HD Penetration Expands Throughout Europe
Neu Order wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
Euro 2008 and The Olympics has generated a surge in the penetration of High Definition technologies throughout Europe, according to DEG Europe, a non-profit, pan-industry body to educate consumers on the visual home entertainment paid-content choices available to them.
According to DEG Europe and based on GfK Retail tracking, it is predicted that by the end of summer 2008, one third of European households will own HDTV’s.
In the first half of 2008, the home entertainment industry saw a substantial increase in high definition software sales. DEG Europe estimates that despite the economic slow down, software sales increased six fold in units and five fold in value across Europe, further driving growth expectations for next generation disk sales.
This is another example of the expansion of High Definition worldwide. It’s becoming increasingly important every single day to broadcast in High Definition as it expands into nearly everybody’s home. Soon networks that aren’t in […]
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