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India

India Media Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Broadcast media India's public TV network, operates about 20 national, regional, and local services; large number of privately-owned TV stations are distributed by cable and satellite service providers; government controls AM radio with All India Radio operating domestic and external networks; news broadcasts via radio are limited to the All India Radio Network; since 2000, privately-owned FM stations are permitted but limited to broadcasting entertainment and educational content 2007
Households with television 32% 2002 98th out of 142
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 11.57 2012 128th out of 188
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 12.58 2012 155th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 124.18 2013 159th out of 205
Internet > Users per 1000 69.02 2007 111th out of 149
Internet users 61.34 million 2009 6th out of 206
News Agencies > List of news agencies

Press Trust of India (PTI) - non-profit, owned by newspaper titles

Asian News International (ANI) - commercial, privately-owned multimedia news agency

Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) - privately-owned newswire

2013
Personal computers > Per capita 15.53 per 1,000 people 2005 48th out of 58
Radio > List of radio stations

All India Radio - public, operates domestic and external networks

Radio One - commercial radio network in six big cities

Radio Mirchi - commercial network, stations in Mumbai, Delhi and other cities, mainly music, operated by The Times Group


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Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 68.72 2012 152nd out of 200
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 257.91 per 1,000 people 2008 4th out of 6
Television > List of TV stations

Doordarshan - public TV; operates national, regional, local and satellite services

CNN-IBN - 24-hour news channel in English, partially owned by CNN's parent, Turner International

New Delhi TV (NDTV) - operates NDTV 24x7 and NDTV-India news channels in English and Hindi


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Television receivers > Per capita 65.26 per 1,000 people 1997 113th out of 178
Televisions per 1000 57.6 2003 133th 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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