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 → SL Screen Layout → Not applicable

NOTE: Not applicable here means that the programme has not got an added interpreter, but is presented directly in sign language (by either a hearing or deaf person).

Number Sign language community Time Entire time Percentage
1.Albanian Sign Language1:15 /1:15(100%)
2.Sign Language in Bosnia and Herzegovina0:55 /2:15(40.74%)
3.British Sign Language0:08 /10:08(1.32%)
4.Bulgarian Sign Language0:15 /4:50(5.17%)
5.Czech Sign Language1:23 /23:14(5.95%)
6.Danish Sign Language2:06 /12:27(16.87%)
7.Estonian Sign Language0:49 /0:49(100%)
8.Finnish Sign Language0:45 /0:45(100%)
9.French Sign Language (in France)0:27 /4:49(9.34%)
10.French Sign Language (in Switzerland)0:08 /5:20(2.5%)
11.German Sign Language (in Germany)0:25 /3:50(10.87%)
12.Irish Sign Language0:23 /9:26(4.06%)
13.Italian Sign Language (in Italy)1:03 /2:43(38.65%)
14.Macedonian Sign Language0:08 /1:48(7.41%)
15.Maltese Sign Language1:45 /1:45(100%)
16.Norwegian Sign Language0:53 /18:02(4.9%)
17.Polish Sign Language0:22 /47:40(0.77%)
18.Serbian Sign Language0:30 /3:38(13.76%)
19.Slovak Sign Language1:02 /6:52(15.05%)
20.Slovene Sign Language0:15 /8:05(3.09%)
21.Spanish Sign Language0:30 /15:15(3.28%)
22.Swedish Sign Language1:05 /6:51(15.82%)