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Media > Television Stats: compare key data on India & Nigeria

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STAT India Nigeria
List of TV stations <p>Doordarshan - public TV; operates national, regional, local and satellite services</p> </p>CNN-IBN - 24-hour news channel in English, partially owned by CNN&#039;s parent, Turner International</p> </p>New Delhi TV (NDTV) - operates NDTV 24x7 and NDTV-India news channels in English and Hindi</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557390">Full Article</a> <p>Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) - state-run, operates scores of national and regional stations; national services broadcast in English</p> </p>AIT - private, owned by DAAR Communications, broadcasting in Lagos, Abuja and internationally via satellite</p> </p>Minaj TV - private, eastern Nigeria and via cable/satellite</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13949549">Full Article</a>
Percentage of Government (public) television institutions 1.2%
Ranked 59th.
86.72%
Ranked 10th. 72 times more than India
Percentage of private television institutions 98.8%
Ranked 10th. 7 times more than Nigeria
13.28%
Ranked 58th.
Percentage of public channels with national coverage 25.93%
Ranked 35th. 36 times more than Nigeria
0.73%
Ranked 54th.
Ratio of private to Government (public) television institutions 82
Ranked 6th. 535 times more than Nigeria
0.153
Ranked 54th.
Total number of channels 27
Ranked 17th.
137
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than India
Total number of channels per million people 0.024
Ranked 66th.
0.981
Ranked 31st. 41 times more than India

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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