Brussels, 16/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - Over 6,500 television channels were available in the European Union and candidate countries (Croatia and Turkey) in 2008, 5,068 of which were active, explains the European Audiovisual Observatory. Its survey was carried out using the MAVISE database and research is still continuing. Some 1,500 small local TV channels active in the EU will gradually be added to the database, explains the Observatory. Of the 5,068 channels identified, 4,663 are...