Saturday, February 10, 2007

Reuters Post: 'Number of HDTV homes to treble by 2011'

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL0959077120070209

This describes the move to HDTV like colour to black and white..

Figures:

  • 'According to Informa Telecoms and Media, the number of homes taking the product will jump to 151 million worldwide by 2011 from 48 million at the end of 2006 when an estimated 1.2 billion households had a television.'
  • 'The report said some 58 percent of HD homes were currently found in the United States and 20 percent in Japan, with Britain, Canada, China and Germany also high on the list.'
  • British satellite company BSkyB (BSY.L: Quote, Profile, Research) launched its HD service in May 2006 and said last month that its subscribers for the service had almost doubled in the second quarter to 184,000, making it its fastest growing new TV product ever.'

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