Miss Universe 2003, the 52nd Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 pageant, was held at Figali Convention Center

Figali Convention Center

The Figali Convention Center is an indoor sports arena, located in Fort Amador, Panama City, Panama. The capacity of the arena is 10,275.It was built in 2003, as the main venue for the Miss Universe 2003 Pageant, which took place in Panama that year...

, Panama City

Panama City

Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

, Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

 on June 3, 2003. 71 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown. At the conclusion of the final night Amelia Vega

Amelia Vega

Amelia Vega Polanco became the first and only Dominican woman to be named Miss Universe, in 2003. At the age of 18, she was the youngest winner since 1994....

 of the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 was crowned as the new Miss Universe 2003 by Miss Universe 2002

Miss Universe 2002

Miss Universe 2002, the 51st edition of the Miss Universe pageant, was held in Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico on May 29, 2002. There were 75 delegates from around the world who competed for the title Miss Universe 2002. Oxana Fedorova of Russia was crowned Miss Universe 2002 by...

, Justine Pasek

Justine Pasek

Yostin "Justine" Lissette Pasek Patiño is a Panamanian model, FAO Goodwill Ambassador, and Miss Universe 2002.-Early life:Pasek was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, the daughter of a Panamanian homemaker and Polish engineer...

 of Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

.

Panama hosted the pageant for the second time. In 1986

Miss Universe 1986

Miss Universe 1986, the 35th Miss Universe pageant, was held at ATLAPA Convention Center, Panama City, Panama on July 21, 1986. 22-year-old Bárbara Palacios Teyde of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1986 by the outgoing titleholder, Deborah Carthy-Deu of Puerto Rico...

, Panama hosted the Miss Universe Pageant for the first time, the pageant final was held at ATLAPA Convention Center, in Panama City.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 2003	Dominican Republic - Amelia Vega Amelia Vega Amelia Vega Polanco became the first and only Dominican woman to be named Miss Universe, in 2003. At the age of 18, she was the youngest winner since 1994....
1st runner-up	Venezuela - Mariángel Ruiz Mariangel Ruiz Mariángel Ruiz Torrealba is a Venezuelan show hostees, actress and fashion model...
2nd runner-up	South Africa - Cindy Nell
3rd runner-up	' - Sanja Papić Sanja Papic Sanja Papić is a Serbian model. She was the 2002 Miss Yugoslavia winner, the 3rd runner-up 2003 Miss Universe, and then became the 2nd runner-up at the 2003 Miss Europe contest.-Professional career:In September 2003, Papić finished as a runner-up at the Miss Europe contest in Paris...
4th runner-up	Japan - Miyako Miyazaki Miyako Miyazaki For the anime character, see Bamboo Blade. is a Japanese beauty pageant winner who is best known for ending Japan's 15 year drought in the Miss Universe pageant. She was born in the Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto on February 25, 1978. She stands at 5'7"....
Top 10	Brazil - Gislaine Ferreira  Canada - Leanne Marie Cecile  Czech Republic - Kateřina Smrzová  Namibia - Ndapewa Alfons ' - Faye Alibocus
Top 15	Angola - Ana Sebastião  Greece - Marietta Chrousala Marietta Chrousala Marietta Chrousala also spelled Marieta Chrousala, Marieta Hrousala, born 1983 in Rizari, Edessa, is a Greek fashion model and television presenter.-Career:...  Panama - Stefanie de Roux Stefanie de Roux Stefanie de Roux Martin is a Panamanian model that was a contestant on the Miss Universe 2003 pageant held on Panama City, Panama where she was a semifinalist . She also was the representative of her country on the Miss Earth 2006 beauty pageant, held on November 26, 2006 in Manila, Philippines...  Peru - Claudia Ortiz  United States - Susie Castillo Susie Castillo Susie Castillo is a former beauty queen who held the Miss USA title and competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants...

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Dominican Republic - Amelia Vega Amelia Vega Amelia Vega Polanco became the first and only Dominican woman to be named Miss Universe, in 2003. At the age of 18, she was the youngest winner since 1994....  Panama - Stefanie de Roux Stefanie de Roux Stefanie de Roux Martin is a Panamanian model that was a contestant on the Miss Universe 2003 pageant held on Panama City, Panama where she was a semifinalist . She also was the representative of her country on the Miss Earth 2006 beauty pageant, held on November 26, 2006 in Manila, Philippines...  Peru - Claudia Ortiz
Miss Congeniality	' - Kai Davis
Miss Photogenic	Puerto Rico - Carla Tricoli

Music

• Entertainment: Chayanne
  Chayanne
  Elmer Figueroa Arce , best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 solo-albums and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.-Early life:...
  
   - "Torero"

All music by Bond

Bond (band)

Bond is an Australian/British string quartet that specialises in classical crossover music...

.

• Opening Number: "Victory"
• National Costume Presentation: "Gypsy Rhapsody "
• Placement Number: "Allegretto"
• Evening Gown Competition: "Shine", "Strange Paradise", "Libertango
  Libertango
  Libertango is a composition by tango composer Ástor Piazzolla, recorded and published in 1974.The title is a portmanteau merging "Libertad" and "Tango", symbolizing Piazzolla's break from Classical Tango to Tango Nuevo....
  
  "
• Swimsuit Competition: "Fuego"

Telecast Judges

The following celebrities judged the final competition.

• Audrey Quock
  Audrey Quock
  Audrey Quock is an Asian American model and actress.-Biography:Quock was born in New York, New York in Manhattan and is of Chinese descent. She is perhaps most famous for being a swimsuit model for Sports Illustrated. In addition, she has also modeled for Elle magazine and Cosmopolitan...
  
   - International supermodel.
• Roberto Cavalli
  Roberto Cavalli
  Roberto Cavalli is an Italian fashion designer from Florence.-Biography:Roberto Cavalli was born in Florence, Tuscany. His grandfather, Giuseppe Rossi, was a member of the Macchiaioli Movement, whose work is exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery. Cavalli decided to enroll at the local Art Institute,...
  
   - Fashion designer.
• Peter Reckell
  Peter Reckell
  Peter Paul Reckell is an American actor. He is best known for playing Bo Brady, a role he originated in 1983 on the NBC drama Days of our Lives....
  
   - American soap opera actor.
• Matthew St. Patrick - Actor from Six Feet Under.
• Fernanda Tavares
  Fernanda Tavares
  Fernanda Tavares is a Brazilian model.-Biography:Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Tavares was appearing in local shows at the age of nine, and at just 13 she won the "Elite Look of the Year" contest. A year later, she was invited by agents to go to São Paulo to pursue a modeling career...
  
   - International model.
• Richard Johnson - New York Post columnist.
• Deborah Carthy-Deu
  Deborah Carthy-Deu
  Deborah Fátima Carthy-Deu in Santurce, Puerto Rico. She became the second Miss Universe from Puerto Rico. The contest was held at James L. Knight Center of Miami, Florida on July 15, 1985.-Early years:...
  
   - Miss Universe 1985
  Miss Universe 1985
  Miss Universe 1985, the 34th Miss Universe pageant, was held at James L. Knight Convention Center, Miami, USA on July 15, 1985. Seventy-nine contestants competed in the 1985 Miss Universe Pageant...
  
  .
• Amelia Marshall
  Amelia Marshall
  Amelia Marshall is an American soap opera actress.-Biography:Her most famous role to date is television presenter Gillian "Gilly" Grant Speakes, which she played on Guiding Light from 1989 until 1997, 2006, & 2009...
  
   - African American actress.
• María Celeste Arrarás
  María Celeste Arrarás
  Maria Celeste Arrarás is a Puerto Rican journalist and actress and the host and producer of Spanish language news program Al Rojo Vivo Con Maria Celeste.- Biography :...
  
   - Telemundo host.

Contestants

• - Denisa Kola
  Denisa Kola
  Denisa Kola won the title of Miss Albania 2003. She represented Albania at Miss Universe 2003 and Miss World 2003. In Miss World, she won the Miss World Scholarship.. , El País , shkoder.net , Retrieved February 16, 2011-References:...
  
  
• - Ana Sebastião
• ' - Kai Davis
• - Laura Romero
• - Malayka Rasmijn
• - Ashlea Talbot
• - Nadia Johnson
• - Nadia Forte
• - Julie Taton
  Julie Taton
  Julie Taton, , in Namur, Belgium was crowned Miss Belgium in 2003. She represented her country at both Miss Universe 2003 and Miss World 2003.. , Purepeople.com -References:...
  
  
• - Becky Bernard
• - Irene Aguilera
• - Gislaine Ferreira
• - Elena Tihomirova
• - Leanne Marie Cecile
• - Nichelle Welcome
• - Wu Wei
• - Diana Mantilla
• - Andrea Ovares
• - Ivana Delic
• - Vanessa van Arendonk
• - Ivi Lazarou
• - Kateřina Smrzová
• - Amelia Vega
  Amelia Vega
  Amelia Vega Polanco became the first and only Dominican woman to be named Miss Universe, in 2003. At the age of 18, she was the youngest winner since 1994....
  
  
• - Andrea Jácome
• - Nour El-Samary
• - Diana Valdivieso
• - Katrin Susi
• - Anna Maria Strömberg
• - Emmanuelle Chossat
• - Alexsandra Vodjanikova
• - Marietta Chrousala
  Marietta Chrousala
  Marietta Chrousala also spelled Marieta Chrousala, Marieta Hrousala, born 1983 in Rizari, Edessa, is a Greek fashion model and television presenter.-Career:...
  
  
• - Florecita de Jesus Cobian Azurdia
• - Leanna Damond
• - Viktoria Tomozi
• - Nikita Anand
• - Lesley Flood

• - Sivan Klein
  Sivan Klein
  Sivan Klein is an Israeli beauty queen who represented her country at the Miss Universe 2003 pageant in Panama City, Panama.-Israel's Beauty Queen 2003:...
  
  
• - Silvia Ceccon
• - Michelle Lecky
• - Miyako Miyazaki
  Miyako Miyazaki
  For the anime character, see Bamboo Blade. is a Japanese beauty pageant winner who is best known for ending Japan's 15 year drought in the Miss Universe pageant. She was born in the Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto on February 25, 1978. She stands at 5'7"....
  
  
• ' - Geum Na-na
• - Elaine Daly
• - Marie-Aimee Bergicourt
• - Marisol González
  Marisol González
  -External links:...
  
  
• - Ndapewa Alfons
• - Tessa Brix
• - Sharee Adams
• - Claudia Salmeron
• - Celia Ohumotu
  Celia Bissong
  Omotu Bissong - formerly credited as Celia Bissong - is a Nigerian model, television presenter, and actress....
  
  
• - Hanne-Karine Sørby
• - Stefanie de Roux
  Stefanie de Roux
  Stefanie de Roux Martin is a Panamanian model that was a contestant on the Miss Universe 2003 pageant held on Panama City, Panama where she was a semifinalist . She also was the representative of her country on the Miss Earth 2006 beauty pageant, held on November 26, 2006 in Manila, Philippines...
  
  
• - Claudia Ortiz
• - Carla Balingit
• - Iwona Makuch
• - Carla Tricoli
• - Olesya Bondarenko
• ' - Sanja Papić
  Sanja Papic
  Sanja Papić is a Serbian model. She was the 2002 Miss Yugoslavia winner, the 3rd runner-up 2003 Miss Universe, and then became the 2nd runner-up at the 2003 Miss Europe contest.-Professional career:In September 2003, Papić finished as a runner-up at the Miss Europe contest in Paris...
  
  
• - Bernice Wong
• - Petra Mokrošová
• - Polona Baš
• - Cindy Nell
• - Eva González
  Eva González
  Eva María González Fernández is a Spanish beauty pageant winner who represented her country at the Miss Universe 2003 pageant.-Miss Spain 2003:...
  
  
• - Helena Stenbäck
  Helena Stenbäck
  Helena Stenbäck, born 1979, won the Miss Sweden pageant in 2003 and represented the country in Miss Universe but did not make the top 15 cut.- References :...
  
  
• - Nadine Vinzens
• - Szu-Yu Chen (Miss Taiwan)
• - Yaowalak Traisurat
  Yaowalak Traisurat
  Yaowalak Traisurat , nicknamed Jiab is a beauty queen from Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand who won the Miss Thailand Universe pageant in 2003 and previously won the Miss Teen Thailand pageant in 2000.-Biography:...
  
  
• ' - Faye Alibocus
• - Özge Ulusoy
  Özge Ulusoy
  Özge Ulusoy is a Turkish model, retired ballet dancer , and occasional film actress from Izmir. She is best known for her appearance in the popular TV-series Arka Sokaklar in 2008 and 2009...
  
  
• - Lilja Kopytova
•  United States - Susie Castillo
  Susie Castillo
  Susie Castillo is a former beauty queen who held the Miss USA title and competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants...
  
  
•  Venezuela - Mariángel Ruiz
  Mariangel Ruiz
  Mariángel Ruiz Torrealba is a Venezuelan show hostees, actress and fashion model...
  
  

Withdraws

• - Bethsaida Smith did not compete at Miss Universe 2003.
• - Manuela Ósk Hardardóttir withdrew due to illness.
• ' - Kimberly Castro did not compete at Miss Universe 2003.
•  United States Virgin Islands

Returns

• Last competed in 1999
  Miss Universe 1999
  Miss Universe 1999 was held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned as Miss Universe 1999 by Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago. A record number of 84 contestants competed in the pageant...
  
  :

• Last competed in 2000
  Miss Universe 2000
  Miss Universe 2000, the 49th Miss Universe pageant was held at Eleftheria Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000. 79 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown. At the conclusion of the final night, Lara Dutta of India was crowned as the new Miss Universe 2000 by Miss Universe...
  
  :

• Last competed in 2001
  Miss Universe 2001
  Miss Universe 2001 was held at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico on May 11, 2001. 77 contestants participated in the prestigious event...
  
  :
  • '

Contestant notes

• Manuela Osk Hardarsdottir of Iceland
  Iceland
  Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
  
   withdrew from the pageant, when dehydration
  Dehydration
  In physiology and medicine, dehydration is defined as the excessive loss of body fluid. It is literally the removal of water from an object; however, in physiological terms, it entails a deficiency of fluid within an organism...
  
   caused by the weather prevented her from competing in the Preliminaries. She stayed in Panama until the pageant was over, joined by her boyfriend.
• In terms of regional representation, this was one of the most balanced top fives in recent years, with delegates from Africa (South Africa), the Asia-Pacific Region (Japan), Europe (Serbia & Montenegro), South America (Venezuela), and the Caribbean (Dominican Republic) all making the top five. Something similar would happen in 2010
  Miss Universe 2010
  Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010. It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales...
  
  .
• India's Nikita Anand failed to place, breaking the 11 year Indian streak of placing in the Top 10 from 1992 to 2002 which produced 2 winners (1994-Sushmita Sen,2000-Lara Dutta), a 1st runner up (1995-Manpreet Brar), a 2nd runner up (1992-Madhu Sapre) and a 4th runner up (2001-Celina Jaitley).
• Angola and Serbia & Montenegro placed in the semi-finals for the first time.
• Venezuela, South Africa, Canada, and Panama were the only countries in this year's semi-finals who were also called out in last year's semi-finals.
• As for the other semi-finalists, Japan last placed in 1988, Namibia in 1992, Czech Republic in 1993, the Dominican Republic in 1995, Peru in 1996, both Brazil and Trinidad & Tobago in 1998, and both the USA and Greece in 2001.
• Alexsandra Vodjanikova of Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
   went on to win Top Model of the World
  Top Model of the World
  The Top Model of the World is an international search for the ultimate model. The sought-after characteristics are: independence, talent and fashion consciousness...
  
   2007 in Egypt. She changed her last name and won with the name of Alessandra Alores.
• Due to China's obstruction, Taiwan was forced to change her sash label to Chinese Taipei. However, pageant organizers allowed Szu-Yu Chen to use the Taiwan sash while off of the stage, but the Chinese Taipei sash while on stage.

International Broadcasters

These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 for the first time) that showed the 2003 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:

• : RTV21
  RTV21
  RTV21 is a radio and TV broadcaster operating in Kosovo since 1998. The radio broadcasting started in 1998, while TV broadcasting began in 1999 after Serbian forces withdrew from Kosovo. RTV21 is the most popular channel in Kosovo. RTv21 has also other two channels 21+ and 21 Popullore...
  
  
• : Seven Network
  Seven Network
  The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
  
  
• : TW1
  TW1 (Austria)
  TW1 was an Austrian digital television channel, broadcasting programmes about news, culture, leisure, travel and weather. It was owned by the Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk...
  
  
• : América 2
•  The Bahamas: ZNS-TV
  ZNS-TV
  ZNS is a national radio and TV broadcaster operated by the state-owned Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas....
  
  
• : VSB-TV
  VSB-TV
  VSB-TV is the NBC television affiliate for Hamilton, Bermuda. The station broadcasts on channel 11. In addition to carrying the full NBC network East Coast feed, VSB locally produces a half-hour nightly newscast at 7 p.m., preceding the NBC Nightly News...
  
  
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
  
• : Unitel
  Unitel Bolivia
  UNITEL is a Bolivian television network headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. It was founded in 1987. It is owned by businessman Osvaldo Monasterio Nieme. The station is well known for its political bias towards Bolivia's right-wing opposition parties....
  
  
• : Rede Bandeirantes
  Rede Bandeirantes
  Rede Bandeirantes , officially nicknamed Band or Band Network, is a television network from Brazil, based in São Paulo. Part of the Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação , it aired for the first time in 1967...
  
   and DirecTV Latin America
• : BNT 1
• : CBC Television
  CBC Television
  CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
  
  
• : TNT Latin America
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : CCTV-1
  CCTV-1
  CCTV-1 is the primary channel of the Chinese television network, CCTV in the People's Republic of China. It has a mixture of all kinds of TV programs, and is available to both cable and terrestrial television viewers.-External links:*...
  
  
• : RCN TV
  RCN TV
  RCN Televisión , is a Colombian private television network. It started as a production company in 1967...
  
   and TNT
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
•  Costa Rica: Teletica
  Teletica
  Teletica, formerly known as Televisora de Costa Rica S.A., is a Costa Rican television company, founded in 1958; it was the first television company in Costa Rica. It operates Teletica Canal 7 and Teletica Canal 33. It has mostly imported programming and it also handles a high production and...
  
  
•  Cyprus: Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
  Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
  The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ) or CyBC is Cyprus's public broadcasting service, transmitting island-wide on four radio and two television channels. CyBC is a non-profit organization that utilises its entire income for the promotion of its main mission, which is the objective provision of...
  
  
• : Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : Telemundo
  Telemundo
  Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
  
  , Color Vision
  Colorvision
  Color Visión is a television network based in the Dominican Republic. It is one of the largest television channels in that country. Color Visión is channel 9 in the Dominican Republic's television dial.-History:...
  
   and TNT
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : Gama TV  and TNT
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : MBC3
  MBC 3
  MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center . It was launched on 8 December 2004...
  
  
•  El Salvador: TCS
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Viasat Baltics
  Viasat
  Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
  
  
• : MTV3
  MTV3
  MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials...
  
  , Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : Paris Première
  Paris Première
  Paris Première is a French TV channel, available on cable, satellite and the digital terrestrial service, Télévision Numérique Terrestre. It was launched on December 15, 1986 and is now wholly owned by M6.-External links:*...
  
  
• : Das Vierte 
• : ANT1
  ANT1
  Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a television network airing in Greece and Cyprus. The alternate spelling is play on words in Greek; ena is the Greek number 1, thus ANT1 is pronounced the same as Antenna . It launched on 31 December 1989, the same year as rival Mega Channel, and is owned by...
  
  
• : Canal 11
  Canal 11 (Honduras)
  Canal 11 is a television station in Honduras.-External links:**...
  
  
•  Hong Kong: TVB Pearl
  TVB Pearl
  TVB Pearl is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
  
  
• : m1
  M1 (TV channel)
  m1 is a Hungarian television channel own and operated by Magyar Televízió. It is also transmitted in high definition.It was 24 hours in 2000 along with m2...
  
  
• : Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : DD National
  DD National
  DD National or DD1 is Doordarshan's flagship channel and the most widely available terrestrial television channel in India.-The Early Years:...
  
  
• : Indosiar
  Indosiar
  Indosiar is a publicly owned national television station in Indonesia, and has been operating from West Jakarta since 1994. It was listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange in 2004. Citibank Singapore has an 8.5 percent shareholding...
  
   
• : RTE One
  RTÉ One
  RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...
  
  
• : Arutz 2
  Channel 2 (Israel)
  Channel 2 is an Israeli commercial television channel.- History :In 1990, after 13 years of deliberations, the Knesset passed a law that paved the way for the establishment of commercial television in Israel. The goal was to enhance pluralism and create competition. Channel 2 began broadcasting on...
  
  
• : Stream
  Stream
  A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
  
  

• : Ination TV
• : Fox
  Fox International Channels
  Fox International Channels is a subsidiary of the Fox Entertainment Group, which is a part of Rupert Murdoch's global media conglomerate News Corporation...
  
  
• : KBS1
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Viasat Baltics
  Viasat
  Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
  
  
• : LBC
  LBC
  LBC Radio operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. It began broadcasting on 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio...
  
   and MBC3
  MBC 3
  MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center . It was launched on 8 December 2004...
  
  
• : TV1
• : TVM
  TVM (Malta)
  Television Malta is the national television station of Malta. TVM is operated by Public Broadcasting Services Ltd . PBS Ltd is state owned....
  
  
• : Televisa
  Televisa
  Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
  
  
• : NBC
  Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
  The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster of Namibia.It was established in 1990, replacing the South West African Broadcasting Corporation.-History:...
  
  
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
  
• : Televicentro
  Televicentro (Canal 2)
  Televicentro is a nationwide terrestrial television channel from Nicaragua owned by Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A.- History :Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A. was founded in December 1965 by Octavio Sacasa Sarria, first broadcast in March, 1966. It was the second television channel in Nicaragua,...
  
  
• : TV2
• (host country): RPC
• : ATV
  ATV (Peruvian Network)
  ATV or Andina de Radiodifusión y Television shortly known as ATV, is a Peruvian television network founded in 1969, after unsuccessful attempt on early 1970s and after the political turmoil in Peru the station was closed...
  
   and TNT
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : RPN 9
  Radio Philippines Network
  Radio Philippines Network, Inc. is a broadcast television network in the Philippines co-owned by the Government Communications Group, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and private sectors. This station studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol...
  
  
• : TVP2
• : RTP1
• :Telemundo
  Telemundo
  Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
  
  
• : TVR1
• : C1R 
• : MediaCorp TV Channel 5
  MediaCorp TV Channel 5
  MediaCorp Channel 5 or Channel 5 is a 24-hour free-to-air English and Malay language television channel based in Singapore....
  
  
• : TVE1
• : RTS
  Radio Television of Serbia
  Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
  
  
• : Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : SF 1
  SF 1
  SF 1 is a Swiss television channel run under the public SRG SSR idée suisse broadcasting group. It is the first of the three national German language channels in Switzerland ....
  
  
• ': CTS
  Chinese Television System
  Chinese Television System is a broadcast television station in Republic of China .-History:Founded on October 31, 1971, CTS started off as a joint venture between the ROC's Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Education. At the time of its establishment, CTS was the only VHF-supported...
  
  
• : Channel 7 (Thailand) 
• : CCN TV6
  CCN TV6
  The Caribbean Communications Network Television 6 ' is the largest private television broadcaster in Trinidad and Tobago. The station operates an analog composite NTSC 525 television system, broadcasting on channels 6 and 18 in the island of Trinidad, channel 5 on the Flow Cable System and channel...
  
  
• : NTV
• : MBC3
  MBC 3
  MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center . It was launched on 8 December 2004...
  
  
• : BBC One
  BBC One
  BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
  
  
• : UT1
• : NBC
  NBC
  The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
  
   and Telemundo
  Telemundo
  Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
  
  
•  Venezuela: Venevisión
  Venevisión
  Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...
  
   and TNT
  Turner Network Television
  Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
  
  
• : VTV1