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Israel

Israel Media Stats

Definitions

  • Active military personnel: Active military.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Average cost of local call: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).
  • Cinema > Number of cinemas: Number of cinemas.
  • Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
  • Films produced: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB
  • Films produced per million: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people: Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
  • Households with television: Households with television are the share of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported.
  • Information and communication technology spending > Current US$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
  • Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
  • Internet > Hosts per 1000: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
  • Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.
  • Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
  • Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
  • Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users (per 100 people). Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
  • Internet > Internet users per thousand people: Internet users. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Users per 1000: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
  • Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
  • Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
  • Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
  • Number of PCs per million: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Personal computers: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.
  • Personal computers > Per capita: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Personal computers per 1000: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones: Number of mobile phones.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.
  • Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Televisions > Households with TV: Total number of households with a TV set.
  • Televisions > Households with TV per thousand people: Households in housing units by type of housing unit, availability of communication technology devices/access to Internet by urban/rural location. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Active military personnel 176,500 2012 1st out of 1
Average cost of local call 0.02 2001 93th out of 104
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 130 1998 32nd out of 56
Broadcast media state broadcasting network, operated by the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), broadcasts on 2 channels, one in Hebrew and the other in Arabic; 5 commercial channels including a channel broadcasting in Russian, a channel broadcasting Knesset proceedings, and a music channel supervised by a public body; multi-channel satellite and cable TV packages provide access to foreign channels; IBA broadcasts on 8 radio networks with multiple repeaters and Israel Defense Forces Radio broadcasts over multiple stations; about 15 privately-owned radio stations; overall more than 100 stations and repeater stations operating 2008
Cinema > Number of cinemas 58 2006 39th out of 61
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 26 2011 41st out of 82
Films produced 13 2003 43th out of 50
Films produced per million 1.94 2003 23th out of 48
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 1,544.47 per 1,000 people 2005 9th out of 140
Households with television 92.6% 2004 23th out of 37
How I Met Your Mother > International broadcasters > Series Premiere March 9, 2006 2006
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$ $9.85 billion 2009 41st out of 69
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 2.01 billion min. 2002 15th out of 120
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 177.43 2005 13th out of 114
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 1.71 million 2012 45th out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 216.37 2012 41st out of 188
Internet > Hosts 1.42 million 2008 33th out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000 193.6 2008 29th out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita 997.77 2014 37th out of 233
Internet > ISP 21 2000 31st out of 161
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 17,000 Mbps 2004 24th out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 2,498.71 Mbps per 1 million peop 2004 23th out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 2,496.7 Mbps 2004 23th out of 127
Internet > Internet Service Providers 21 2003 48th out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration 73.4% 2013 42nd out of 209
Internet > Internet users 5.57 million 2013 54th out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 73.37 2012 40th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 722.58 2013 43th out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet 73.37% 2012 37th out of 200
Internet > Users 2 million 2007 56th out of 154
Internet > Users > Per capita 311.2 per 1,000 people 2007 59th out of 152
Internet > Users per 1000 278.55 2007 60th out of 149
Internet users 4.53 million 2009 51st out of 206
Internet users > Per 100 people 47.89 2008 47th out of 186
Mobile phone subscribers 7.76 million 2005 45th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 1,120.37 per 1,000 people 2005 7th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 1,119.32 2005 7th out of 167
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 34 1996 40th out of 204
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 1.65 million 1996 40th out of 183
Newspapers > List of newspapers

Yediot Aharonot - Tel Aviv-based, widely-read daily

Israel Hayom - Tel Aviv-based, free-of-charge, large-circulation daily

Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv-based daily


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2012
Number of PCs per million 739.76 2004 3rd out of 162
Personal computers 5.04 million 2004 22nd out of 155
Personal computers > Per capita 740.35 per 1,000 people 2004 5th out of 155
Personal computers per 1000 739.76 2004 5th out of 153
Radio > List of radio stations

Israel Broadcasting Authority - operates public radios, including speech-based Reshet Aleph, news-based Reshet Bet, music-based Reshet Gimmel, Arabic-language Reshet Dalet

Galei Zahal - Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Radio, broadcasts news and music to mostly-civilian audience; also operates music and traffic news network Galgalatz

2012
Radio broadcast stations AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 1998
Radio receivers 3.07 million 1997 72nd out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.526 per capita 1997 59th out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000 526.05 1997 58th out of 179
Radios 3.07 million 2003 74th out of 221
Radios per 1000 458.91 2003 73th out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 3.59 million 2012 43th out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 47.02 2012 20th out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 9.32 million 2014 54th out of 66
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 9.22 million 2012 83th out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 9.22 million 2012 83th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 119.89 2012 62nd out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,166.55 2012 70th out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines 3.59 million 2012 43th out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 454.48 2012 23th out of 203
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.59$ 2004 100th out of 111
Telephone mainlines per 1000 423.7 2005 25th out of 141
Telephone system > General assessment most highly developed system in the Middle East 2013
Telephone system > International country code - 972; submarine cables provide links to Europe, Cyprus, and parts of the Middle East; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) 2012
Telephones > Main lines in use 3.5 million 2011 47th out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 434.9 per 1,000 people 2009 6th out of 11
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 434.17 2009 24th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular 9.2 million 2011 78th out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 1,207.27 per 1,000 people 2009 2nd out of 8
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 1,205.25 2009 41st out of 187
Television > List of TV stations

Israel Broadcasting Authority - public TV, operates Channel 1

Channel 2 - national, commercial

Israel 10 - national, commercial

2012
Television broadcast stations 17 1995 27th out of 30
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 3.07 per 1 million people 1995 20th out of 28
Television receivers 1.69 million 1997 66th out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita 289.58 per 1,000 people 1997 51st out of 178
Television receivers per 1000 289.58 1997 49th out of 176
Televisions 1.69 million 2003 68th out of 214
Televisions > Households with TV 1.97 million 2008 2nd out of 3
Televisions > Households with TV per thousand people 270.14 2008 1st out of 3
Televisions per 1000 252.63 2003 66th out of 191

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