Free satellite in 900,000 UK households
Over 900,000 UK households are equipped with a free satellite service, according to the latest figures from Ofcom.
The announcement comes as Selkirk in the Scottish borders prepares to become the first region in the UK to switch to an all digital service in a month's time.
The Communications Market: Digital Progress Report for the second quarter of 2008 shows around 840,000 homes were using free satellite—from BSkyB or other retailers—on their main television set. This was an increase of around 120,000 on the previous quarter.
In addition, between June and September BBC/ITV Freesat sold a further 60,000 units, meaning that the total number of households using a free satellite service is now around 900,000.
The report also shows that 88% of households now have digital TV on their main set. The second quarter of 2008 showed that households remain focused on switching their secondary television sets to digital as well. Over half (19.1 million) of the 35 million secondary sets have now been converted to digital.
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