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SWL NEWS: MORE TV WATCHERS OPTING OR FREE OVER THE AIR
PROGRMMING
As cable bills rise and the United States economy remains
weak, more Americans are watching television using good old
fashioned antennas.
According to the research firm GfK Media, nearly 18 percent
of all US households with television sets are watching
broadcasts delivered for free over the air. This is up from
15 percent of homes last year according to research the
firm. Translated into numbers, that means 20.7 million
homes, or roughly 54 million consumers, now get channels
over the air instead of paying a monthly cable or satellite
bill.
According to the study, 6 percent of TV households, or 6.9
million homes, canceled their cable service at some point in
the past and now rely on free broadcasts. GfK's report also
found that 16 percent of households downgraded TV service in
the business year through March, while only 11 percent of TV
households said they had increased service.
The report also found that people using Web-connected TV
increased to 34 million households, or 29 percent. That's
almost double the previous year's 16 percent. More is on-
line at tinyurl.com/9z4ffj5
(Published News Reports)
BT
SWL NEWS: CANADIAN AM STATIONS LEAVING THE AIR
More AM stations are leaving the medium wave AM broadcast
band in Canada than are coming on the air, This is
according to the trade publication Radio World that says
since 2009, some sixteen Canadian AM broadcasters have gone
off the air as several have moved to the FM band and
companies closed the least profitable stations.
But in this case more seems better from a profit standpoint.
According to the research firm Statistics Canada, the moves
have allowed AM operating revenues to grow by 1.1% in 2011,
to 311 million Canadian dollars.
A quick search of the Canadian Radio-Television and
Telecommunications Commission site shows 727 commercial
licensed radio stations, not broken down by service. That
compares to 4,754 commercial licensed AM and 6,568 FM
broadcast entities in the United States according to FCC
figures for the most recent quarter. (RW)
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