Digital transition may delete millions of viewers (Reuters)


Written on February 15, 2008 – 10:45 pm | by

A woman stands in front of flat screens at an exhibition stand of the IFA 2007 consumer electronics fair in Berlin August 30, 2007. An estimated 21 million households have TV sets that receive only over-the-air signals, and about 14 million of those homes rely solely on analog TVs, according to Nielsen Media Research. For viewers who don't upgrade to digital-ready TVs or set-top converters, February 18, 2009, will begin with a blank screen. REUTERS/Hannibal HanschkeReuters - A year from Sunday,
television for many Americans will cut to black. Analog signals
will stop transmitting, older sets will become useless and
millions of TV-watching households will simply disappear.


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