FACTOID # 1: Andorra has no unemployment, which is just as well because they have no broadcast TV channels either. What would everyone watch?
 
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Europe > United Kingdom > Media

75th Academy Award > Best Foreign Film > English title
Eldra(The United Kingdom originally selected The Warrior, which was not accepted by the Academy)
Advertising revenue > Share of television 33% [6th of 14]
Ally McBeal > Broadcasters > TV network
Channel 4, Paramount Comedy 1, Paramount Comedy 2, TMF
Anastacia: Live at Last > Chart performance > Peak 4 [5th of 10]
Average cost of local call 0.17 [10th of 151]
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Miss International 3 [5th of 25]
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Total Grand Slam wins 7 [3rd of 53]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences 17,106 Time series [1st of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 10,520 Time series [1st of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities 2,143 Time series [1st of 70]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history 12,433 Time series [1st of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 22,104 Time series [1st of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology 4,274 Time series [1st of 70]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology 3,570 Time series [1st of 68]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences 8,902 Time series [1st of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology 5,199 Time series [1st of 73]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 24,714 Time series [1st of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 110,965 Time series [1st of 80]
Bring Me to Life > Charts > Peak 1 [23rd of 23]
Broadcasters of Medium > Broadcasters > Première September 5, 2005
Brothers & Sisters > International broadcasts > Series Premiere 2007
Brothers & Sisters > International broadcasts > Weekly Schedule
Expected to take Desperate Housewives timeslot, Wednesdays at 10pm in May 2007
Cable TV subscribers 57 [15th of 18]
Call Me When You're Sober > Charts > Peak > position 4 [7th of 12]
Can't Hold Us Down > Charts > Peak > Position 6 [12th of 15]
Cinema attendance 139,500,000 [8th of 78]
Cinemas 2,019 Time series [6th of 61]
Cinemas > Annual attendance 139,500,000 Time series [5th of 65]
City of Blinding Lights > Chart performance > Peak > position 2 [10th of 12]
Cold Case > International > Name Cold Case
Cold Case > International > Station
Sky One, Sky Two, Sky Three, VM On Demand
Commercial share of broadcasting revenue 30% [9th of 16]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 45.41 % Time series [24th of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 31.51 % Time series [54th of 155]
DB Boulevard > Point of View > Date February 17, 2002
Digital terrestrial television > Analog Switch-Off Planned 2012
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch 15 November 1998
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Start of closedown Planned 2008
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > System used DVB-T
Don't Cha > Chart performance > Peak 1 [14th of 14]
Don't Forget About Us > Charts > Peak > position 11 [13th of 13]
Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know > Chart performance > Peak 12 [5th of 9]
DVD region 2 [128th of 171]
E-Government rating 54.8 [9th of 182]
Eurovision Song Contest 1957 > Results > Points 6 [7th of 10]
Eurovision Song Contest 1959 > Results > Points 16 [2nd of 11]
Eurovision Song Contest 1960 > Results > Artist
Bryan Johnson
Eurovision Song Contest 1960 > Results > Points 25 [2nd of 12]
Eurovision Song Contest 1963 > Results > Points 28 [4th of 11]
Eurovision Song Contest 1966 > Results > Points 8 [9th of 16]
Eurovision Song Contest 1969 > Results > Points 18 [2nd of 15]
Eurovision Song Contest 1971 > Results > Points 98 [4th of 18]
Eurovision Song Contest 1973 > Results > Points 123 [3rd of 17]
Eurovision Song Contest 1974 > Results > Points 14 [6th of 17]
Eurovision Song Contest 1975 > Results > Points 138 [2nd of 19]
Eurovision Song Contest winners > Most points rewarded > Ponts 3 453
Eurovision Song Contest winners > Statistics > Second 15 [1st of 13]
Eurovision Song Contest winners > Statistics > Third 2 [11th of 18]
Eurovision Song Contest winners > Statistics > Total 22 [1st of 23]
Eurovision Song Contest winners > Statistics > Wins 5 [2nd of 23]
Everybody Hates Chris > International Broadcasts > Series Premiere March 19 2006
Everybody Hates Chris > International Broadcasts > Weekly Schedule Sunday 8:00pm
Fax machines 25.46 per 1,000 people [13th of 103]
Films produced 132 [8th of 50]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 1,615.5 per 1,000 people Time series [7th of 193]
Força > Charts > Peak > position 40 [1st of 13]
Freak Like Me > Charts > Peak > Position 1 [15th of 15]
Get Right > Charts > Peak > position 1 [14th of 14]
Going Under > Charts > Peak > position 12 [11th of 22]
HAM radio prefixes ZNA - ZOZ
Households with television > % 97.5 % Time series [15th of 160]
How I Met Your Mother > International broadcasters > Series Premiere 7 May - 5 Aug, 2006
How I Met Your Mother > International broadcasters > Weekly Schedule
Sundays 7.35pm GMT
Hung Up > Charts > Peak > position 1 [35th of 35]
I Wanna Be the Only One > Charts > Date May 1997
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret > DVD charts > Peak > position 1 [10th of 15]
Idol series > Idol around the world > Winners
Season 1, 2001-02 : Will Young
Season 2, 2003 : Michelle McManus
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ 164,731,300,000 $ Time series [4th of 74]
    Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.073 $ per $1 of GDP Time series [22nd of 74]
International dialling code 44
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 15,600,000,000 min. Time series [2nd of 164]
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 > participants > Artist Tom Morley
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 > participants > Points 118 [3rd of 16]
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 > participants > Song My Song For The World
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 > Results > Artist Cory Spedding
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 > Results > Points 140 [2nd of 18]
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 > Results > Song The Best Is Yet To Come
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 > Participants > Artist Joni Fuller
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 > Participants > Points 28 [14th of 16]
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 > Participants > Song How Does It Feel?
Late Show with David Letterman > International broadcasts > Broadcaster
*No longer shown(The show has previously aired on ITV2, Sky One, Paramount Comedy, for a week on BBC Two whilst Letterman presented the show in London - and more recently aired on ITV4 from the 1 November 2005 to the 27 October 2006. After the 27 October 2006, the Late Show is no longer available on UK television.)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent > International Broadcasters > Alternate title/Translation
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Left Outside Alone > Charts > Peak > position 3 [5th of 13]
Like I Love You > Charts > Peak 2 [11th of 11]
Men in Trees > International Broadcasters > Series Premiere 2007
Mobile phone subscribers 65,500,000 Time series [9th of 198]
Mobile phones 84.49 per 100 people [9th of 43]
MTV Video Music Awards Latin America > Awards > Total 3 [7th of 11]
Music recording sales certification > international sales certification thresholds > Certifier
BPI
My Happy Ending > Charts > Peak > position 5 [10th of 16]
My Immortal > Charts > Peak 7 [4th of 13]
My Name Is Earl > Broadcasters > Alternate title/Translation My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl > Broadcasters > Series Premiere January 6 2006
My Name Is Earl > Broadcasters > Weekly Schedule
Friday- Around 21:30 GMT First Showings.
Repeat Showings Are Various Times Around Midnight GMT
Never Ever > Charts > Date January 4, 1998
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 19,159,000 Time series [5th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily 6,246,000 Time series [4th of 46]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 108 Time series [14th of 106]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily 467 Time series [12th of 69]
Nothing in This World > Chart performance > Peak > position 55 [1st of 11]
NUMB3RS > International first broadcast dates > First aired October 5, 2005
NUMB3RS > International first broadcast dates > Television network ITV3
Number of PCs 35,890 [4th of 169]
    Number of PCs (per $ GDP) 0.201 per $10 million of GDP [23rd of 144]
NYPD Blue > International > Channel
Channel 4 (Seasons 1-9), More 4 (Seasons 10-12) and FX (repeats)
Pay TV subscribers 31% [15th of 18]
Personal computers 35,890,000 Time series [5th of 164]
Phone subscribers 1,358.44 [8th of 178]
Population covered by mobile telephony > % 99 % Time series [16th of 108]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 14.02 $/month Time series [58th of 185]
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 31.28 $/month Time series [9th of 151]
Public funding of broadcasters revenue per capita $57.00 [4th of 16]
Public share of broadcasting revenue 69% [7th of 17]
Pure Shores > Charts > Date February 13, 2000
Radio broadcast stations
AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3
Radio receivers 84,500,000 Time series [5th of 188]
Radios 84,500,000 [5th of 221]
Resident Evil: Extinction > Release Information > Release date September 21 2007
Royalties and fees $123.90 [7th of 85]
Sick and Tired > Charts > Peak > position 4 [6th of 13]
Some Kind of Bliss > Chart performance > Year 1997
Star Academy > Star Academy around the world > Channel BBC
Star Academy > Star Academy around the world > Local name Fame Academy
Star Academy > Star Academy around the world > Winner
* David Sneddon * Alex Parks
Stuck > Worldwide chart positions > Peak > position 9 [7th of 22]
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip > International broadcasters > Series Premiere
June/July 2007( at )
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip > International broadcasters > Weekly Schedule TBC
Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film > Director Tim Lyn
t.A.T.u. > All the Things She Said > Certification Silver
Telecommunications employment 0.83% [7th of 18]
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 27.48 % Time series [47th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 8999999000 Time series
Telecommunications revenue 3.89 % of GDP [2nd of 18]
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 3.15 % GDP Time series [82nd of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 36631000000 Time series
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.77 $ Time series [89th of 142]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 0.361 $ per $1 trillion of GD Time series [107th of 174]
Telephone employees, total 236,000 Time series [3rd of 194]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines 11 per 100 mainlines Time series [54th of 134]
Telephone mainlines 31,796,000 Time series [7th of 202]
Telephone subscribers 97,296,000 Time series [6th of 199]
Telephone subscribers per employee 353.44 Time series [51st of 191]
Telephone system > Regulation 1984
Telephone systems > Privatisation 1984
Television broadcast stations 228 Time series [7th of 89]
Television receivers 30,500,000 Time series [9th of 185]
Television reception by terrestrial means 68% [5th of 18]
Television reception through cable 12% [16th of 16]
Television reception through satellite 21% [7th of 18]
Television revenue from subscriptions 26% [9th of 15]
Television standard > UHF PAL I
Television viewing 28 hours per person per wee [2nd of 13]
Televisions 30,500,000 [9th of 215]
The Lost Room > International broadcasters > Series premiere January 24, 2007
The New Adventures of Old Christine > International Broadcasters > Series Premiere ???? 2007
Too Lost in You > Charts > Peak > Position 10 [8th of 12]
Total broadcasters revenue per capita $83.00 [5th of 16]
Try Again > Charts > Date July 2000
Try Again > Charts > Peak position 5 [9th of 11]
Two and a Half Men > International Broadcasters > Series Premiere July 5 2004
Under the Bridge / Lady Marmalade > Charts > Date May 3, 1998
Vanished > Broadcasting > Series Premiere 2007
Website defacements 301 [6th of 129]
Woman in Love > Charts > Date October 25, 1980
World Idol > Results > Original artist The Doors
World Idol > Results > Performer Will Young
World Idol > Results > Points 72 [5th of 10]
World Idol > Results > Song "Light My Fire"
World music market > Album Sales Share 7-9%
World music market > Digital Singles Sales Share in 2005 6.3%
World music market > Singles > Physical Sales Share 14.5-16%
World music market > Value share 6.4-9.1%
World sales and certifications for Madonna > American Life > Certifications 2x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > American Life > Peak 1 [9th of 16]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > American Life > Sales 650,000 [1st of 8]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Bedtime Stories > Certifications 2x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Bedtime Stories > Peak 2 [10th of 12]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Bedtime Stories > Sales 600,000 [2nd of 7]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Confessions on a Dance Floor > Certifications 4 x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Confessions on a Dance Floor > Peak 1 [40th of 42]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Confessions on a Dance Floor > Sales 1,235,000 sold
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Erotica > Certifications 2x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Erotica > Peak 2 [8th of 12]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Erotica > Sales 600,000 [2nd of 7]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Evita > Certifications 2x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Evita > Peak 1 [11th of 12]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Evita > Sales 600,000 [2nd of 7]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > GHV2 > Certifications 2x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > GHV2 > Peak 2 [12th of 15]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > GHV2 > Sales 600,000 [2nd of 7]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > I'm Breathless > Certifications 2x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > I'm Breathless > Peak 2 [4th of 9]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > I'm Breathless > Sales 600,000 [2nd of 7]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Like a Prayer > Certifications 4x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Like a Prayer > Peak 1 [7th of 10]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Like a Prayer > Sales 1,200,000 [2nd of 9]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Like a Virgin > Certifications 6x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Like a Virgin > Peak 1 [6th of 11]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Like a Virgin > Sales 1,600,000 [2nd of 13]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Music > Certifications 5x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Music > Peak 1 [6th of 13]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Music > Sales 1,600,000 [2nd of 11]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Something to Remember > Certifications 3x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Something to Remember > Peak 3 [7th of 10]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Something to Remember > Sales 900,000 [2nd of 8]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > The Immaculate Collection > Certifications 12x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > The Immaculate Collection > Peak 1 [9th of 10]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > The Immaculate Collection > Sales 3,905,000 [2nd of 9]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > True Blue > Certifications 7x Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > True Blue > Peak 1 [5th of 11]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > True Blue > Sales 2,100,000 [2nd of 8]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Who's That Girl > Certifications Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Who's That Girl > Peak 4 [6th of 13]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Who's That Girl > Sales 300,000 [5th of 6]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > You Can Dance > Certifications Platinum
World sales and certifications for Madonna > You Can Dance > Peak 5 [9th of 11]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > You Can Dance > Sales 300,000 [5th of 7]
You Give Me Something > Charts > Peak > position 5 [7th of 11]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film ; OECD Communications Outlook 2001; Wikipedia: Ally McBeal ; Wikipedia: Anastacia: Live at Last ; ; Wikipedia: Big Four pageants ; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Wikipedia: Bring Me to Life ; Wikipedia: Broadcasters of Medium ; Wikipedia: Brothers & Sisters ; OECD Communications Outlook 2005; Wikipedia: Call Me When You're Sober ; Wikipedia: Can't Hold Us Down ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; Wikipedia: City of Blinding Lights ; Wikipedia: Cold Case ; OECD Communications Outlook 2001. See also Glenn Withers, 'Funding Public Service broadcasters', Southern Review 35(1) 2002, pp. 107-19; McKinsey & Company, Public Service Broadcasters Around the World (1999); World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: DB Boulevard ; Wikipedia: Digital terrestrial television; Wikipedia: Digital terrestrial television ; Wikipedia: Don't Cha ; Wikipedia: Don't Forget About Us ; Wikipedia: Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know ; 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); Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1957 ; Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1959 ; Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1960 ; Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1963 ; Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1966 ; Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1969 ; Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1971 ; Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1973 ; Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1974 ; Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1975 ; Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest winners ; Wikipedia: Everybody Hates Chris ; The Information for Development Program; Internet Movie Database 2003; Wikipedia: Força ; Wikipedia: Freak Like Me ; Wikipedia: Get Right ; Wikipedia: Going Under ; hamcity.com; Wikipedia: How I Met Your Mother ; Wikipedia: Hung Up ; Wikipedia: I Wanna Be the Only One ; Wikipedia: I'm Going to Tell You a Secret ; Wikipedia: Idol series ; Wikipedia: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 ; Wikipedia: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 ; Wikipedia: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 ; Wikipedia: Late Show with David Letterman ; Wikipedia: Law & Order: Criminal Intent ; Wikipedia: Left Outside Alone ; Wikipedia: Like I Love You ; Wikipedia: Men in Trees ; International Telecommunication Union; Wikipedia: MTV Video Music Awards Latin America ; Wikipedia: Music recording sales certification ; Wikipedia: My Happy Ending ; Wikipedia: My Immortal ; Wikipedia: My Name Is Earl ; Wikipedia: Never Ever ; Wikipedia: Nothing in This World ; Wikipedia: NUMB3RS ; ITU; Wikipedia: NYPD Blue ; Wikipedia: Pure Shores ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: Resident Evil: Extinction ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank; Wikipedia: Sick and Tired ; Wikipedia: Some Kind of Bliss ; Wikipedia: Star Academy ; Wikipedia: Stuck ; Wikipedia: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip ; Wikipedia: All the Things She Said; OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 8.3; OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 3.2; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database; OECD Communications Outlook 2002; OECD Communications Outlook 2003; OECD Communications Outlook 2004; Tenlab May 2002; Figures for European countries are from Andries van den Broek, 'Leisure across Europe. Comparing 14 populations, conveying 1 pattern' (Paper to International Association for Time Use Research, Annual Conference, Lisbon, 2002). The American figure is from Sanchez-Tabernero, Media Concentration in Europe. The Australian figure is from Australian Commercial Television 1986-1995 (Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics, AGPS, Canberra, 1996); Wikipedia: The Lost Room ; Wikipedia: The New Adventures of Old Christine ; Wikipedia: Too Lost in You ; Wikipedia: Try Again ; Wikipedia: Two and a Half Men ; Wikipedia: Under the Bridge / Lady Marmalade ; Wikipedia: Vanished ; attrition.org; Wikipedia: Woman in Love ; Wikipedia: World Idol ; Wikipedia: World music market ; Wikipedia: World sales and certifications for Madonna ; Wikipedia: You Give Me Something

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, britain, great britain, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela, united king., The United Kingdom

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Lee Adams
22nd February 2011 		Is there any data showing how many mobile phone calls are made in the UK for a given timescale?
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28th August 2010 		What about adding more U2 songs?
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