Growth in number of European television channels and platforms despite crisis . More than 245 new television channels were launched in Europe in 2009, bringing the total number of European television channels to 7200 at the end of 2009, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory. According to the latest information from the MAVISE database and data collected by the Observatory in the 2009 edition of its directory, the number of television channels and platforms has continued to grow...