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percent of households in the Tampa Bay area will go Although that represents morethan 28,000 households in the it’s still well ahead of the national averagr of 2.5 percent. That meanas 2.8 million households could be withoutr television signal by the weekend unleszs they purchase digitaltelevision sets, connecft to cable or satellite, or purchass a converter box, according to The digital transitionj was supposed to happen in but federal officials delayedx that move for three monthd after millions of homes wouldr lose television. During those three months the number of homes completely unready for the transitionm was cut in halffrom 5.
8 “Given the importance that television plays in the day-to-dayh life of most people, we expec that most of the remaining unready homesw will take the necessary steps to get readyu once the stations make the final switch to digitalk transmission,” said Sara Erichson, presiden t of media client servicesx for Nielsen, in a release. Congress createc the digital switch in 2005 as a way to free up analogg spectrum for cellular phone companies and others that could use signap that has been in use by television stations for Nielsen based its data on its National Peopld Meter panel as well as localmetered panels.
The Tampa-Sarasota television market also cut its numberd of unready homes in halffrom 3.28 percent in Februaryg to 1.55 percent in June. However, much of that drop happenedf through April. In the Fort Myers-Naples markeyt has the best percentage of prepared households with less than 1 percentg completely unready for the digital representing fewerthan 5,000 homes. The Orlando-Daytonw Beach-Melbourne market has 1.45 percenr of its households completely unready, representing more than 21,20p homes. The biggest problem area statewide remainsin Miami-Fort Lauderdale where 2.81 percent, or 43,468 homes, are completely unreadyu for the digital transition on Friday.
Nationwide, Albuquerque-Santaz Fe has the worst percentage of unready householdsat 7.58 Los Angeles has the most numbet of households unready, standing currently at