[opendtv] Re: Fewer than 2 Million have OTA DTV in US

I hope that those of us who are relying on OTA DT for
supplementing satellite service are being counted in
these figures.
--- Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Less Than 2 Million OTA Digital Users
> 
>
http://broadcastengineering.com/RF/hd-ota-viewers-1221/
> 
> That means less than 1.8% of the 110 million US
> households are
> receiving OTA DTV after NINE years.
> 
> Wildly optimistic IMO.
> 
> A high percentage of those CAN receive OTA DTV but
> RELY on cable or
> satellite. That is they have earlier attached an
> antenna but don't use
> it or seldom use it now.
> 
> How many RELY on OTA DTV? Maybe .5% IMO. Real
> die-hards. OTA DTV is
> becoming a backup system for a select few who even
> know it exist. Just
> in case another Katrina kills cable and satellite.
> In the meantime the
> UK is at 75% of DTV penetration and they actually
> know they have OTA
> receivers in the UK because they freely purchased
> them to receive OTA.
> 
> As former Chairman Powell said "What are we
> protecting?"
> 
> Bob Miller
>  
>  
>
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