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Digitize Me - US Census Bureau
Coming next February, all analog television broadcasts will cease as the TV networks move to digital only broadcasting. The US Census Bureau has the details in a Special Edition of Facts for Features: Conversion from Analog to Digital-TV - Feb. 17, 2009. The Bureau starts by explaining:
On Feb. 17, 2009, all full-power TV stations will cease to broadcast analog programming. This transition to digital television will enable more efficient use of the nation’s airwaves, providing new advanced wireless services and increased public safety services. To mark this historic transition, the Census Bureau has assembled a sampling of statistics from its publications about television and the television industry.
Some of the facts include:
— 110 million - # of households with a television set in 2006
— 76 million - # households with a television set in 1980
— 2.6 - avg # of television sets per home in 2005
— 1.7 - avg # of television sets per home in 1980
— 1,704 - projected avg # of hours an individual (12 and older) will spend watching television in 2008
— March 31, 2009 - last day consumers can apply for up to two $40 digital-TV converter box coupons
— over 1,600 - # of television stations in the US already broadcasting digital programs
For more, go read the rest: Facts for Features: Conversion from Analog to Digital-TV - Feb. 17, 2009.
— michael | July 9, 2008 04:07 PM | I found it online
