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75th Academy Award > Best Foreign Film > English title Hero
76th Academy Award > Best Foreign Film > English title Warriors of Heaven and Earth
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
Cinema attendance	140,000,000		[7th of 78]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Submissions for the 76th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
Cinemas > Annual attendance	140,000,000		[4th of 65]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003		View time series
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports	38.55 %		[33rd of 153]
DEFINITION: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.		View time series
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	30.79 %		[56th of 155]
DEFINITION: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	2007-2008
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > System used	DMB-T/H
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Digital terrestrial television
DVD region	6		[1st of 171]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Digital terrestrial television
E-Government rating	56.3		[7th of 182]
DEFINITION: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Fax machines	0.44 per 1,000 people		[79th of 103]
SOURCE: report presents the second annual update on global e-government, i.e., the delivery of public sector information and online services through the Internet. This report studies the features that are available online at national government websites. Using a detailed analysis of 1.197 government websites in 198 different nations, it measures the information and services that are online, chart the variations that exist across countries, and discuss how e-government sites vary by region of the world. In order to see how the 198 nations ranked overall, the E-Government Ranking 2002 created a 0 to 100 point index and applied it to each nation's websites based on the availability of contact information, publications, databases, portals, and number of online services. (2002)
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
Força > Charts > Peak > position	15		[4th of 13]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
HAM radio prefixes	3HA - 3UZ
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Força
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: hamcity.com
Hung Up > Charts > Peak > position	1		[13th of 35]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$	142,313,300,000 $		[6th of 74]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Hung Up
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.053 $ per $1 of GDP		[47th of 74]
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International voice traffic > out and in, minutes	5,983,000,000 min.		[5th of 164]
DEFINITION: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$	1,140,000,000 $		[10th of 101]
DEFINITION: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.59 $ per $1,000 of GDP		[101st of 130]
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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 > Circulation > Non-daily	103,284,000		[1st of 46]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		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
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	1,098		[5th of 69]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
non-Japanese Doraemon versions > Manga first published	1992
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
non-Japanese Doraemon versions > Television series first broadcast	1991
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of non-Japanese Doraemon versions
Number of PCs	52,990		[2nd of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of non-Japanese Doraemon versions
Number of PCs (per $ GDP)	0.073 per $10 million of GDP		[95th of 144]
Personal computers	52,990,000		[3rd of 164]
DEFINITION: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU
Phone subscribers	247.72		[90th of 178]
DEFINITION: Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	2.9 $/month		[174th of 185]
DEFINITION: Price basket for mobile is calculated as the pre-paid price for 25 calls per month spread over the same mobile network, other mobile networks, and mobile to fixed calls and during peak, off-peak, and weekend times. It also includes 30 text messages per month.		View time series
Radio broadcast stations AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
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
Royalties and fees	$0.10		[59th of 85]
DEFINITION: Receipts of royalties and licence fees ($US per person)
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Stuck > Worldwide chart positions > Peak > position	1		[20th of 22]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank
Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film > Director	Zhang Yimou
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Stuck
Submissions for the 76th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film > Director	He Ping
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	35.06 %		[2nd of 165]
DEFINITION: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Submissions for the 76th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
Telecommunications investment > current LCU	203340000000
DEFINITION: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	3.17 % GDP		[48th of 167]
DEFINITION: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU	579897000000
DEFINITION: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	2.9 $		[21st of 142]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP)	1.501 $ per $1 trillion of GD		[97th of 174]
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Telephone employees, total	697,000		[2nd of 194]
DEFINITION: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone mainlines	350,433,000		[1st of 202]
DEFINITION: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone subscribers	743,861,000		[1st of 199]
DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone subscribers per employee	927.66		[8th of 191]
DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Television > Digital TV households	11,886		[1st of 13]
DEFINITION: Number of households with digital television in 2002
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Television > Subscription TV revenues	1,750		[3rd of 13]
DEFINITION: Subscription television revenues in 2002 (millions of $US)
SOURCE: Informa Media Group
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: Informa Media Group
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
Too Lost in You > Charts > Peak > Position	8		[10th of 12]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Website defacements	394		[3rd of 129]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Too Lost in You

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