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Egypt

Egypt Media Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Broadcast media mix of state-run and private broadcast media; state-run TV operates 2 national and 6 regional terrestrial networks as well as a few satellite channels; about 20 private satellite channels and a large number of Arabic satellite channels are available via subscription; state-run radio operates about 70 stations belonging to 8 networks; 2 privately owned radio stations operational 2008
Households with television 88.6% 2002 61st out of 142
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 28.33 2012 111th out of 188
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 44.07 2012 95th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 432.4 2013 100th out of 205
Internet > Users per 1000 116.13 2007 95th out of 149
Internet users 20.14 million 2009 21st out of 206
News Agencies > List of news agencies

Middle East News Agency (MENA) - state-run

Masrawy - news portal

2013
Personal computers > Per capita 37.82 per 1,000 people 2005 37th out of 58
Radio > List of radio stations

Egypt Radio Television Union (ERTU) - state-run, operates national, regional and external services including flagship General Programme Network

Nile FM - private, Western pop

Nogoum FM - private, Arabic pop

2013
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 115.29 2012 72nd out of 200
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 374.25 per 1,000 people 2007 107th out of 162
Television > List of TV stations

Egypt Radio Television Union (ERTU) - state-run, operates domestic and satellite networks, including Nile News, Nile TV International and Nile TV thematic channels

Dream TV - private satellite network, operates Dream 1 targeting young viewers and Dream 2, an entertainment channel

Al-Mihwar - private, via satellite


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2013
Television receivers > Per capita 121.14 per 1,000 people 1997 93th out of 178
Televisions per 1000 110.9 2003 106th 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.

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