Nielsen: 98.9% Of American Homes Able To Receive DTV

The Nielsen Company reports that 98.9 percent of US homes are able to receive digital television signals, a gain of 229,000 homes in the last two weeks and 1.3 million homes since the week of the June 12 DTV transition. As of July 26, only 1.2 million homes were unable to receive digital signals. 60.7% of completely unready homes have no Internet access. 54% of unready homes earn less than $25K per year and 29% earn $25K-$50K per year. Households headed by older adults are almost entirely prepared with less than 1% of TV homes completely unready. 2.7% of homes with a head of household under 35 are completely unready, though their preparedness continues to improve.