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More than 37 million HD ready TV households in Europe
- More than 37 million HD ready TV sets have been sold in Europe since February 2005, representing around 23% of all European TV Homes. Almost 22 million of these where sold in 2007.
- Sales were driven by the attractiveness of larger flat screens and a further price decrease for HD ready sets in 2007.
- Germany, UK and France continue leading in terms of sales volume.
- Satellite continued to be the driver for HDTV channel growth across Europe and ASTRA further developed its line-up of HD channels.
- At Year End 2007, ASTRA carried 28 commercial HD channels on its three orbital positions. Almost all of these channels are broadcast exclusively on ASTRA.
Sales of HD ready TV sets
HD Ready TV sets sold in units (cum.) in Europe - in M.
