One month to analog shutoff: DTV Unreadiness drops below 3 percent

by Richard Lawler posted May 13th 2009 at 4:22PM

We're finally within range of the DTV switch (and using this image again), and Nielsen is reporting it estimates only 3.3 million or 2.9% of U.S. households are still unready for the days after June 12. That's 200k less than when we last checked in and it looks like this should be the time everything actually happens. Got your switch throwing outfits all laid out?

Filed under: Misc, OTA

Tags: analog shutoff, AnalogShutoff, digital tv, DigitalTv, dtv, dtv switch, dtv switch over, DtvSwitch, DtvSwitchOver, nielsen

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Cory @ May 13th 2009 4:33PM

YAY!

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Phil @ May 13th 2009 6:14PM

Yeah, cant wait. Some of the local stations that are still simulcasting have deceased broadcast power to save on cost. Cant wait till the cutoff.

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Charles M @ May 14th 2009 1:20PM

My problem with this is the stations that still don't (and won't by deadline) have enough digital coverage for fringe areas. So it doesn't matter if you are ready or not. A lot of people are still going to get a blank image when they turn on the TV.

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John @ May 21st 2009 2:46PM

Will it ever happen?

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