eceived from various US satellite networks and
two Venezuelan channels) (2004)

New Caledonia
6 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1997)

New Zealand
41 (plus 52 medium-power repeaters and over 650
low-power repeaters) (1997)

Nicaragua
3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)

Niger
3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (2002)

Nigeria
3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations
and 15 repeater stations) (2002)

Niue
1 (1997)

Norfolk Island
1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that
bring in Australian programs by satellite) (1998)

Northern Mariana Islands
1 (on Saipan and one station planned for
Rota; in addition, two cable services on Saipan provide varied
programming from satellite networks) (1997)

Norway
360 (plus 2,729 repeaters) (1995)

Oman
13 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1999)

Pakistan
22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)

Palau
1 (cable) (2005)

Panama
38 (including repeaters) (1998)

Papua New Guinea
3 (all in the Port Moresby area)
note: additional stations at Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Lae, and Rabaul are
planned (2004)

Paraguay
5 (2003)

Peru
13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)

Philippines
225; note - 1373 CATV networks (2004)

Pitcairn Islands
0 (1997)

Poland
179 (plus 256 repeaters) (September 1995)

Portugal
62 (plus 166 repeaters)
note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands (1995)

Puerto Rico
6 (19 relay stations) (2004)

Qatar
1 (plus three repeaters) (2001)

Reunion
35 (plus 18 low-power repeaters) (2001)

Romania
48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995)

Russia
7,306 (1998)

Rwanda
NA

Saint Helena
0
note: television programs are received in Saint Helena via satellite
and distributed by cable (2002)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
1 (plus three repeaters) (2004)

Saint Lucia
2 (of which one is a commercial broadcast station and
one is a community antenna television or CATV channel) (2004)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0 (there are, however, two repeaters which
rebroadcast programs from France, Canada, and the US) (1997)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 (plus three repeaters) (2004)

Samoa
2 (2002)

San Marino
1 (San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from
Italy) (1997)

Sao Tome and Principe
2 (2002)

Saudi Arabia
117 (1997)

Senegal
1 (1997)

Serbia and Montenegro
more than 771 (including 86 strong station