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Worldwide 28.6 million HDTV sets will be in viewers’ homes by year’s end and that number will reach more than 106 million by 2010, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media.
While millions of HD sets are in use, only about a third are being used to watch HDTV programming. According to the report, entitled “HDTV,” about 9.8 million have the necessary set-top box or built-in HD tuner to allow viewers to receive HD programming. Informa projects that figure will grow to 75 percent by 2010 when 80 million homes will be able to receive high-definition programming.
The Informa report projects the top five global HD countries by sets in homes as follows:
| Country | 2004 | 2005 | 2010 |
| United States | 11,353 ,000 | 16,488 ,000 | 48,262,000 |
| Japan | 5,604,000 | 7,627,000 | 19,938,000 |
| China | 509,000 | 1,203,000 | 10,034,000 |
| Germany | 60,000 | 174,000 | 5,338,000 |
| Canada | 1,650,000 | 2,164,000 | 4,289,000 |
For more information, visit www.informamedia.com/hdtv?src=itmpr.
