UK Leads World In HD-ready TV Set Uptake, Says Regulator

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Dec 6, 2010 8:00 AM, By Phil Kurz

Uptake of HD-ready radio sets in the UK has surpassed HD consumer embracing a cause in the United States. In fact, consumers in the UK lead the world with uptake of HD-ready sets, according to a newly expelled inform from the UK communications regulatory agency.

Ofcom, the UK homogeneous of the Federal Communications Commission in the United States, expelled the startling anticipating as segment of its fifth International Communications Market inform in to the universal communications market.

The report, that looks at characteristics, such as consumer uptake of technology, in the communications marketplace of 17 countries, found that 59 percent of UK households have adopted HDTVs, compared with 57 percent in the United States.

However, uptake of HDTV services in descend in the UK than other countries, where subscriptions to HDTV programming services is scored equally to the number of existing HDTV channels, the Ofcom inform said.

Ofcom's more aged of uptake of HDTV services revealed:

44 percent of U.S. households have HDTV services, and 404 HD channels are available.

43 percent of Japanese households have high-def services and 130 HD channels.

42 percent of French households have HD services and 55 channels.

13 percent of UK households have HD services with 50 HD channels.

The inform moreover found UK TV viewers are on top of median when it comes to how sufficient radio they watch. While U.S. viewers go on to lead the world with mins of TV watched per day at 280, UK viewers outlayed 225 mins per day, 18 mins on top of the average.