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New Mexico is Not Ready for Digital TV

By Dave Maass

Santa Fe Reporter | December 11, 2008

In May, Nielsen Company rated the Albuquerque-Santa Fe media market as the 9th worst prepared for the transition. By October, the ranking had actually worsened: the region's audiences are the 6th worst prepared of the nations top 56 media markets. Nearly 13 percent of households in the area are "completely unready" and 10 percent are "partially unready."

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Tags: New Mexico, FCC, digital TV, Nielsen Company

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