Cayman Islands
4 television stations; cable and satellite
subscription services offer a variety of international programming;
government-owned Radio Cayman operates 2 networks broadcasting on 5
stations; 10 privately-owned radio stations operate alongside Radio
Cayman (2007)
Central African Republic
government-owned network, Radiodiffusion
Television Centrafricaine, provides domestic TV broadcasting;
licenses for 2 private TV stations are pending; state-owned radio
network is supplemented by a small number of privately-owned
broadcast stations as well as a few community radio stations;
transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available
(2007)
Chad
1 state-owned TV broadcast station; state-owned radio network,
Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne (RNT), operates national and
regional stations; about 10 private radio stations; some stations
rebroadcast programs from international broadcasters (2007)
Chile
national and local terrestrial television channels, coupled
with extensive cable TV networks; the state-owned Television
Nacional de Chile (TVN) network is self-financed through commercial
advertising revenues and is not under direct government control;
large number of privately-owned TV stations; about 250 radio
stations (2007)
China
all broadcast media are owned by, or affiliated with, the
Communist Party of China or a government agency; no privately-owned
television or radio stations with state-run Chinese Central TV,
provincial, and municipal stations offering more than 2,000
channels; the Central Propaganda Department lists subjects that are
off limits to domestic broadcast media with the government
maintaining authority to approve all programming; foreign-made TV
programs must be approved prior to broadcast (2008)
Christmas Island
1 community radio station; broadcasts of several
Australian radio and television stations are received via satellite
(2009)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
1 local radio station staffed by community
volunteers; broadcasts of several Australian radio and TV stations
are received via satellite (2009)
Colombia
combination of state-owned and privately-owned broadcast
media provide service; more than 500 radio stations and large number
of national, regional, and local TV stations (2007)
Comoros
national state-owned TV station and a TV station run by
Anjouan regional government; national state-owned radio; regional
governments on the islands of Grande Comore and Anjouan each operate
a radio station; a few independent and small community radio
stations operate on the islands of Grande Comore and Moheli, and
these two islands have access to Mayotte Radio and French TV (2007)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
state-owned TV broadcast station
with near national coverage; more than a dozen privately-owned TV
stations with 2 having near national coverage; 2 state-owned radio
stations are supplemented by more than 100 private radio stations;
transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available
(2007)