Fall in United Kingdom television homes

The proportion of homes in the United Kingdom with digital television fell for the first time in 2014, declining to 96% compared to 98% the previous year. Digital television adoption had previously risen consistently year on year until analogue transmissions ended in 2012. Pay-television adoption meanwhile continues to rise, according to the survey by communications regulator Ofcom, and is highest among respondents aged 25-44.

The data published in the Ofcom Consumer Experience report are from its own communications tracker survey from the second quarter of 2014. The number of homes with digital television previously reached 98% in 2013, having been at 94% since the end of analogue television transmissions.

This is broadly consistent with the BARB Establishment Survey, which shows that the percentage of households with television fell from 96% at the end of 2012 to 95% at the end of 2013.

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