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Average cost of local call 0.11 [34th of 151]
Cable TV subscribers 68 [14th of 18]
Cinema attendance 80,000,000 [13th of 78]
DVD region 4 [86th of 171]
Fax machines 29.37 per 1,000 people [11th of 103]
Films produced 16 [37th of 50]
Households with television > % 96.28 % Time series [15th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers 18,420,000 Time series [23rd of 198]
Mobile phones 63.97 per 100 people [25th of 43]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 3,083,000 Time series [17th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 48 Time series [27th of 106]
Number of PCs 13,720 [11th of 169]
Phone subscribers 1,095.01 [23rd of 178]
Radio receivers 25,500,000 Time series [16th of 188]
Radios 25,500,000 [16th of 221]
Television broadcast stations 104 Time series [7th of 89]
Television receivers 10,150,000 Time series [20th of 185]
Television viewing 22 hours per person per wee [7th of 13]
Televisions 10,150,000 [21st of 215]
Website defacements 156 [12th of 129]

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SOURCES: ; OECD Communications Outlook 2005; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; Amazon.com; The Information for Development Program; Internet Movie Database 2003; World Development Indicators database; International Telecommunication Union; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; ITU; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Figures for European countries are from Andries van den Broek, 'Leisure across Europe. Comparing 14 populations, conveying 1 pattern' (Paper to International Association for Time Use Research, Annual Conference, Lisbon, 2002). The American figure is from Sanchez-Tabernero, Media Concentration in Europe. The Australian figure is from Australian Commercial Television 1986-1995 (Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics, AGPS, Canberra, 1996); attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Australia, Commonwealth of Australia

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Kara
17th April 2010
Wow, I never would have thought that Australians watched that much television... 22 hours per person per week? That's slightly excessive in my opinion.
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