In Europe
- Canale 5, Italian television broadcaster, founded in 1978 as "TeleMilano58", Italy's first private network; became "Canale 5" in 1980
- Channel 5 Lithuania - the largest regional TV channel in Lithuania. The first broadcast took place on 11 October 2004
- Channel 5 (UK), United Kingdom television broadcaster, founded in March 1997; known as "Channel 5" until 2002 and Five until July 2010
- France 5, French public television network, founded as La Cinquième in December 1994.
- Kanal 5 (Sweden), Swedish commercial channel, founded in 1989 and owned by the media corporation ProSiebenSat.1 Media
- 5 Kanal (Ukraine), Ukrainian television channel, founded in 2003 by businessman Petro Poroshenko
- Petersburg - Channel 5, Russian broadcaster, founded on in 1938; known as Leningrad Television until 1992; seen nationally, with regional channels
- Telecinco, Spain's second private television station (after Antenna 3), founded in 1990 and broadcasting from Madrid on channel 5
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