[Satellite TODAY 12-21-09] The United Kingdom has the highest proportion of households with a digital TV as their main set amongst leading nations, according to a study issued Dec. 17 by U.K. communications regulator Ofcom.
    According to the study, 88 percent of U.K. households have a digital TV as their main set, up 3 percent in the last year and the highest rate of all the countries studied by Ofcom.
    The United States was the second highest with 76 percent of households having digital TV, up by six percentage points on the previous year, closely followed by Spain which had the highest year-on-year increase of 18 percentage points, with 74 percent of households having converted to digital by the end of 2008.