15 channels
Cambodian television is a compact, state-influenced market where a handful of general entertainment channels dominate the dial. The public broadcaster anchors the landscape with a mix of formal news bulletins, royal coverage and educational blocks, while commercial stations lean hard into dubbed foreign dramas, variety shows and phone-in entertainment. That dubbing culture is the first thing a visitor notices: almost all imported series and cartoons arrive with Khmer voice tracks rather than subtitles, a practice that keeps viewing accessible across ages and literacy levels. Primetime runs early by regional standards, often starting around 7pm, and the living-room set typically stays on one channel for the whole evening rather than flipping. News reading is formal and scripted, closer to the Vietnamese or Lao style than to the shoutier panel formats common in Thailand. Live sport, especially domestic league football and international tournaments, pulls the biggest simultaneous audiences, with commentary in Khmer. Compared with its neighbours, Cambodia's market is smaller and more reliant on advertising from a narrow set of sectors, which shapes programming toward broad-appeal genres: soap operas, karaoke and music shows, game formats and long-running dramas. Education slots appear in daytime and weekend blocks, often produced with ministries or NGOs. Satellite and IPTV distribution matter because terrestrial reach is uneven outside Phnom Penh. For anyone wanting to watch Cambodia TV online, the mix is modest but distinctive: heavy on dubbed storytelling, formal news and music-led variety.