80% of UK televisions now digital
Secondary set conversions sees new high
30 September 2009 9:22 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott
People getting secondary TV sets hooked up to Freeview has led to a new high for digital television in the UK, reports Ofcom.
The regulator's Digital TV Progress Report reveals that 80% of all televisions in the UK are now digitally-enabled.
23.4 million "secondary" sets were converted to digital, while nine out of ten main television sets are now connected to a digital decoder.
The Borders area, the West Country and south and west Wales are now switched over to digital with the rest of the UK due to switch before the end of 2012.
Today sees a digital "retune" that means consumers will need to retune their set-top boxes in order to continue receiving digital TV.
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