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

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	India	South Africa
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'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>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 Government (public) television institutions	1.2% Ranked 59th.	33.33% Ranked 16th. 28 times more than India
Percentage of private television institutions	98.8% Ranked 10th. 48% more than South Africa	66.67% Ranked 51st.
Percentage of public channels with national coverage	25.93% Ranked 35th.	75% Ranked 19th. 3 times more than India
Ratio of private to Government (public) television institutions	82 Ranked 6th. 41 times more than South Africa	2 Ranked 48th.
Total number of channels	27 Ranked 17th. 7 times more than South Africa	4 Ranked 42nd.
Total number of channels per million people	0.024 Ranked 66th.	0.0847 Ranked 63th. 4 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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