Quote Originally Posted by ac220
Quote Originally Posted by Spiderkat
Когда говорят "il n'y a pas de télévision", это значит телевизора нет или никто не имеет телевизор, и "il n'y a pas la télévision", это значит передачи нет или никакая система не получить передачу или передавать.
Could you repeat that in English, please? I think I understand the gist of what you're trying to say (I misunderstood Zubr it seems), but your word choice is a bit too awkward to be sure. Your grammar is very good in fact, it's just lack of vocabulary related to finer points of the topic (vehicles and TV, not French grammar. ) I'm really sorry.
There's nothing to be sorry about.
So when you hear "il n'y a pas de télévision", it means either there's no TV set or noboby owns one. And "il n'y a pas la télévision", it means there's no TV broadcast either because you don't have the piece of equipment needed to get it or there are no facilities to broadcast.