channels
• List of Chinese language television channels
• List of Croatian language television channels
• List of Czech language television channels
• List of Danish television channels
• List of Dutch television channels
• List of English language television channels in India
• List of Estonian television channels
• List of Finnish television channels
• List of French language television channels
• List of German language television channels
• List of Greek language television channels
• List of Gujarati language television channels
• List of Hindi language television channels
• List of Hungarian television channels
• List of Icelandic television channels
• List of Indonesian language television channels
• List of Israeli television channels
• List of Italian language television channels
• List of Japanese language television channels
• List of Kazakh language television channels
• List of Korean language television channels
• List of Latvian television channels
• List of Lithuanian language television channels
• List of Marathi language television channels
• List of Mongolian language television channels
• List of Norwegian television channels
• List of Persian language television channels
• List of Polish language television channels
• List of Portuguese language television channels, includes Brazil and the Americas.
• List of Punjabi language television channels
• List of Romanian language television channels
• List of Russian language television channels
• List of Serbian language television channels
• List of Slovak language television channels
• List of Slovene language television channels
• List of Spanish language television channels
• List of Swedish television channels
• List of Thai language television channels
• List of Turkish television channels
• List of Ukrainian language television channels
• List of Vietnamese language television channels

Television channels with worldwide distribution

• 4Kids TV (formerly Fox Box), family/children (Saturday Mornings)
• ABC (American Broadcasting Company) - based in USA, but also broadcasts into Canada and Mexico, and parts of the Caribbean. It operates the Freeview channel abc1 in the United Kingdom.
• ANT1 - Greek language, broadcasts into Macedonia, Albania, parts of Italy, and Turkey, broadcasts worldwide (mostly).
• ABC Asia Pacific (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - based in Australia, broadcasting to the neighbouring region.
• AFN American Forces Network, broadcasts worldwide via satellite, only available to US Forces and their families, but is available in South Korea.
• Al-Jazeera - based in Qatar, Arabic language
• BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, operating BBC World news and information service, and BBC Prime general entertainment and lifestyle services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America BBC America, BBC Canada and BBC Kids.)
• BFBS - British Forces Broadcasting Service, operating BFBS Television in Germany, Cyprus, former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Falkland Islands, Belize- only available to HM Forces and their families, except in Falkland Islands.
• Cartoon Network Cartoons
• CBC - based in Canada, but also broadcast into part of USA, Bermuda and probably Greenland.
• CBS - based in USA, but also broadcasts into Canada, Mexico, and parts of the Caribbean.
• CCTV - Chinese language
• CNN - several channels devoted to news broadcasting
• Discovery Channel - several channels devoted to science, technology, health, history, etc.
• Deutsche Welle, DW, (pronounced deh-veh) - based in Germany, also in English and Spanish
• Disney Channel family channel, available worldwide
• ERT Sat, Greek language/Greek state broadcaster
• ESPN, ESPN2 - Sports channel, based in USA
• Euronews - news television, mainly broadcasted in Europe
• Eurosport- Sports channel, the sports eqivalent of Euronews
• Fox Box, see "4Kids TV"
• Fox Kids, see "JETIX"
• FOX Sports Net - several regional channels (incl. Fox Soccer Channel) devoted to sports broadcasting.
• FOX, based in USA but also broadcasts into Canada, Mexico and parts of the Caribbean. It also has a worldwide distribution.
• FOX News - 24-hour news channel
• TV Globo - Brazilian broadcaster, worldwide distribution
• Israeli TV, diffusion of Ch. 3 IL, Ch. 7 IL, and Ch. 10 IL, Mainly Hebrew language
• JETIX (originally Fox Kids)
• Kids WB (family/children)
• Mega Channel, Greek Language
• MTV - based in USA but with regionalized versions around the world (MTV2).
• NBC - based in USA but also broadcasts into Canada, Mexico, and parts of the Caribbean. It may broadcast into Oceania It also offers a business channel called CNBC
• NHK - Japanese Language
• Nickelodeon based in the USA
• PAX - based in USA but also broadcasts into Canada, Mexico, and parts of the Caribbean. It also has a worldwide distribution.
• RAI - Italian state broadcaster
• RTP - Portuguese state broadcaster, worldwide distribution
• SBN - The Saigon Broadcasting Network is a US-based 24/7 Vietnamese cable network, also known as SBTN.
• SIC - Portuguese commercial broadcaster
• SRC - French language, based in Canada.
• TVB - Based in Hong Kong but can be viewed in Canada, Singapore, UK, US, and Australia via satellite.
• Televisa - Mexican broadcaster, worldwide distribution
• TVE Internacional - Spanish state broadcaster, worldwide distribution
• TV5 - French language, worldwide distribution
• TVRi - Romanian state broadcaster, worldwide distribution
• UK.TV - 'Best of British' entertainment channel in Australia and New Zealand, carrying BBC, Thames Television and ITV programming
• UPN - based in USA but also broadcasts into Canada, Mexico, and parts of the Caribbean. It also has a worldwide distribution.
• WB - based in USA but also broadcast into Canada, Mexico, and parts of the Caribbean. It also has a worldwide distribution.
• Zee TV - Indian based channel broadcasting in Hindi and Urdu, available in Europe, much of the Americas, Africa and Asia Pacific markets.

See also

• List of fictional television stations

External link

• [1] (http://home.earthlink.net/~w9wi/tvdb/index.htm) Directory of North American stations (by channel number)