Northern Mariana Islands
1 TV broadcast station on Saipan;
multi-channel cable TV services are available on Saipan; 9 licensed
radio broadcast stations (2009)
Norway
state-owned public radio-TV broadcaster operates 3 nationwide
television stations, 3 nationwide radio stations, and 16 regional
radio stations; roughly a dozen privately-owned television stations
broadcast nationally and roughly another 25 local TV stations are
available; nearly 75% of households have access to multi-channel
cable or satellite TV systems; 2 privately-owned radio stations
broadcast nationwide and another 240 stations operate locally (2008)
Oman
1 state-run TV broadcaster; TV stations transmitting from Saudi
Arabia, the UAE, and Yemen are accessible via satellite TV;
state-run radio operates multiple stations; first private radio
station began operation in 2007 and 2 additional stations now
operating (2007)
Pakistan
media is government regulated; 1 dominant state-owned TV
broadcaster, Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), operates a
network consisting of 6 channels; private TV broadcasters are
permitted and some foreign satellite channels are carried by cable
TV operators; the state-owned radio network operates more than 40
stations; privately-owned radio stations mostly limit programming to
music and talk shows (2007)
Palau
no television broadcast stations; a cable television network
covers the major islands and provides access to rebroadcasts, on a
delayed basis, of a number of US stations as well as access to a
number of real-time satellite TV channels; about a half dozen radio
stations with 1 government-owned (2009)
Panama
multiple privately-owned television networks and a
government-owned educational TV station; multi-channel cable and
satellite TV subscription services are available; more than 100
commercial radio stations (2007)
Papua New Guinea
2 television stations, 1 commercial station
operating since the late 1980s and 1 state-run station launched in
2008; satellite and cable TV services are available; state-run
National Broadcasting Corporation operates 3 radio networks with
multiple repeaters and about 20 provincial stations; several
commercial radio stations with multiple transmission points as well
as several community stations; transmissions of several
international broadcasters are accessible (2009)
Paraguay
5 privately-owned TV stations; about 75 commercial and
community radio stations broadcasting; 1 state-owned radio network
(2007)
Peru
6 major television networks of which only one, Television
Nacional de Peru, is state-owned; multi-channel cable TV services
are available; more than 500 radio stations including a substantial
number of indigenous language stations (2007)
Philippines
multiple national private TV and radio networks and a
government-operated national TV and radio network; about 300
television stations and more than 1,000 radio stations;
multi-channel satellite and cable TV systems are available (2008)