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Cinema attendance	140,000,000		[7th of 78]
DVD region	6		[1st of 171]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003
Fax machines	0.44 per 1,000 people		[79th of 103]
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Films produced	212		[4th of 50]
DEFINITION: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB
SOURCE: The Information for Development Program
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	570.23 per 1,000 people		[72nd of 193]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: Internet Movie Database 2003
Households with television > %	89.17 %		[56th of 160]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	393,428,000		[1st of 198]
DEFINITION: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phones	16.09 per 100 people		[38th of 43]
DEFINITION: Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	75,603,000		[1st of 90]
SOURCE: International Telecommunication Union		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	909		[2nd of 106]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Number of PCs	52,990		[2nd of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Phone subscribers	247.72		[90th of 178]
DEFINITION: Fixed line and mobile telephones (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.
SOURCE: ITU
Radio broadcast stations AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	417,000,000		[2nd of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	417,000,000		[2nd of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Television broadcast stations	3,240		[1st of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Television receivers	400,000,000		[1st of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Television standard > VHF	PAL D
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Televisions	400,000,000		[1st of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002
Website defacements	394		[3rd of 129]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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