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Arctic Region > Iceland > Media

ICELANDIC MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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75th Academy Award > Best Foreign Film > English title Hafið (The Sea)
76th Academy Award > Best Foreign Film > English title Nói Albínói
Average cost of local call 0.09 [62nd of 151]
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Miss International 1 [13th of 25]
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Miss World 3 [3rd of 29]
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Total Grand Slam wins 4 [12th of 53]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences 192 Time series [36th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences (per capita) 700.73 per million people Time series [1st of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 138 Time series [29th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities 44 Time series [39th of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities (per capita) 160.584 per million people Time series [2nd of 70]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history 139 Time series [32nd of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history (per capita) 507.299 per million people Time series [1st of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 444 Time series [32nd of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature (per capita) 1,620.438 per million people Time series [1st of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology 150 Time series [28th of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology (per capita) 547.445 per million people Time series [1st of 69]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology 27 Time series [35th of 68]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology (per capita) 98.54 per million people Time series [1st of 67]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences 140 Time series [34th of 72]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences (per capita) 510.949 per million people Time series [1st of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology 46 Time series [38th of 73]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology (per capita) 167.883 per million people Time series [1st of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 476 Time series [35th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences (per capita) 1,737.226 per million people Time series [1st of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 1,796 Time series [37th of 80]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total (per capita) 6,554.745 per million people Time series [1st of 79]
Cinema attendance 1,531,000 [57th of 78]
    Cinema attendance (per capita) 5,159.45 per 1,000 people [1st of 78]
Cinemas 46 Time series [32nd of 61]
    Cinemas (per capita) 165.766 per million people Time series [1st of 60]
Cinemas > Annual attendance 1,500,000 Time series [37th of 65]
    Cinemas > Annual attendance (per capita) 5.405 per capita Time series [1st of 64]
Cinemas > Seats 9,000 Time series [28th of 44]
    Cinemas > Seats (per capita) 32.432 per 1,000 people Time series [1st of 43]
Cold Case > International > Name Cold Case
Cold Case > International > Station Stöð 2
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 23.93 % Time series [62nd of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 23.87 % Time series [78th of 155]
Daily newspapers > per 1,000 people 322.35 per 1,000 people Time series [8th of 89]
DVD region 2 [147th of 171]
E-Government rating 49.8 [26th of 182]
Fax machines 15.37 per 1,000 people [27th of 103]
Films produced 6 [50th of 50]
    Films produced (per capita) 20.22 per 1 million people [1st of 50]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 1,677.68 per 1,000 people Time series [3rd of 193]
Ghost Whisperer > International broadcasting > Time Wednesdays at 9:30 PM
HAM radio prefixes TFA - TEZ
Households with television > % 97 % Time series [14th of 160]
Idol series > Idol around the world > Winners
Season 1, 2003-04 : Kalli Bjarni
Season 2, 2004-05 : Hildur Vala Einarsdóttir
Season 3, 2005-06 : Snorri Snorrason
Inspector Rex > Syndication > Title Lögregluhundurinn Rex
Inspector Rex > Syndication > Type subtitled
International dialling code 354
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 80,532,000 min. Time series [64th of 164]
    International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita) 275.704 min. per capita Time series [10th of 185]
Mobile phone subscribers 304,001 Time series [129th of 198]
    Mobile phone subscribers (per capita) 1,024.435 per 1 million people Time series [13th of 201]
Mobile phones 90.28 per 100 people [5th of 43]
Newspaper circulation 93,000 [36th of 51]
    Newspaper circulation (per capita) 313.409 per 1,000 people [8th of 51]
Newspapers 3 [56th of 67]
    Newspapers (per capita) 10.11 per 1 million people [13th of 67]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 91,000 Time series [52nd of 90]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily (per capita) 323.843 per 1,000 people Time series [6th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily 57,000 Time series [34th of 46]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily (per capita) 202.847 per 1,000 people Time series [11th of 46]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 3 Time series [64th of 106]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily (per capita) 10.676 per million people Time series [7th of 104]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily 20 Time series [48th of 69]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily (per capita) 71.174 per million people Time series [6th of 68]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Periodicals 938 Time series [10th of 40]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Periodicals (per capita) 3,380.18 per million people Time series [1st of 40]
Nip/Tuck > International broadcasters > Alternate title/Translation
Klippt og skorið
("Cut and sliced")
Number of PCs 138 [103rd of 169]
    Number of PCs (per $ GDP) 0.147 per $10 million of GDP [46th of 144]
    Number of PCs (per capita) 4.651 per 10,000 people [24th of 169]
Personal computers 142,000 Time series [41st of 164]
    Personal computers (per capita) 478.517 per 1 million people Time series [7th of 171]
Phone subscribers 1,484.15 [4th of 178]
Population covered by mobile telephony > % 99 % Time series [42nd of 108]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 13.25 $/month Time series [65th of 185]
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 19.57 $/month Time series [23rd of 151]
Radio broadcast stations
AM 3, FM about 70 (including repeaters), shortwave 1
Radio receivers 260,000 Time series [150th of 188]
    Radio receivers (per capita) 0.956 per capita Time series [15th of 182]
Radios 260,000 [149th of 221]
    Radios (per capita) 876.197 per 1,000 people [26th of 212]
Royalties and fees $0.00 [70th of 85]
Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film > Director Baltasar Kormakur
Submissions for the 76th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film > Director Dagur Kari Petursson
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 21.47 % Time series [85th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 3630000000 Time series
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 2.93 % GDP Time series [56th of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 29214720000 Time series
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.84 $ Time series [117th of 142]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 97.357 $ per $1 trillion of GD Time series [100th of 174]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita) 2,989.324 $ per 1 million people Time series [29th of 178]
Telephone employees, total 1,567 Time series [78th of 194]
    Telephone employees, total (per capita) 5.365 per 1,000 people Time series [1st of 202]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines 35 per 100 mainlines Time series [44th of 134]
Telephone mainlines 193,852 Time series [99th of 202]
    Telephone mainlines (per capita) 653.25 per 1,000 people Time series [3rd of 203]
Telephone subscribers 497,853 Time series [116th of 199]
    Telephone subscribers (per capita) 1.678 per 1,000 people Time series [5th of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee 306.67 Time series [67th of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
liberalization of the telecommunications sector beginning in the late 1990s has led to increased competition especially in the mobile services segment of the market
Telephone system > General assessment
telecommunications infrastructure is modern and fully digitized, with satellite-earth stations, fiber-optic cables, and an extensive broadband network
Telephone system > International
country code - 354; the CANTAT-3 and FARICE-1 submarine cable systems provide connectivity to Canada, the Faroe Islands, UK, Denmark, and Germany; a planned new section of the Hibernia-Atlantic submarine cable will provide additional connectivity to Canada, US, and Ireland; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Iceland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden)
Telephone system > Regulation 1997
Telephones > Main lines in use 186,700 Time series [94th of 174]
    Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) 618.353 per 1,000 people Time series [4th of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 347,500 Time series [137th of 186]
    Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) 1,150.925 per 1,000 people Time series [24th of 185]
Television broadcast stations 14 Time series [26th of 89]
    Television broadcast stations (per capita) 51.471 per million people Time series [1st of 67]
Television receivers 98,000 Time series [132nd of 185]
    Television receivers (per capita) 360.294 per 1,000 people Time series [39th of 179]
Television standard > UHF PAL G
Television standard > VHF PAL B
Televisions 98,000 [135th of 215]
    Televisions (per capita) 330.259 per 1,000 people [54th of 209]
The New Adventures of Old Christine > International Broadcasters > Series Premiere November 5 2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine > International Broadcasters > Weekly Schedule Saturdays at 8.10pm
Two and a Half Men > International Broadcasters > Alternate title/Translation Tveir og hálfur maður
Website defacements 9 [70th of 129]
    Website defacements (per capita) 30.3299 per 1 million people [10th of 124]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film ; Wikipedia: Submissions for the 76th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film ; ; Wikipedia: Big Four pageants ; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; Wikipedia: Cold Case ; World Development Indicators database; Amazon.com; 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); The Information for Development Program; Internet Movie Database 2003; Wikipedia: Ghost Whisperer ; hamcity.com; Wikipedia: Idol series ; Wikipedia: Inspector Rex ; International Telecommunication Union; Wikipedia: Nip/Tuck ; ITU; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database; Tenlab May 2002; Wikipedia: The New Adventures of Old Christine ; Wikipedia: Two and a Half Men ; attrition.org

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