HDTV households in Europe will nearly double to 116 million next ...
HDTV households in Europe will nearly double to 116 million next year, from 59 million today, for 51 percent penetration, Paris-based research firm Euroconsult said. The number will rise to 170 million by 2013, by which time HDTV transmissions…
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will be more broadly available, further rising to 220 million in 2018, the group said. Falling prices and more displays with integrated HD tuners will spark the growth, Euroconsult said. Also abetting the rise in HDTV homes is the number of pay-TV networks in Europe offering HD, which has tripled in the last two years to 130 channels now available. That number is expected to rise to 600 by 2013. Satellite platforms will continue to be the dominant players in HDTV, but cable and IPTV are catching up, and more over- air HD channels will become available as European broadcasters abandon analog TV and clear spectrum for terrestrial HD. “Pay-TV reception will drive growth of HDTV adoption in Europe in the short term, despite the current economic downturn,” said Pacome Revillon, managing director of Euroconsult. “In 2013, more than 38 million households should receive HD pay-TV services, twice the number of households watching HD free-to-air only.”