| Year
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Countries and territories
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| 1950
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File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil (File:Bandeira do estado de São Paulo.svg São Paulo (Rede Tupi, now defunct)),Template:Efn File:Flag of Cuba (sky blue).svg Cuba (CMQ-TV), File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic (pre-experimental), File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France (Template:Country data Nord (Télé-Lille)), File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (Northwest Germany, experimental, NWDR)), File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan (returned, electronic, experimental, NHK), File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico (official, XHTV-TV), File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco (pre-experimental), Template:Flagicon French Morocco (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Romania (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938–1973).svg Saudi Arabia (pre-experimental), File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg South Korea (pre-experimental), File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (Template:Country data Latvian SSR (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (experimental), File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States (Template:Flagicon Des Moines (WOI-TV), Template:Flagicon Nashville (WSM-TV))
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| 1951
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File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (Template:Country data Buenos Aires Province (LR3 TV)), File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil (File:Bandeira do estado do Rio de Janeiro.svg Rio de Janeiro (Rede Tupi, now defunctTemplate:Efn)), File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (DR),[22] File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico (XEW-TV, File:Flag of Tamaulipas.svg Tamaulipas (XELD-TV), now defunct),Template:Efn File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NTS),[11] File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (pre-experimental), File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (Template:Country data Estonian SSR (pre-experimental))
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| 1952
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File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile (sporadically until 1959), File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada (File:Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec (CBFT), Template:Flagicon Ontario (CBLT)), File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic (La Voz Dominicana), File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Germany.svg East Germany (experimental and regular programming, DFF), File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (Northwest Germany, full service, NWDR-Fernsehen)), File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico (XHGC-TV, File:Flag of Puebla.svg Puebla (XEQ-TV)Template:Efn), Template:Flagicon Poland (returned, TV Polska), File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (experimental),[23] File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (İTÜ TV, now defunct),Template:Efn File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland (BBC TV Service Scotland)), File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States (File:Flag of Colorado (1911–1964).svg Colorado (KBTV), File:Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaii (KGMB), File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon (KPTV), Template:Flagicon Spokane (KHQ-TV)), File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela (YVKA-TV, now defunct)
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| 1953
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File:Flag of Alaska.svg Alaska (KATV, now defunct), File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (File:Flag of Wallonia.svg Wallonia (INR Télé Expérimentale Belge), File:Flag of Flanders.svg Flanders (NIR Belgische Televisie)),Template:Efn File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada (Template:Country data Ottawa (CBOT), File:Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia (CBUT)), Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia (experimental), File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador (pre-experimental), File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France (Template:Country data Bas-Rhin (Télé-Strasbourg)), Template:Country data Hungarian People's Republic (experimental), File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan (returned, NHK),Template:Efn Template:Country data Lithuanian SSR (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Malta (1943–1964).svg Malta (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico (File:Flag of Baja California.svg Baja California (XETV)),Template:Efn File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua (pre-experimental), File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines (thru ABS (DZAQ-TV), now ABS-CBN Corporation), File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Saar (1947–1956).svg Saar (Telesaar),Template:EfnFile:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (Template:Country data Armenian SSR (pre-experimental), Template:Country data Azerbaijan SSR (pre-experimental), Template:Country data Byelorussian SSR (pre-experimental), Template:Country data Georgian SSR (pre-experimental), Template:Country data Ukrainian SSR (pre-experimental), Template:Country data Uzbek SSR (pre-experimental)), File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (German television, SRG), File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (File:Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey, File:Flag of Jersey (pre 1981).svg Jersey (pre-experimental), File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland, (BBC TV Service NI)Template:Efn), File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States (File:Flag of Arkansas (1924–2011).svg Arkansas (KRTV), File:Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina (WCOS-TV), Template:Flagicon Fresno (KMJ-TV), File:Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho (KFXD-TV), File:Flag of Nevada (1929-1991).svg Nevada (KLAS-TV), File:Flag of Kansas (1927-1961).svg Kansas (KTVH), File:Flag of North Dakota.svg North Dakota (KCJB-TV), File:Flag of South Dakota (1909-1963).svg South Dakota (KELO-TV), File:Flag of Maine.svg Maine (WABI-TV), File:Flag of Montana (1905-1981).svg Montana (KXLF-TV)), File:Flag of Vatican City (2023–present).svg Vatican City (experimental, HVJ), File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia (Template:Country data Socialist Republic of Croatia (pre-experimental)
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| 1954
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File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (pre-experimental), File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (experimental, ABC),[24] Template:Flagicon Bulgaria (experimental, MEI), File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada (File:Flag of Manitoba.svg Manitoba (CBWT), File:Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957.svg Saskatchewan (CKCK-TV), File:Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957.svg Alberta (CHCT-TV), Template:Flagicon New Brunswick (CHSJ-TV), File:Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Nova Scotia (CJCB-TV)), File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (HJRN-TV), Template:Country data Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (ČST), File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France (Template:Country data Bouches-du-Rhône (Télé Marseille), Template:Country data Rhône (Télé-Lyon)), File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam (pre-experimental), Template:Country data Hungarian People's Republic (experimental) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (official, Programma Nazionale), File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico (File:Flag of Chihuahua.svg Chihuahua (XEJ-TV)), File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco (TMC - first microstate to have a native channel), Template:Flagicon French Morocco (TELMA, went defunct shortly after),[25] File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (experimental, NRK), File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (Lajes Field (CSL-TV, first AFRTS television station)),[26] File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico (WKAQ-TV), File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (Template:Country data Latvian SSR (Latvijas Televīzija)), File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (French television, Télévision Genevoise), File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States (File:Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire (WMUR-TV), File:Flag of Vermont.svg Vermont (WMVT), File:Flag of Wyoming.svg Wyoming (KFBC-TV)), File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (pre-experimental)
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| 1955
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File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (ORF Fernsehen), File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil (File:Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg Minas Gerais (TV Itacolomi, now defunctTemplate:Efn)), File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda (ZBK-TV),Template:Efn File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada (Template:Flagicon Newfoundland And Labrador (CJON-TV)), File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (test programming, TV-kerho),Template:Efn File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala (TGW-TV, now defunct), File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland (AFRTS Keflavik), File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg (Télé-Luxembourg), File:Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938–1973).svg Saudi Arabia (Dhahran Airfield, experimental and regular programming, AJL-TV, now defunct), File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (Template:Country data Estonian SSR (TTV)), File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (official, HSI-TV),[27] Template:Flagicon Romania (experimental), File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (File:Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey, File:Flag of Jersey (pre 1981).svg Jersey (BBC))
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| 1956
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File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (File:Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales (TCN), File:Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Victoria (HSV)), File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France (Template:Flagicon Algerian Departments (RTF Television Algiers)),[28] File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada (File:Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island (CFCY-TV)), File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador (YSEB-TV),[29] File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (regular programming, TES-TV, now defunct),Template:Efn File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States (File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam (KUAM-TV)), Template:Flagicon Iraq (BTV, now defunct and replaced by Al-Iraqiya TV), File:Flag of Nicaragua (1908–1971).svg Nicaragua (YNSA-TV),[30] File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (File:Flag of Panama Canal Zone.svg Panama Canal Zone (CFN)),[31] Template:Flagicon Romania (TVR), File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg South Korea (HLKZ-TV), File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (Template:Country data Armenian SSR (Armenian Television), Template:Country data Azerbaijan SSR (Baku Television Studio), Template:Country data Byelorussian SSR (Belarusian Television), Template:Country data Georgian SSR (1TV), Template:Country data Ukrainian SSR (regular programming, Ukrainske Telebachennia), Template:Country data Uzbek SSR (Tashkent Television Studio)), Template:Flagicon Spain (TVE), File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (experimental, RTP), File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden, (Radiotjänst TV), File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (SAETA),[32] File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia (Template:Country data Socialist Republic of Croatia (RTV Zagreb))Template:Efn
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| 1957
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File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile (UCV Televisión), Template:Flagicon Cyprus (RIK), Template:Flagicon Hong Kong (subscription, Rediffusion Television),Template:Efn Template:Country data Hungarian People's Republic (MTV), Template:Country data Lithuanian SSR (TV Vilnius),[33] Template:Flagicon Malta,Template:Efn File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (full service, RTP)
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| 1958
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File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda (ZBM-TV), File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Peking Television),Template:Efn Template:Country data Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (ČST Bratislava), Template:Country data Pahlavi Iran (TVI),Template:Efn File:Flag of Malaya (1950–1963).svg Malaya (mechanical, experimental), File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru (OAD-TV), File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines (DZXL-TV), CBN-9, now ABS-CBN Corporation), File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (Template:Country data Kazakh SSR (Almaty Television Studio), Template:Flagicon Kaliningrad Oblast (Template:Ill), Template:Country data Moldavian SSR (TVM)), File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (Italian television, TSI), Script error: No such module "flag". (File:Flag of Wales (1953–1959).svg Wales, TWW),Template:Efn File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia (Template:Country data SR Serbia (RTV Belgrade), Template:Country data Socialist Republic of Slovenia (RTV Ljubljana))
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| 1959
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File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (File:Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland (QTQ), File:Flag of South Australia.svg South Australia (NWS), File:Flag of Western Australia.svg Western Australia (TVW)), File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil (File:Bandeira do Rio Grande do Sul.svg Rio Grande do Sul (TV Piratini, now defunctTemplate:Efn)), Template:Flagicon Bulgaria (Bulgarian Television), File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile (full service, Canal 2 UC),Template:Efn File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador (HCJB-TV, now defunct),Template:Efn File:Flag of Haiti (1820–1849, 1859–1964).svg Haiti (4VMR-TV), File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras (HRTG-TV), File:Flag of India.svg India (AIR-TV),[34] File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon (CLT), Template:Flagicon Nigeria (WNTV), File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines (DZTV-TV (Inter-Island Broadcasting Corporation) (Test)), Template:Flagicon Ryukyu Islands (KSDW-TV),Template:EfnFile:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (Template:Country data Crimean ASSR (Template:Ill), Template:Country data Kirghiz SSR (regular programming, KTRK), Template:Country data Tatar ASSR (Template:Ill), Template:Country data Tajik SSR (Shabakai Yakum), Template:Country data Turkmen SSR (Turkmen Television))
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