September 8, 2009 3 Comments
The Nielsen Company reported that as of August 30, 2009, 99.4 percent of U.S. homes are able to receive digital television signals. This is a gain of more than 572,000 homes in the last month and 1.8 million homes since the week of the June 12 digital television transition. As of August 30, only 710,000 homes were unable to receive digital signals.
% Of Homes Completely Unready For DTV
| Date | Total | White | African American | Hispanic | Asian | Under 35 | Over 55 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 30, 2009 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| July 26, 2009 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 0.4 |
| July 12, 2009 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 0.5 |
| June 28, 2009 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.6 |
| June 21, 2009 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 0.8 |
| June 14, 2009 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 1.1 |
| June 7, 2009 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 1.3 |
| May 24, 2009 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 1.5 |
| May 10, 2009 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 1.6 |
| April 26, 2009 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 1.7 |
| April 12, 2009 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 1.7 |
| March 29, 2009 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 1.8 |
| March 15, 2009 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 2.0 |
| March 1, 2009 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 2.2 |
| February 15, 2009 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 2.6 |
| February 1, 2009 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 8.6 | 3.2 |
| January 18, 2009 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 4.0 |
| December 21, 2008 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 5.2 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | |||||||
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Tags: digital transition, DTV
[...] More than 99 Percent of U.S. Homes Able to Receive DTV; at the end of August, only 710,000 homes could not receive digital signals. (Nielsen) [...]
But Nielsen…
Break it down. How many over the air viewers have migrated to cable or satellite?
How robust are over-the-air DTV signals? How many viewers can no longer receive channels they had no problem receiving with analog?
Was the DTV transition, with its reception problems, the utilization of interference-prone “low V” channel assignments, designed to destroy broadcast TV, forcing consumers to pay for what they previously could receive for free?
What effect did the digital transition have on the viability of OTA broadcast TV — and why?
[...] Mais de 99% de Domicílios Estadunidenses estão Aptos a Receber o Sinal DTV; no final de agosto, só 710.000 domicílios ainda não recebiam o sinal digital. (Nielsen) [...]
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