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Jordan

Jordan Media Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Broadcast media radio and TV dominated by the government-owned Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV) that operates a main network, a sports network, a film network, and a satellite channel; first independent TV broadcaster aired in 2007; international satellite TV and Israeli and Syrian TV broadcasts are available; roughly 30 radio stations operational with JRTV operating the main government-owned station; transmissions of multiple international radio broadcasters are available 2007
Households with television 96.3% 2002 23th out of 142
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 30.64 2012 107th out of 188
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 41 2012 103th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 411.7 2013 104th out of 205
Internet > Users per 1000 199.08 2007 82nd out of 149
Internet users 1.64 million 2009 77th out of 206
News Agencies > List of news agencies

Petra - state-run, operated by Information Ministry

Ammon News - private agency, English-language pages

Ain News - private, news website

2013
Personal computers > Per capita 56.71 per 1,000 people 2004 81st out of 155
Radio > List of radio stations

Jordan Radio and Television - state-run; services in Arabic, English and French

Radio Fann - FM entertainment station run by armed forces

Rotana FM - private, entertainment-based


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2013
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 139.13 2012 36th out of 200
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 788.18 per 1,000 people 2007 68th out of 162
Television > List of TV stations

Jordan Radio and Television - state-run, operates main network Channel One, sports network Channel Two, film network Channel Three and Jordan Satellite Channel

2013
Television receivers > Per capita 112.13 per 1,000 people 1997 99th out of 178
Televisions per 1000 96.82 2003 114th out of 191

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Development Indicators database; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database. 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.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). 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.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. 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.; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbook, December 2003. 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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