European Digital TV uptake to pass the US
A report from research group Datamonitor has indicated that the number of European households with Digital TV services will pass that of the UK by the end of this year.
Currently 100 million households in the US and Europe enjoy a Digital TV service. That number will rise to around 187 million by 2010.
The increase is partly helped by the switching off of the analogue signal in many European countries, including the UK. The European Commission would like the analogue signal to be switched off across all of the EU by 2012.
More information on the digital switchover.