Media > Television Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & 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	Nigeria	South Africa
List of TV stations	<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>	<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	86.72% Ranked 10th. 3 times more than South Africa	33.33% Ranked 16th.
Percentage of private television institutions	13.28% Ranked 58th.	66.67% Ranked 51st. 5 times more than Nigeria
Percentage of public channels with national coverage	0.73% Ranked 54th.	75% Ranked 19th. 103 times more than Nigeria
Ratio of private to Government (public) television institutions	0.153 Ranked 54th.	2 Ranked 48th. 13 times more than Nigeria
Total number of channels	137 Ranked 8th. 34 times more than South Africa	4 Ranked 42nd.
Total number of channels per million people	0.981 Ranked 31st. 12 times more than South Africa	0.0847 Ranked 63th.

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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