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<blockquote data-quote="net1" data-source="post: 30860"><p>Thanks to Freeview's successful take off, the BBC released new figures that show that the UK government's ambition of switching off the analogue television signal by 2010 may not be so far-fetched.</p><p></p><p>More than half of British households are equipped with multichannel television. "It's a tipping point: digital television is now the norm," said Andy Duncan, Director of marketing at the BBC. </p><p></p><p>Much of the recent growth is being attributed to the popularity of Freeview, which replaced the defunct ITV Digital. </p><p></p><p>By the end of the year, according to BBC projections, Freeview is likely to be in 2.5 million homes, making it BSkyB's biggest competitor in the multichannel television market. Taking into account Sky's 7 million subscribers, the 2.2 million digital cable customers plus the assorted owners of integrated digital sets and those who have bought a Sky box outright, half of the 24.9 million homes in Britain will have made the leap to digital. </p><p></p><p>However, doubters are quick to point out that digital TV, in any form, usually connects to one set in the house with often two or three more remain analogue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="net1, post: 30860"] Thanks to Freeview's successful take off, the BBC released new figures that show that the UK government's ambition of switching off the analogue television signal by 2010 may not be so far-fetched. More than half of British households are equipped with multichannel television. "It's a tipping point: digital television is now the norm," said Andy Duncan, Director of marketing at the BBC. Much of the recent growth is being attributed to the popularity of Freeview, which replaced the defunct ITV Digital. By the end of the year, according to BBC projections, Freeview is likely to be in 2.5 million homes, making it BSkyB's biggest competitor in the multichannel television market. Taking into account Sky's 7 million subscribers, the 2.2 million digital cable customers plus the assorted owners of integrated digital sets and those who have bought a Sky box outright, half of the 24.9 million homes in Britain will have made the leap to digital. However, doubters are quick to point out that digital TV, in any form, usually connects to one set in the house with often two or three more remain analogue. [/QUOTE]
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