Digital Television Update

Consumer survey results for the first quarter of 2011 show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 93.1%, up by 1 percentage point year on year.

Consumers are continuing to convert additional sets in the home. 75.7% of all secondary TV sets had been converted to digital by the end of March 2011, up by 5.2 percentage points in a year.

Taking these figures together, 83.3% of all TV sets had converted to digital television by the end of Q1 2011.

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Consumer survey results for the fourth quarter of 2010 show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 92.5%, up by 1.1 percentage points year on year.

Consumers are continuing to convert additional sets in the home. 75.8% of all secondary TV sets had been converted to digital by the end of December 2010, up by 6.9 percentage points in a year.

Taking these figures together, 83.2% of all TV sets had converted to digital television by the end of Q4 2010.

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Consumer survey results for the third quarter of 2010 show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 92.6%, up by 3.1 percentage points year on year. This figure was flat quarter on quarter.

Consumers are continuing to convert additional sets in the home. Almost three-quarters (74.0%) of all secondary TV sets had been converted to digital by the end of June 2010. This was up by 6.7 percentage points in a year and also up by 3.3pp quarter on quarter

Taking these figures together, 82.4% of all TV sets had converted to digital television by the end of Q3 2010. This was up 3.9pp year on year and also up by 2.3pp quarter on quarter. The remaining 17.6% of sets continue to receive analogue terrestrial broadcasts.

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Consumer survey results for the second quarter of 2010 show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 92.7%, up by 2.9 percentage points year on year.

Almost 71% of all secondary TV sets had also been converted to digital by the end of June 2010, up by one percentage point in a year but up 16 percentage points from two years ago.

Taken together, 80% of all TV sets had converted to digital television by the end of Q2 2010. The remaining 20% of sets continue to receive analogue terrestrial broadcasts.

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• Overview
• Platform figures Q2 2010
• Digital TV progress on main sets
• Multichannel take-up on main sets by platform 2000 - 2010
• Multichannel homes platform overlap: Q2 2010
• Digital progress on secondary sets
• Platform shares for TV sets 1 - 4
• Digital progress on all sets
• Platform quarterly results
• Digital satellite pay households
• Digital satellite - free-to-view households
• Cable
• Digital terrestrial television (DTT) equipment sales
• Quarterly and cumulative sales of DTT devices
• DTT households and sets
• DTT growth on primary and secondary sets

Consumer survey results for the first quarter of 2010 show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 92.0%, up by 2.8 percentage points year on year.

Over 70% of all secondary TV sets had been converted to digital by the end of March 2010, up by around 9.2 percentage points in a year. 

Taking these figures together, 80% of all TV sets had converted to digital television by the end of Q1 2010 (up 7.0 percentage points in a year). The remaining 20% of sets continue to receive analogue terrestrial broadcasts.

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Consumer survey results for the fourth quarter of 2009 show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 91.4%, up by 1.9 percentage points (pp) in the quarter and 2.6% year on year.

Almost 69% of all secondary TV sets had been converted to digital by the end of Q4, up by around 8.5 percentage points in a year. 

Taking these figures together, 79% of all TV sets had converted to digital television by the end of Q4 2009 (up 6.7 percentage points on a year ago). The remaining 21% of sets continue to receive analogue terrestrial broadcasts.

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Consumer survey results for the third quarter of 2009, the three months to the end of September, show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 89.5%, up by 1.4 percentage points (pp) in a year 1.

With a majority of main sets now able to receive digital TV, consumers are continuing to convert additional sets in the home. As a result over 67% of all secondary TV sets had been converted to multichannel by the end of Q2, up by around 7 percentage points in a year. 

Taking these figures together, 78% of all TV sets had converted to multichannel television by the end of Q3 2009 (up 6 percentage points on a year ago). The remaining 22% of sets continue to receive analogue terrestrial broadcasts.

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