NOTE 1: 8 sign language user communities (Andorran, Finland-Swedish SL, German SL in Belgium, German SL in Luxembourg, Liechteinstein, Monaco, Italian SL in San Marino and Russian) had no access to sign language to sign language on public television during data collection (May 2022), so the actual number of communities covered was 43.

NOTE 2: all DURATIONS presented on this website (and in my dissertation) are weekly. All PERCENTAGES refer to weekly duration of all SL TV programmes broadcast for a single sign language user community.

Statistics → Time slots → Early evening (18:00-21:00)

Number Sign language community Time Entire time Percentage
1.Austrian Sign Language5:25 /5:25(100%)
2.Belgian-French Sign Language4:35 /4:35(100%)
3.Bulgarian Sign Language4:35 /4:50(94.83%)
4.Croatian Sign Language6:32 /11:59(54.52%)
5.Cyprus Sign Language8:59 /8:59(100%)
6.Czech Sign Language10:20 /23:14(44.48%)
7.Danish Sign Language9:52 /12:27(79.25%)
8.Dutch Sign Language5:01 /9:11(54.63%)
9.Estonian Sign Language0:49 /0:49(100%)
10.Flemish Sign Language5:19 /6:07(86.92%)
11.French Sign Language (in France)1:15 /4:49(25.95%)
12.French Sign Language (in Switzerland)3:30 /5:20(65.63%)
13.German Sign Language (in Germany)3:25 /3:50(89.13%)
14.Greek Sign Language0:50 /0:50(100%)
15.Icelandic Sign Language2:57 /2:57(100%)
16.Italian Sign Language (in Italy)1:10 /2:43(42.94%)
17.Latvian Sign Language4:14 /9:12(46.01%)
18.Lithuanian Sign Language5:25 /9:56(54.53%)
19.Maltese Sign Language1:45 /1:45(100%)
20.Norwegian Sign Language13:36 /18:02(75.42%)
21.Polish Sign Language7:49 /47:40(16.4%)
22.Portuguese Sign Language13:10 /76:12(17.28%)
23.Romanian Sign Language4:40 /10:05(46.28%)
24.Serbian Sign Language2:55 /3:38(80.28%)
25.Slovak Sign Language6:39 /6:52(96.84%)
26.Slovene Sign Language6:48 /8:05(84.12%)
27.Swedish Sign Language0:58 /6:51(14.11%)
28.Swiss-German Sign Language5:24 /8:05(66.8%)