On average, more than 250,000 households
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Furthermore, average broadband speeds in the UK continue to rise. By the end of 2002, users could get a 512 kbps broadband connection for a monthly fee of £27. However, with increasing competition among service providers, users can now enjoy 1 Mbps broadband service for just £20 a month.
The sheer size of the market, rapid growth, falling prices, increasing speeds, and innovations in video technology mean that by 2010 the number of homes with access to television via broadband networks is phone number library expected to exceed the number of households with traditional television.
Digital TV: A Smooth Start
Currently, 60% of UK households receive digital TV signals. each month switch to digital or install a set-top box on their televisions—a number equivalent to the number of households in the entire city of Sheffield. 70% of this growth is driven by Freeview (the BBC's digital television program, which began broadcasting on October 30, 2002). By the end of 2004, 4.6 million UK households received digital TV through Freeview alone, accounting for 20% of the country's total.
Regarding radio broadcasting, 36% of adults with digital
TV access listen to the radio via a digital device, a significant increase from 29% in 2003. Furthermore, 19% of adults with internet access listen to the radio online, up from 15% in 2003. Meanwhile, DAB digital radio continues to gain popularity. By the autumn of 2003, 250,000 DAB tuners had been sold in the UK, a figure that had increased fivefold to 1.5 million by the first quarter of 2005.
The sheer size of the market, rapid growth, falling prices, increasing speeds, and innovations in video technology mean that by 2010 the number of homes with access to television via broadband networks is phone number library expected to exceed the number of households with traditional television.
Digital TV: A Smooth Start
Currently, 60% of UK households receive digital TV signals. each month switch to digital or install a set-top box on their televisions—a number equivalent to the number of households in the entire city of Sheffield. 70% of this growth is driven by Freeview (the BBC's digital television program, which began broadcasting on October 30, 2002). By the end of 2004, 4.6 million UK households received digital TV through Freeview alone, accounting for 20% of the country's total.
Regarding radio broadcasting, 36% of adults with digital
TV access listen to the radio via a digital device, a significant increase from 29% in 2003. Furthermore, 19% of adults with internet access listen to the radio online, up from 15% in 2003. Meanwhile, DAB digital radio continues to gain popularity. By the autumn of 2003, 250,000 DAB tuners had been sold in the UK, a figure that had increased fivefold to 1.5 million by the first quarter of 2005.