Media > Television Stats: compare key data on Finland & South Africa

Analogue to digital transition > Analog switch off > End: Date when analogue television was completely phased out in different countries.
Analogue to digital transition > Official launch: Official launch date of digital terrestrial television in different countries.
List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public television channels with national coverage.
Total number of channels: Total number of television channels.
Total number of channels per million people: Total number of television channels. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.

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STAT	Finland	South Africa
Analogue to digital transition > Analog switch off > End	1/9/2007	1/11/2011
Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	27/08/2001	2006-03
List of TV stations	<p>Yleisradio Oy (YLE) - public, web pages in English</p> </p>MTV3 - private</p> </p>Nelonen (Channel 4) - private</p>	<p>SABC - state broadcaster, operates three national TV networks, two pay-TV channels</p> </p>e.tv - free-to-air, commercial; also operates news network eNCA</p> </p>M-Net - pay-TV, pan-African audience</p>
Percentage of public channels with national coverage	83.33% Ranked 3rd. 11% more than South Africa	75% Ranked 19th.
Total number of channels	6 Ranked 4th. 50% more than South Africa	4 Ranked 42nd.
Total number of channels per million people	1.13 Ranked 4th. 13 times more than South Africa	0.0847 Ranked 63th.

SOURCES: Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's Digital terrestrial television; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. 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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