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Broadcasting

Statistical activity code: 40411

1. Contact
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Estonia

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Population and Social Statistics Department

1.3. Contact name

Riina Leinbock

1.4. Contact person function

Analyst

1.5. Contact mail address

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

1.6. Contact email address

riina.leinbock [at] stat.ee

1.7. Contact phone number

+372 625 9367

2. Metadata update
2.1. Metadata last certified

10/02/2023

2.2. Metadata last update

10/02/2023

3. Statistical presentation
3.1. Data description

Broadcasters by type of owner; total duration of broadcasting

Mean daily duration of broadcasting per broadcaster by type of broadcast

Employees of broadcasters by occupational group

3.2. Classification system

Type of owner

3.3. Sector coverage

Broadcasting organisations

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Broadcasts for children – programmes intended for children up to the age of about 11 years.

Broadcasts for youth – programmes intended for youth at the age of about 12–19 years.

Broadcasts of general interest – see “Broadcasts of human interest”.

Broadcasts of human interest – programmes concerned with different fields of life, different activities or leisure, personal problems, etc. Until 2000 there existed a similar category “Broadcasts of general interest”.

Cultural and scientific broadcasts – programmes concerned with the enrichment of knowledge in a non-didactic way regarding various spheres and phenomena in the arts, literature, linguistics, philosophy, sciences, etc.

Educational broadcasts – programmes intended primarily to educate and in which the pedagogical element is fundamental.

Entertainment – programmes intended primarily to entertain (excluding music programmes, movies and fiction), like TV-games, TV-competitions, quizzes, talk shows, etc.

Fiction – productions based on fiction (feature films, serials and series, sitcoms, animation, transmissions of theatre performances, etc.).

Informative broadcasts – programmes intended primarily to inform about facts, events and theories together with explanatory background information (excluding educational programmes, sports and news, but including transmissions from the Parliament).

Infotainment – programmes intended primarily to inform but with substantial entertaining elements.

Mean daily duration of broadcasting per broadcaster – total yearly duration of broadcasting divided by the number of days per year (365, 366 in leap year) and by the number of broadcasters.

Music broadcasts – programmes in which music plays a predominant role.

News – programmes intended primarily to inform audiences about facts, events (news casts, news flashes, bulletins, etc.).

Own production (in-house production) – programmes produced by broadcasting organisation by its own services and under its editorial responsibility, in general with its own production facilities.

Programme staff – persons whose daily duty is to take part in programme making of a non-technical nature (journalists, editors, etc.).

Religious broadcasts – programmes based on different forms of religious service or similarly inspirational programmes intended to morally guide the audience.

Sports broadcasts – sports news, competitions, roundups, sports commentaries, profiles of players, etc.

Technical staff – persons concerned with the planning, installation, maintenance and operation of all the organisation’s assets.

Teleshopping – programmes directly presenting offering goods and services for purchase.

Text-TV – teletext-in-vision consisting of selected news and information pages from the broadcaster’s teletext service, which may be considered as part of normal programme output.

Total duration of broadcasting – total yearly duration of broadcasting (hours).

3.5. Statistical unit

Broadcasting organisation

3.6. Statistical population

Broadcasting organisations

FRAME

Three television channels and five radio stations of Estonian Public Broadcasting

List of the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority of television channels and radio stations authorised to provide media services (temporary television or radio service providers are excluded)

Some radio stations that are known to have been active last year

3.7. Reference area

Estonia as a whole

3.8. Time coverage

1993–…

3.9. Base period

Not applicable

4. Unit of measure

Mean daily duration of broadcasting per broadcaster – minute

5. Reference period

Year

6. Institutional mandate
6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS

Not available

OTHER LEGAL ACTS

NO_ENGLISH_VALUE

OTHER AGREEMENTS

2009 UNESCO Framework for cultural statistics

7. Confidentiality
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 32, § 34, § 35, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act.

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

The treatment of confidential data is regulated by the Procedure for Protection of Data Collected and Processed by Statistics Estonia (in Estonian). See more details on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Õigusaktid.

8. Release policy
8.1. Release calendar

Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month).

8.2. Release calendar access

Calendar

8.3. User access

All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar.

9. Frequency of dissemination

Annual

10. Accessibility and clarity
10.1. News release

Not published

10.2. Publications

The TV channel viewing statistics can be found on the website of the research company Kantar Emor at www.kantaremor.ee.

10.3. Online database

Data are published under the subject area “Social life / Culture” in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat.

10.4. Microdata access

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 33, § 34, § 35, § 36, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to microdata and anonymisation of microdata are regulated by Statistics Estonia’s procedure for dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes.

10.5. Other

Data serve as input for statistical activity 20901 “Business register for statistical purposes”.

10.6. Documentation on methodology

Not available

10.7. Quality documentation

Not available

11. Quality management
11.1. Quality assurance

To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act.

11.2. Quality assessment

Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.

12. Relevance
12.1. User needs

Ministry of Culture

12.2. User satisfaction

Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. All results are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section User surveys.

12.3. Completeness

If necessary, the missing data are imputed, therefore, the coverage is good.

13. Accuracy and reliability
13.1. Overall accuracy

The accuracy of source data is monitored by assessing the methodological soundness of data sources and the adherence to the methodological recommendations.

The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.

13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable

13.3. Non-sampling error

Not measured

14. Timeliness and punctuality
14.1. Timeliness

The data are published 160 days after the end of reference year (T + 160).

14.2. Punctuality

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calendar.

15. Coherence and comparability
15.1. Comparability - geographical

The data are comparable across the countries that participate in the UNESCO media statistics.

15.2. Comparability - over time

The main data on television and radio have been published since 1993. Due to different reasons, the data in the time series are not fully comparable, but the deviations are not as substantial as to disrupt the time series. The mean daily duration of broadcasting per broadcaster by type of broadcast is published since 1997. As the methodology for the collection of television data changed, a new time series for the mean duration of broadcasting was started in 2008. In 2017, a new time series for more detailed data on the employees of broadcasters was started.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

The published data are aggregate data on broadcasters (not data by broadcasters), and the same information is not generally collected elsewhere. When comparing the statistics with data from other sources, differences in definitions and methodology should be taken into account.

15.4. Coherence - internal

The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent. Due to rounding, the sums received by adding numbers in tables are not always equal with the total.

16. Cost and burden

Total time of filling in reports of the statistical activity, hours: 215

Average time of filling in the reports, hours per report:

Raadio 1,1;

Televisioon 5,8

(data for 2022)

17. Data revision
17.1. Data revision - policy

The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the section Principles of dissemination of official statistics of the website of Statistics Estonia.

17.2. Data revision - practice

Not applicable

18. Statistical processing
18.1. Source data

SURVEY DATA

The population is 60 objects. Census has been used.

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Not used

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Not used

18.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual

18.3. Data collection

Data are collected and the submission of questionnaires is monitored through eSTAT (the web channel for electronic data submission). The questionnaires have been designed for independent completion in eSTAT and include instructions and controls. The questionnaires and information about data submission are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Questionnaires.

The data are collected with the official statistics annual questionnaires “Television” and “Radio” .

18.4. Data validation

The data are compared with the data of previous periods. All columns are checked to make sure that they have been completed as required.

18.5. Data compilation

In the case of missing or unreliable data, estimate imputation based on established regulations will be used.

Variables and statistical units which were not collected but which are necessary for producing the output are calculated. New variables are calculated by applying arithmetic conversion to already existing variables.

Microdata are aggregated to the level necessary for analysis.

The collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes calculating additional indicators.

18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable

19. Comments

Not available

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