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Cable & VCR Households
In the late 1940s an appliance dealer in western Pennsylvania put a large TV antenna on top of a mountain and brought TV signals to the valley below. By 1970 cable was in only 6.7% of the TV households. In 1975 HBO sent down signals via satellite, cable TV entered a new era, and by
1990 penetration was up to 56.4%. Currently, wired cable penetration is at 67.5%. VCR penetration grew much more rapidly, from 1.1% in 1980 to 68.6% by 1990. It is currently at the 90.2% level.
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CABLE1 |
VCR |
| Year |
(000) |
% TVHH |
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(000) |
% TVHH |
| 1970 |
3,900 |
6.7 |
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-
| - |
| 1975 |
8,600 |
12.6 |
|
-
| - |
| 1980 |
15,200 |
19.9 |
|
840 |
1.1 |
| 1985 |
36,340 |
42.8 |
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17,740 |
20.9 |
| 1990 |
51,900 |
56.4 |
|
63,180 |
68.6 |
| 1995 |
60,460 |
63.4 |
|
77,270 |
81.0 |
| 1996 |
62,580 |
65.3 |
|
78,830 |
82.2 |
| 1997 |
64,470 |
66.5 |
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81,670 |
84.2 |
| 1998 |
65,810 |
67.2 |
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82,910 |
84.6 |
| 1999 |
67,120 |
67.5 |
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84,140 |
84.6 |
| 2000 |
68,550 |
68.0 |
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85,810 |
85.1 |
| 2001 |
69,490 |
68.0 |
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88,120 |
86.2 |
| 2002 |
73,230 |
69.4 |
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96,190 |
91.2 |
| 2003 |
74,430 |
69.8 |
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97,630 |
91.5 |
| 2004 |
73,860 |
68.1 |
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98,400 |
90.8 |
| 2005 |
73,930 |
67.5 |
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98,860 |
90.2 |
| 2006 |
73,210 |
66.4 |
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97,690 |
88.6 |
| 2007 |
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95,210 |
85.5 |
| 2008 |
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88,760 |
78.7 |
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1 Wired Cable
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