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.

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Swedish Sign Language on public television → Statistics

Statistics List of TV Programmes

Swedish Sign Language — Broadcast days

NOTE: I distinguished this feature in order to find communities that may not have had SL programming on the weekends or had it only on the weekends. Published on the website for reference.

Number	Value	Time	Entire time	Percentage
1.	Weekday(s)	4:32 /	6:51	(66.18%)
2.	Weekday(s) and weekend day(s)	1:36 /	6:51	(23.36%)
3.	Weekend day(s)	0:43 /	6:51	(10.46%)

Swedish Sign Language — Disability Aspects

NOTE: Deafness means here that although the programme was presented by a hearing person (interpreter) it was described as "for the Deaf", "on Deaf issues" or "in sign language". Deaf presenters are acknowledged within the SL Source (Mode) feature.

Number	Value	Time	Entire time	Percentage
1.	Deafness	1:05 /	6:51	(15.82%)
	Various disabilities
2.	Not applicable	5:46 /	6:51	(84.18%)

Swedish Sign Language — Genres

Number	Value	Time	Entire time	Percentage
1.	Advice	1:36 /	6:51	(23.36%)
	Cultural commentary
	Documentaries
2.	Educational	1:03 /	6:51	(15.33%)
3.	Entertainment	0:14 /	6:51	(3.41%)
	Magazines
4.	News	1:05 /	6:51	(15.82%)
5.	Political commentary	0:45 /	6:51	(10.95%)
	Religious and/or philosophical
6.	Feature series	0:07 /	6:51	(1.7%)
7.	Social commentary	1:26 /	6:51	(20.92%)
8.	Sports commentary	0:30 /	6:51	(7.3%)
9.	Stories / Fairytales	0:05 /	6:51	(1.22%)

Swedish Sign Language — SL Interpreter Size

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	Value	Time	Entire time	Percentage
	Interpreter size 2/10
	Interpreter size 3/10
	Interpreter size 4/10
	Interpreter size 5/10
	Interpreter size 6/10
	Interpreter size 7/10
1.	Interpreter size 8/10	3:16 /	6:51	(47.69%)
2.	Interpreter size 9/10	2:30 /	6:51	(36.5%)
3.	Not applicable	1:05 /	6:51	(15.82%)

Swedish Sign Language — SL Screen Layout

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	Value	Time	Entire time	Percentage
	Screen layout 1A
	Screen layout 1B
1.	Screen layout 2A	5:46 /	6:51	(84.18%)
	Screen layout 2B
	Screen layout 3A
	Screen layout 3B
2.	Not applicable	1:05 /	6:51	(15.82%)

Swedish Sign Language — SL Sources (Mode)

Number	Value	Time	Entire time	Percentage
1.	Deaf-presented programmes	1:05 /	6:51	(15.82%)
2.	Interpreted programmes	5:46 /	6:51	(84.18%)

Swedish Sign Language — Target age groups

NOTE: Feature established in order to find communities that have (no) SL broadcasting for children.

Number	Value	Time	Entire time	Percentage
1.	Programmes for children	0:48 /	6:51	(11.68%)
2.	Programmes for age groups other than children	6:03 /	6:51	(88.32%)

Swedish Sign Language — Time slots

Number	Value	Time	Entire time	Percentage
1.	Night (00:00-06:00)	0:58 /	6:51	(14.11%)
	Early morning (06:00-09:00)
	Before noon (09:00-12:00)
2.	Early afternoon (12:00-15:00)	0:48 /	6:51	(11.68%)
3.	Late afternoon (15:00-18:00)	0:50 /	6:51	(12.17%)
4.	Early evening (18:00-21:00)	0:58 /	6:51	(14.11%)
5.	Late evening (21:00-00:00)	3:17 /	6:51	(47.93%)