3.4 million South African adults have tuned in to the ESPN or Supersport channels in the past 7 days. 2 million have tuned in to watch the news (Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, Sky, eNews or Euro news). (AMPS2009B RA)

This week’s theme: TV audiences

75% of South African adults have tuned in to SABC 1 in the past 7 days. For SABC 2 the proportion is 65%, for etv it is 63%, and for SABC 3, 52%. (AMPS2009B RA)

This week’s theme: TV audiences

Television license collections in South Africa for the 2008/09 financial year totalled R972 million. (www.iol.co.za, 31/10/2009)

This week’s theme: TV audiences

According to the SABC, their three free-to-air channels attract more than 17.5 million adult viewers daily. AMPS indicates that 26.6 million South African adults have watched SABC 1, 2 or 3 in the past 7 days. (www.sabc.co.za, AMPS2009B)

This week’s theme: TV audiences

Over 700 million people tuned in to watch the FIFA World Cup final last night, 100 million more than the number of people who watched the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (http://yhoo.it/9rqhp7)

This week’s theme: TV audiences

(1) The fastest goal in a World Cup Final was by Johan Neeskens of the Netherlands in 1974, just 90 seconds after kick-off. (2) The Spanish national football team went unbeaten in a record 35 matches between 7 February 2007 and 20 June 2009. (3) South Africa’s biggest win was in 1954, 8-0 against Australia. (www.wikipedia.org)

This week’s theme: The WC2010 finalists

The average height of male adults in Germany is 1.78 metres while that of the national football team is 1.84m. For South Africa the figures are 1.69m and 1.78m respectively. (South Africa DHS 1998, Germany 2005 Microcensus, http://tinyurl.com/3yr5fnz)

This week’s theme: The WC2010 finalists

According to recent estimates, the GDP per capita in current US dollars in the Netherlands is $46,750. In South Africa this stands at $5,910. (The Economist Pocket World in Figures 2010)

This week’s theme: The WC2010 finalists

According to 2010 estimates, Spain has a life expectancy at birth of 80.18 years (ranked 21st in the world) while that of South Africa is 49.2 years (ranked 215th). (CIA World Factbook)

This week’s theme: The WC2010 finalists

Uruguay has won the FIFA World Cup twice (1930,1950), has two Olympic soccer gold medals (1924,1928) and has won the Copa América 14 times. Uruguay’s total population is 3.5 million, slightly less than Limpopo Province. (Wikipedia, AMPS2009B)