Media > Television Stats: compare key data on Iceland & Sweden

List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
Percentage of Government (public) television institutions: Percentage of Government (public) television institutions.
Percentage of private television institutions: Percentage of private television institutions.
Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public television channels with national coverage.
Ratio of private to Government (public) television institutions: Number of private television institutions to government television institutions. For instance, for every one government television institution Turkey has 528 that are private.
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	Iceland	Sweden
List of TV stations	<p>Icelandic National Broadcasting Service - operates public network Sjonvarpid</p> </p>Stod 2 - main private station</p> </p>Syn - private</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17386737">Full Article</a>	<p>Sveriges Television (SVT) - public, operates terrestrial networks SVT 1 and SVT 2, news channel SVT24, European satellite channel SVT Europa</p> </p>TV4 - commercial, terrestrial</p> </p>TV3 - commercial, via satellite and cable</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17961251">Full Article</a>
Percentage of Government (public) television institutions	10% Ranked 33th. 8 times more than Sweden	1.21% Ranked 58th.
Percentage of private television institutions	90% Ranked 33th.	98.79% Ranked 11th. 10% more than Iceland
Percentage of public channels with national coverage	100% Ranked 1st. The same as Sweden	100% Ranked 10th.
Ratio of private to Government (public) television institutions	9 Ranked 29th.	81.5 Ranked 7th. 9 times more than Iceland
Total number of channels	1 Ranked 5th.	9 Ranked 11th. 9 times more than Iceland
Total number of channels per million people	3.21 Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Sweden	0.991 Ranked 12th.

SOURCES: British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; 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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