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United Kingdom

United Kingdom Media Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Broadcast media public service broadcaster, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world; BBC operates multiple TV networks with regional and local TV service; a mixed system of public and commercial TV broadcasters along with satellite and cable systems provide access to hundreds of TV stations throughout the world; BBC operates multiple national, regional, and local radio networks with multiple transmission sites; a large number of commercial radio stations as well as satellite radio services are available 2008
Households with television 97.5% 2001 15th out of 153
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 337.99 2012 12th out of 188
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 87.02 2012 13th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 865.38 2013 12th out of 205
Internet > Users per 1000 659.16 2007 15th out of 149
Internet users 51.44 million 2009 7th out of 206
News Agencies > List of news agencies

The Press Association

2012
Personal computers > Per capita 599.82 per 1,000 people 2004 12th out of 155
Radio > List of radio stations

BBC Radio - national services include new-music station Radio 1, adult music station Radio 2, cultural network Radio 3, flagship speech station Radio 4 and news and sport station Five Live

BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio nan Gaidheal - Gaelic-language station for Scotland


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2012
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 130.75 2012 47th out of 200
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 1,184.54 per 1,000 people 2007 20th out of 162
Television > List of TV stations

BBC TV - operates BBC1, BBC2 and digital services including BBC News channel

BBC World News - commercially-funded international news channel

ITV - major commercial network, organised around regional franchises


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2012
Television receivers > Per capita 521.64 per 1,000 people 1997 17th out of 178
Televisions per 1000 512.03 2003 22nd out of 191

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Development Indicators database; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbook, December 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

Citation

  • United Kingdom ranked first for internet > internet service providers amongst Europe in 2003.
  • United Kingdom ranked first for average cost of local call amongst European Union in 2001.

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