Country reference
- Country codes
- WS / WSM · M49 882
- Browsing region
- Oceania
- Language options to specify
- Samoan, English
- UN statistical subregion
- Polynesia
Samoa’s regulator lists television stations separately from IPTV and satellite operators. TV1, TV3 and government TV9 identify programme services; Moana TV identifies an operator product in the register. A television package and a locally produced programme are different viewing requests.
TV1,TV3,TV9 and operator services
The communications ministry describes TV9 as a route for government development information, alongside separate Radio2 AP work. For an official briefing, retain TV9 and the speaker or event; a radio report on the same issue may not supply the full video a viewer expects.
Government programme or imported channel
For entertainment or a local cultural programme, give the actual station and original title rather than an operator brand alone. Imported Pacific or international programming is not automatically Samoan local coverage. Specify Samoan or English speech and whether subtitles matter for the particular episode.
Keep the Apia date
Use Pacific/Apia and keep the original Samoan calendar date when abroad. Samoa and American Samoa are different viewing locations, so record the correct place explicitly, especially for a cross-border family event. A regulator list identifies services and operators, but it does not establish a particular distributor’s current lineup or rights to a complete sporting event.
Time-zone reference locations
Pacific/Apia
Use the location relevant to the viewer and the event date. IANA reference locations are not a count of distinct current offsets; do not apply one fixed offset to the whole country.