9.9 million DTT-only households


According to the latest Ofcom quarterly report for Q2 2009, 89.8% of household receive digital television services on at least one television.
Households relying on the DTT platform for their primary television services increased by 85,000 during the last quarter to 9.9 million homes.
Ofcom also estimate that approximately 70% of secondary television sets receive digital services, an increase of 15% compared with the same quarter last year.
Nearly 2.7 million DTT receivers were sold during the quarter of which 75% (or 2 million) were iDTVs. During the same period 680,000 DTT set-top boxes were also sold.
Source: Ofcom
Item added: 6th October 2009