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Asia > India > Media

INDIAN MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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75th Academy Award > Best Foreign Film > English title Devdas
Ally McBeal > Broadcasters > TV network STAR World
Average cost of local call 0.02 [136th of 151]
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Miss Universe 2 [11th of 32]
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Miss World 5 [1st of 29]
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Total Grand Slam wins 7 [6th of 53]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences 760 Time series [23rd of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences (per capita) 0.774 per million people Time series [54th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 573 Time series [15th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities 406 Time series [10th of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities (per capita) 0.413 per million people Time series [52nd of 70]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history 1,299 Time series [8th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history (per capita) 1.323 per million people Time series [52nd of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 5,294 Time series [5th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature (per capita) 5.39 per million people Time series [48th of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology 275 Time series [18th of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology (per capita) 0.28 per million people Time series [52nd of 69]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology 408 Time series [14th of 68]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology (per capita) 0.415 per million people Time series [48th of 67]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences 570 Time series [16th of 72]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences (per capita) 0.58 per million people Time series [50th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology 1,150 Time series [7th of 73]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology (per capita) 1.171 per million people Time series [49th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 3,350 Time series [9th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences (per capita) 3.411 per million people Time series [54th of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 14,085 Time series [9th of 80]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total (per capita) 14.341 per million people Time series [56th of 79]
Cinema attendance 2,860,000,000 [1st of 78]
    Cinema attendance (per capita) 2,647.5 per 1,000 people [12th of 78]
Cinemas 21,801 Time series [2nd of 61]
    Cinemas (per capita) 22.582 per million people Time series [33rd of 60]
Cinemas > Annual attendance 2,860,000,000 Time series [1st of 65]
    Cinemas > Annual attendance (per capita) 2.912 per capita Time series [11th of 64]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 66.44 % Time series [8th of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 43.07 % Time series [28th of 155]
Daily newspapers > per 1,000 people 60.04 per 1,000 people Time series [42nd of 89]
DVD region 5 [45th of 171]
E-Government rating 45.1 [58th of 182]
Fax machines 0.05 per 1,000 people [103rd of 103]
Films produced 946 [1st of 50]
    Films produced (per capita) 0.876 per 1 million people [33rd of 50]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 127.67 per 1,000 people Time series [113rd of 193]
Ghost Whisperer > International broadcasting > Time Tuesdays at 9:00 PM
HAM radio prefixes VTA - VWZ
Households with television > % 32 % Time series [98th of 160]
Idol series > Idol around the world > Winners
Season 1, 2004-05 : Abhijeet Sawant
Season 2, 2005-06 : Sandeep Acharya
Season 3, 2007 : Auditions in progress
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ 55,304,300,000 $ Time series [11th of 74]
    Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.058 $ per $1 of GDP Time series [40th of 74]
    Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per capita) 42.425 $ per capita Time series [69th of 74]
International dialling code 91
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 3,100,000,000 min. Time series [8th of 164]
    International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita) 2.956 min. per capita Time series [126th of 185]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ 6,200,800,000 $ Time series [2nd of 101]
    Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP) 7.696 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [27th of 130]
    Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per capita) 5.665 $ per capita Time series [55th of 132]
Mobile phone subscribers 90,000,000 Time series [5th of 198]
    Mobile phone subscribers (per capita) 82.223 per 1 million people Time series [130th of 201]
Music recording sales certification > international sales certification thresholds > Certifier IMI
My Name Is Earl > Broadcasters > Alternate title/Translation My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl > Broadcasters > Series Premiere
Thursdays 8:30 pm 15th March 2007
Newspaper circulation 59,023,000 [1st of 51]
    Newspaper circulation (per capita) 54.6376 per 1,000 people [28th of 51]
Newspapers 5,221 [1st of 67]
    Newspapers (per capita) 4.83308 per 1 million people [24th of 67]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 59,023,000 Time series [3rd of 90]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily (per capita) 60.094 per 1,000 people Time series [42nd of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily 67,826,000 Time series [2nd of 46]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily (per capita) 69.056 per 1,000 people Time series [22nd of 46]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 5,221 Time series [1st of 106]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily (per capita) 5.316 per million people Time series [20th of 104]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily 38,607 Time series [1st of 69]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily (per capita) 39.307 per million people Time series [15th of 68]
non-Japanese Doraemon versions > Television series first broadcast
First broadcast in 1991 on STAR TV as . First broadcast on a local broadcaster by Hungama TV in 2005.
NUMB3RS > International first broadcast dates > Television network AXN
Number of PCs 13,030 [12th of 169]
    Number of PCs (per $ GDP) 0.039 per $10 million of GDP [122nd of 144]
    Number of PCs (per capita) 0.121 per 10,000 people [135th of 169]
Personal computers 17,000,000 Time series [4th of 164]
    Personal computers (per capita) 15.531 per 1 million people Time series [49th of 171]
Phone subscribers 43.78 [140th of 178]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 2.39 $/month Time series [179th of 185]
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 3.28 $/month Time series [111st of 151]
Radio broadcast stations
AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68
Radio receivers 116,000,000 Time series [4th of 188]
    Radio receivers (per capita) 0.12 per capita Time series [148th of 182]
Radios 116,000,000 [4th of 221]
    Radios (per capita) 107.381 per 1,000 people [177th of 212]
Royalties and fees $0.10 [57th of 85]
Star Academy > Star Academy around the world > Channel
SET
Star Academy > Star Academy around the world > Local name Fame Gurukul
Star Academy > Star Academy around the world > Winner
* Qazi Touqeer & Ruprekha Banerjee
Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film > Director Sanjay Leela Bhansail
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 45.93 % Time series [15th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 165710000000 Time series
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 1.93 % GDP Time series [70th of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 688000000000 Time series
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.19 $ Time series [66th of 142]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 1.71 $ per $1 trillion of GD Time series [96th of 174]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita) 1.102 $ per 1 million people Time series [111st of 178]
Telephone employees, total 416,642 Time series [2nd of 194]
    Telephone employees, total (per capita) 0.404 per 1,000 people Time series [136th of 202]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines 126 per 100 mainlines Time series [4th of 134]
Telephone mainlines 49,750,000 Time series [4th of 202]
    Telephone mainlines (per capita) 45.451 per 1,000 people Time series [104th of 203]
Telephone subscribers 139,750,000 Time series [4th of 199]
    Telephone subscribers (per capita) 0.129 per 1,000 people Time series [114th of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee 107.93 Time series [121st of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
mobile cellular service introduced in 1994 and organized nationwide into four metropolitan areas and 19 telecom circles each with about three private service providers and one state-owned service provider; in recent years significant trunk capacity added in the form of fiber-optic cable and one of the world's largest domestic satellite systems, the Indian National Satellite system (INSAT), with 6 satellites supporting 33,000 very small aperture terminals (VSAT)
Telephone system > General assessment
recent deregulation and liberalization of telecommunications laws and policies have prompted rapid growth; local and long distance service provided throughout all regions of the country, with services primarily concentrated in the urban areas; steady improvement is taking place with the recent admission of private and private-public investors, but combined fixed and mobile telephone density remains low at about 30 for each 100 persons nationwide and much lower for persons in rural areas; rapid growth in cellular service with modest declines in fixed lines
Telephone system > International
country code - 91; a number of major international submarine cable systems, including Sea-Me-We-3 with landing sites at Cochin and Mumbai (Bombay), Sea-Me-We-4 with a landing site at Chennai, Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) with a landing site at Mumbai (Bombay), South Africa - Far East (SAFE) with a landing site at Cochin, the i2i cable network linking to Singapore with landing sites at Mumbai (Bombay) and Chennai (Madras), and Tata Indicom linking Singapore and Chennai (Madras), provide a significant increase in the bandwidth available for both voice and data traffic; satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region); 9 gateway exchanges operating from Mumbai (Bombay), New Delhi, Kolkata (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras), Jalandhar, Kanpur, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, and Ernakulam
Telephone system > Regulation 1997
Telephones > Main lines in use 49,750,000 Time series [5th of 174]
    Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) 45.451 per 1,000 people Time series [124th of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 296,080,000 Time series [1st of 186]
    Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) 257.91 per 1,000 people Time series [3rd of 185]
Television > Digital TV households 3,301 [4th of 13]
    Television > Digital TV households (per capita) 0.00305573 per 1,000 people [12th of 13]
Television > Subscription TV revenues 1,846 [2nd of 13]
    Television > Subscription TV revenues (per capita) 0.00170884 per 1,000 people [11th of 13]
Television broadcast stations 562 Time series [2nd of 89]
    Television broadcast stations (per capita) 0.582 per million people Time series [56th of 67]
Television receivers 63,000,000 Time series [4th of 185]
    Television receivers (per capita) 65.256 per 1,000 people Time series [114th of 179]
Television standard > VHF PAL B
Televisions 63,000,000 [4th of 215]
    Televisions (per capita) 58.3191 per 1,000 people [148th of 209]
Two and a Half Men > International Broadcasters > Weekly Schedule
Thursday 10:30pm IST
Website defacements 119 [16th of 129]
    Website defacements (per capita) 0.110158 per 1 million people [116th of 124]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film ; Wikipedia: Ally McBeal ; ; Wikipedia: Big Four pageants ; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; 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: Music recording sales certification ; Wikipedia: My Name Is Earl ; Wikipedia: List of non-Japanese Doraemon versions ; Wikipedia: NUMB3RS ; 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; Wikipedia: Star Academy ; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database; Informa Media Group; Tenlab May 2002; Wikipedia: Two and a Half Men ; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: India, Republic of India

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