Recent digital transition articles

Posted Aug 25, 2008

Asian-Americans are at higher risk for being left without access to TV broadcasts when the analog-to-digital television transition occurs next February, Multichannel News reported Saturday.
As of this July, 13% of Asian immigrants in the U.S. owned television sets that were unequipped to receive digital TV broadcastin, according to Nielsen. 
In a separate story by the San Diego Union-Tribune on Monday, Anne Elliot, of Nielsen, noted that many unprepared households lack digital hardware for economic and cultural reasons. 
Elliot told the Union-Tribune that Black and Hispanic households and people under 35 are also under-prepared for …

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Posted Jul 17, 2008

MediaPost’s MediaDailyNews reported Thursday that DVR’s are now in 25% of U.S. homes — an increase of 5% from nine months ago, according to Nielsen.
The data from Nielsen confirms anecdotal evidence indicating that DVR users are passionate about the devices.  The story noted that in 30% of the estimated 28 million homes with DVRs, the devices are connected to more than one TV set.

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