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Access Television - International overview chart
| Country | Number of TV stations *) | Distribution | Financing Distribution |
Financing
Program production |
Commercials
and/or Sponsorship allowed |
| 10 | UHF (Ch. 6) | self | self | C no Sp yes |
|
| Austria | 2 | cable | |||
| 1 | see Germany (Open Channels) |
no |
|||
| Brazil | 82 | cable | |||
| Canada | 150 | cable | cable opr voluntarily |
cable opr. voluntarily |
sponsorship |
| Denmark | 27 | UHF cable |
self must-carry |
govt support**) | no |
| Finland | 18 | UHF cable |
self must-carry |
voluntary TV-license fee | yes (not used) |
| France | 8 | UHF | self | self | no |
| Germany | 79 | cable | cable opr must-carry |
part of TV- license fee | no |
| Holland | 110 | cable | community | self | yes ***) |
| Israel | 9 | Cable | community | local govt | - |
| New Zealand | 3 |
UHF |
under development | ||
| Norway |
new | UHF(NRK2) |
govt |
self |
no |
| South Korea | 1 | satellite
(DBS) |
- | - | - |
| Spain | 2 | UHF |
NGO | ||
| 28 | cable |
cable
opr |
self |
Sp yes |
|
| U.K. | 8 | cable/UHF | must-carry |
self |
yes |
| Uruguay |
1 | cable |
|||
| 2.200 estd. |
cable |
cable
opr |
municipal
concession |
no |
|
*) one TV-station = one access channel
**) part of TV license fee + fee commercial radio
and TV
***) Commercials allowed if income is used solely for
non-profit operation (to finance production)
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