Ancient Rome gave away bread. We give away television.
- % of television-watching population which receives their television signal over-the-air, and will be affected by this cutover: 16.2
- % of population which receives their signal from cable, and thus unaffected: 57
- % of population which receives their signal from satellite, and thus unaffected: 23.8
- % of population which doesn’t own a television, and really couldn’t care less: 3
- Fraction of population wondering why he’s paying for a converter box for someone who doesn’t want to buy a new television: 1/305,108,936
- Sources:
- OECD Communications Outlook 2007, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
- “U.S. and World population clock,” U.S. Census Bureau
- “HH-1, Households, by Type: 1940 to Present (2007),” U.S. Census Bureau
- Bullshit, a/k/a The Digital TV Transition: What You Need to Know About Digital Television,” Federal Communications Commission