Foreign broadcasting is broadcasting with a foreign element.
The foreign element may be the territory of the audience, its ethnicit], or both.
External and selected other foreign language audio broadcasting services
Bold: 10 major international broadcasting languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish)
Italic: major language(s) of the respective country
Selected external and other foreign language TV services
Country | Broadcaster | Launched | Languages | Website |
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Australia | Australia Plus | 1993/2014 | English | |
China | CGTN | 1997 on CCTV-4 | Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish | |
CCTV-4 | 1992 | Chinese | ||
CNC World | 2010 | Chinese, English | ||
Cuba | Cubavision Internacional | 1986 | Spanish | |
European Union | Euronews | 1993 | Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish | |
France | France 24 | 2006 | Arabic, English, French, Spanish | |
France Belgium Switzerland Canada | TV5Monde | 1984 | French | |
Germany | DW-TV | 1992 | Arabic, English, German, Spanish | |
Germany Austria Switzerland | 3sat | 1984 | German | |
India | DD India | 1995 | Hindi | |
DD News | 2003 | English, Hindi, Sanskrit | ||
Iran | Press TV | 2007 | English | |
HispanTV | 2011 | Spanish | ||
Al-Alam | 2003 | Arabic | ||
Sahar TV | 1997 | Azerbaijani, English, French, Kurdish, Urdu | ||
Israel | i24news | 2013 | Arabic, English, French | |
Japan | NHK World | 1998 | English, Japanese | |
Kazakhstan | Kazakh TV | 2002 | English, Kazakh, Russian | |
South Korea | Arirang | 1997 | English | |
KBS World | 2003 | Korean | ||
Myanmar | mitv | 2001 | English | |
Netherlands Belgium | BVN | 1996 | Dutch | |
Pakistan | PTV Global | 2006 | Urdu | |
PTV World | 2003 | English | ||
Poland | TVP Polonia | 1992 | Polish | |
itvn | 2004 | Polish | ||
Belsat TV | 2007 | Belarusian | ||
Qatar | Al Jazeera | 1996 | Arabic, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, English | |
Russia | RT | 2005 | Arabic, English, Spanish | |
Saudi Arabia | Saudi 2 | 1983? | English | |
South Africa | eNCA | 2008 | English | |
Thailand | Thai Global Network | 1998 | English, Thai | |
Turkey | TRT | 1990 | Arabic, English, Turkish | |
United Kingdom | BBC | 1991 | Arabic, English, Persian | |
United States (private) | CNN | 1985 | English, Spanish | |
United States (public) [1] | VoA | 198? | Albanian, Bambara, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese, Creole, Dari, English, French, Indonesian, Macedonian, Ndebele, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Serbian, Shona, Spanish, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese | |
TV Martí | 1990 | Spanish | ||
Alhurra | 2004 | Arabic | ||
RFE/RL | ? | Russian (Настоящее Время), Kyrgyz, Persian, Tajik | ||
United States (military) [2] | AFN | 1954– | English | |
Venezuela | Telesur | 2005 | Spanish | |
Vietnam | VTV4 | 1998 | Chinese, English, Russian, Vietnamese |
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