List of international broadcasters

This list of international broadcasters lists those broadcasting services which broadcast programs for an external audience.

Radio

Africa

Country Name of Radio Service Website
 Algeria Radio Algérie
 Egypt ERTU Radio Cairo
 Equatorial Guinea Radio Africa Network
 Kenya KBC Voice of Kenya
 Libya LGBC Voice of Africa
 Morocco SNRT Chaîne Inter
 Morocco
 France
MEDI 1(Radio Méditerranée Internationale)
 Nigeria Voice of Nigeria
 South Africa Channel Africa
 Tunisia Radio Tunis Chaîne Internationale

Asia

Country Name of Radio Service Website
 Bangladesh Bangladesh Betar
 Burma Democratic Voice of Burma
 People's Republic of China China Radio International
 India All India Radio
 Indonesia Voice of Indonesia
 Iran IRIB World Service
 Israel Kol Yisrael
 Japan NHK Radio Japan
 Kuwait Radio Kuwait
 Maldives Voice of Maldives
 Malaysia Voice of Malaysia
 Mongolia Voice of Mongolia
   Nepal Radio Nepal
 North Korea Voice of Korea
 Pakistan Radio Pakistan
 Philippines Radyo Pilipinas
 Qatar Qatar Radio
 South Korea KBS World Radio
 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
 Sri Lanka Radio SEAC
 Syria Radio Damascus
 Thailand Radio Thailand World Service
 Taiwan Radio Taiwan International
 Vietnam Voice of Vietnam
Radio Free Asia

Europe

Country Name of Radio Service Website
 Albania Radio Tirana
 Armenia International Public Radio of Armenia
 Austria Ö1 International
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Radio International
 Belarus Radio Station Belarus
 Croatia Voice of Croatia
 France Radio France Internationale
 Germany Deutsche Welle
 Greece (Athens) Voice of Greece
 Greece (Thessaloniki) Radio Station of Macedonia
 Ireland RTÉ Radio 1 Extra
 Italy NEXUS International Broadcasting Association
 Italy European Gospel Radio
 Italy International Public Access Radio
 Luxembourg Radio Luxembourg
 Moldova Radio Moldova International
 Netherlands Radio Netherlands Worldwide
 Poland Polish Radio External Service
 Portugal RDP Internacional
 Romania Radio Romania International
 Russia Radio Sputnik
 Serbia Radio Serbia International
 Slovenia Radio Slovenia International
 Sweden Sveriges Radio International
  Switzerland World Radio Switzerland
 Transnistria PMR Radio
 Turkey Voice of Turkey
 Ukraine Radio Ukraine International
 United Kingdom BBC Radio World Service
  Vatican City Vatican Radio
 EU/ USA Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Americas

Country Name of Radio Service Website
 Argentina Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior
 Barbados CBC Radio Barbados
 Brazil Rádio Nacional
 Canada Radio Canada International
 Cuba Radio Havana Cuba
 Cuba Radio Reloj
 USA VOA Radio
 USA WWCR
 USA Radio 74

Australia & New Zealand

Country Name of Radio Service Website
 Australia Radio Australia
 New Zealand Radio New Zealand International

Television

Europe

Country of Origin Name of Television Service Free-to-air/encrypted Website
 Albania TVSH Sat Free-to-Air
 Albania TV Klan Bota Free-to-Air
 Belarus Belarus 24 Free-to-Air
 Belgium ( Wallonia) RTBF Sat Free-to-Air
 Bulgaria BNТ България
 Bulgaria TV7 Свят Free-to-Air
 Croatia HRT Hrvatske
Encrypted (24 hours free-to-air)
 Croatia Nova TV World Free-to-Air
 Cyprus CyBC World Free-to-Air
 Finland TV Finland(Yle TV Mondo) Encrypted (Free-to-air in Finnish-speaking areas of Sweden)
 France France 24 Free-to-Air
A France-based alliance of broadcasters of 5 countries 1 TV5MONDE Free-to-Air in Europe, Encrypted elsewhere
 France FashionTV
 France Mezzo TV Encrypted
 Germany DW-TV Free-to-Air
 Germany ProSiebenSat.1 Welt Free-to-Air
 Greece 4E TV Free-to-Air
 Greece Alpha TV Sat Free-to-Air
 Greece ANT1 Europe Free-to-Air
 Greece ANT1 Pacific Free-to-Air (in Australia)
 Greece ANT1 Satellite Free-to-Air (in North America)
 Greece and  Cyprus ERT World Free-to-Air (in Europe), Encrypted (in N.America)
 Greece Mega Cosmos Free-to-Air
 Greece Star Channel International Free-to-Air
 Hungary Duna World Free-to-Air
 Ireland RTE Ireland Encrypted
 Italy Rai Italia Free-to-Air in USA, Encrypted elsewhere
 Italy Telepace Free-to-Air
 Kosovo 2 RTK Sat Free-to-Air
 Lithuania LRT Lituanica Free-to-Air
 Luxembourg Luxe.tv Free-to-Air
 Macedonia MRT Sat Free-to-Air
 Montenegro RTCG Sat Free-to-Air
 The Netherlands and  Belgium ( Flanders) BVN Beste van Nederland en Vlaanderen Free-to-Air
 Norway NRK Norge Free-to-Air
 Poland TVP Polonia Free-to-Air/encrypted
 Poland Polsat International Free-to-Air
 Portugal RTP Internacional Free-to-Air
 Portugal RTP África Free-to-Air
 Portugal SIC Internacional Free-to-Air/encrypted
 Portugal SIC Notícias Free-to-Air/encrypted
 Portugal TVI Internacional
 Portugal TVI África
 Romania Antena Internaţional Free-to-Air
 Romania Pro TV International Free-to-Air
 Romania TVR International Free-to-Air
 Russia РТР-Планета Free-to-air and encrypted
 Russia NTV MIR Encrypted
 Russia RTVi Free-to-Air
 Russia RT Free-to-Air
 Russia Russia 24 Free-to-Air
 Russia CTC-International Free-to-Air
 Russia TVCi
 San Marino SMTV Sat Free-to-Air
 Serbia RTS Sat Free-to-Air
 Slovakia RTVS Všetko Encrypted
 Spain TVE Internacional Free-to-air in Europe; encrypted elsewhere
 Spain Antena 3 Internacional
 Sweden SVT World Encrypted
 Turkey TRT Türk Free-to-Air
 Turkey TRT World Free-to-Air
 Ukraine UTR Free-to-Air
 Ukraine Pershyi Ukraine Free-to-Air
 Ukraine 1+1 International Free-to-Air
 United Kingdom BBC World News Free-to-Air
 United Kingdom BBC Entertainment Free-to-Air
 United Kingdom BBC Lifestyle
 United Kingdom BBC Earth
 United Kingdom CBBC
 United Kingdom CBeebies
 United Kingdom Eurosport
 United Kingdom Eurosport News
 United Kingdom Ginx TV
 United Kingdom ITV Choice
 United Kingdom JimJam
 United Kingdom Motors TV encrypted
 United Kingdom Peace TV Free-to-Air
 United Kingdom Sky News International
  1. An alliance of France Télévisions & Arte in France, RTBF in Wallonia, Belgium, Radio-Canada, Télé-Québec and TVA in Canada, TSR in Switzerland & RFO in Overseas France
  2. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.

Americas

Country of Origin Name of Television Service Free-to-air/encrypted Website
 USA VOATV Free-to-Air 1
 USA CNN International
 USA 3ABN International Free-to-Air
 USA Daystar TV Free-to-Air
 USA EWTN Free-to-Air
 USA God's Learning Channel Free-to-Air
 USA Hope Channel International Free-to-Air
 USA LLBN Free-to-Air
 USA Outdoor Channel
 USA ShortsTV
 USA World Harvest Television Free-to-Air
An alliance of various Caribbean countries Caribbean Media Corporation Syndicated
 Argentina Telefe Internacional Free-to-Air
 Argentina El Trece Internacional Free-to-Air
 Brazil TV Brasil Free-to-Air
 Brazil RBTI
 Brazil TV Globo Internacional Free-to-Air
 Brazil Rede Record Internacional Free-to-Air
 Brazil Band Internacional Free-to-Air
 Canada Concert TV
 Chile TV Chile Free-to-Air
 Chile Chilevisión Free-to-Air
 Colombia Caracol TV Internacional Free-to-Air
 Cuba Cubavision International Free-to-Air
 Dominican Republic Telemicro Internacional Free-to-Air
 Ecuador Ecuador TV Free-to-Air
 Honduras MundoTV Canal 42 Free-to-Air
 Mexico Canal de las Estrellas Free-to-Air
 Mexico Milenio TV Free-to-Air
 Venezuela RCTV Internacional Free-to-Air
 Venezuela Venevision International Free-to-Air
alliance of 4Latin American countries 2 teleSUR Free-to-Air
  1. Under United States law (the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948), the Voice of America is forbidden to broadcast directly to American citizens.
  2. The countries are Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba, and Uruguay.

Middle East

Country of Origin Name of Television Service Free-to-air/encrypted Website
 Egypt Nile TV Free-to-Air
 Iran Jame Jam (1, 2 and 3) Free-to-Air
 Iraq Al Iraqiya Free-to-Air
 Israel Israeli Network Free-to-Air
 Israel GOD TV Free-to-Air
 Israel i24news Free-to-Air
 Lebanon LBCI Free-to-Air
 Qatar Al Jazeera English Free-to-Air
 Qatar Al Jazeera Free-to-Air
 Qatar Al Jazeera Balkans Free-to-Air
 Qatar JeemTV Free-to-Air
 Saudi Arabia Saudi T.V. Channel II Free-to-Air
 Saudi Arabia Al Arabiya Free-to-Air

Asia

Country of Origin Name of Television Service Free-to-air/encrypted Website
 Brunei RTB TV1 Free-to-Air
 Brunei RTB TV2 Free-to-Air
 Brunei RTB TV4 Free-to-Air
 Cambodia CTN International Free-to-Air
 China CCTV-4 Free-to-Air
 China CCTV News Free-to-Air
 China Anhui TV International Free-to-Air
 China Chongqing TV International Free-to-Air
 China Sichuan International TV Free-to-Air
 Hong Kong now TV International Free-to-Air
 Hong Kong TVBJ Free-to-air
 India DD India Free-to-Air
 India DD International Free-to-Air
 India News Live Encrypted
 India Times Now
 Indonesia MNC International Free-to-Air
 Iran Press TV Free-to-Air
 Iran Al-Alam News Network Free-to-Air
 Iran Sahar TV Free-to-Air
 Japan NHK World TV Free-to-Air
 Japan NHK World Premium Encrypted
 Macau TDM Macau Satellite Free-to-Air
 Myanmar MITV Free-to-Air
 Pakistan ARY Digital Encrypted
 Pakistan PTV Home Free-to-Air
 Pakistan PTV Global Free-to-Air
 Pakistan PTV World Free-to-Air
 Pakistan TVOne Global Free-to-Air
 Philippines The Filipino Channel Encrypted
 Philippines GMA Pinoy TV Encrypted
 Philippines Kapatid TV5 Encrypted
 Philippines Sonshine Media Network International Free-to-Air
 Singapore Channel NewsAsia Free-to-Air
 South Korea KBS World Free-to-Air
 South Korea Arirang TV Free-to-Air
 Taiwan Azio TV Free-to-Air
 Taiwan CTi International Free-to-Air
 Taiwan SET International Free-to-Air
 Taiwan Taiwan MAC TV Free-to-Air
 Taiwan TTV World Free-to-Air
 Thailand TGN Free-to-Air
 Thailand MCOT World Free-to-Air
 Thailand NBT World Free-to-Air
 Vietnam VTV4 Free-to-Air

Australia & New Zealand

Country of Origin Name of Television Service Free-to-air/encrypted Website
 Australia Australia Plus Free-to-Air
 New Zealand Television New Zealand Provides content on a contractual basis

Internationally, TVNZ has helped provide television services in Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands.

TVNZ provides much of the programming but scheduling and continuity are done locally.

Both TV One and TV2 are also available "in the clear" over DVB-S on Optus B1. A SKY TV set-top box is not required as any DVB-S satellite set-top box or tuner will work.

Africa

Country of Origin Name of Television Service Free-to-air/encrypted Website
 Benin La Chaine 2 International Free-to-Air
 Cameroon Canal2 International Free-to-Air
 Equatorial Guinea TVGE Internacional Free-to-Air
 Kenya A24 news channel
 Morocco 2MTV Maroc Free-to-Air
 Nigeria NTA International Free-to-Air
 Nigeria Channels TV Free-to-Air
 Nigeria AIT International Free-to-Air
 Nigeria ACBNI Encrypted
 South Africa SABC News International Encrypted

Former international broadcasters

Country Former Services Platform Date Ceased
 Canada Newsworld International Television 31 July 2005
 German Democratic Republic Radio Berlin International Radio 2 October 1990
 Malta and  Libya Voice of the Mediterranean Radio 1 January 2002
 Norway Radio Norway International Radio 1 January 2002
 Georgia Radio Georgia Radio 2005
 Hungary Radio Budapest Radio 1 July 2007
 Singapore Radio Singapore International Radio 31 July 2008
 South Africa SABC Africa Television 1 August 2008
 Russia Voice of Russia Radio 9 November 2014
 Bulgaria Radio Bulgaria Radio 1 February 2012
 Belgium ( Flanders) Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal 1 Radio Unknown
  1. Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal was replaced with internet and satellite broadcasts of Radio 1 and Radio 2.

See also

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