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Media Stats: compare key data on Saint Helena & United States

Definitions

  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
  • Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
  • Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
    Arabsat -
  • Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
  • Telecommunications > Country calling code:

    The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.

  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country.
  • Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
STAT Saint Helena United States HISTORY
Broadcast media St. Helena has no local TV station; 2 local radio stations, one of which is relayed to Ascension Island; satellite TV stations rebroadcast terrestrially; Ascension Island has no local TV station, but has 1 local radio station and receives relays of broadcasts from 1 St. Helena radio station; broadcasts from the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) are available, as well as TV services for the US military; Tristan da Cunha has 1 local radio station and receives BFBS TV and radio broadcasts 4
Internet > ISP 1
Ranked 161st.
7,000
Ranked 1st. 7000 times more than Saint Helena
Internet > Internet Service Providers 1
Ranked 228th.
7,000
Ranked 1st. 7000 times more than Saint Helena
Internet > Internet penetration 37.6%
Ranked 115th.
81%
Ranked 29th. 2 times more than Saint Helena
Internet > Internet users 2,906
Ranked 205th.
254.3 million
Ranked 2nd. 87507 times more than Saint Helena
Internet > Users 1,000
Ranked 91st.
208 million
Ranked 2nd. 208000 times more than Saint Helena

Internet > Users > Per capita 135.74 per 1,000 people
Ranked 34th.
695.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 5 times more than Saint Helena

Internet users 900
Ranked 205th.
245 million
Ranked 2nd. 272222 times more than Saint Helena
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19
Telephone system > General assessment can communicate worldwide a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
Telephone system > International country code (Saint Helena) - 290, (Ascension Island) - 247; international direct dialing; satellite voice and data communications; satellite earth stations - 5 (Ascension Island - 4, Saint Helena - 1) country code - 1; multiple ocean cable systems provide international connectivity; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions)
Telephones > Main lines in use 3,000
Ranked 213th.
146 million
Ranked 2nd. 48667 times more than Saint Helena

Television broadcast stations 0.0
Ranked 13th.
2,218
Ranked 1st.

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 0.0
Ranked 12th.
7.42 per 1 million people
Ranked 17th.

Televisions 2,000
Ranked 205th.
219 million
Ranked 2nd. 109500 times more than Saint Helena
Radios 3,000
Ranked 215th.
575 million
Ranked 1st. 191667 times more than Saint Helena
Internet > Hosts 306
Ranked 167th.
316 million
Ranked 1st. 1032680 times more than Saint Helena

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 0.0
Ranked 76th.
1,486
Ranked 2nd.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 0.0
Ranked 50th.
57.35 million
Ranked 4th.

Telephone system > Domestic automatic digital network a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country
Internet country code .sh .us
Internet hosts None None
Internet > TLD .sh; note - Ascension Island assigned .ac .us
Internet > Livejournal users 26
Ranked 196th.
1.29 million
Ranked 1st. 49724 times more than Saint Helena
Telecommunications > Country calling code 290 1
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation 1,500
Ranked 23th.
107.57 million
Ranked 2nd. 71712 times more than Saint Helena

Internet > Hosts > Per capita 40.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 70th.
1,040.07 per 1,000 people
Ranked 3rd. 26 times more than Saint Helena

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 2
Ranked 109th.
7,607
Ranked 1st. 3804 times more than Saint Helena

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