Updated: NAB Questions Nielsen DTV Data

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The National Association of Broadcasters called Nielsen’s estimates of how many households are unprepared for the digital TV transition, “inflated.” According to Nielsen, 5.8 million U.S. households are unprepared for the switch, a figure not far off from the one that convinced Congress to move the DTV deadline 115 days from Feb. 17 to June 12.

According to the NAB, Nielsen’s data doesn’t take into account people who have not installed their converter boxes or those that have not redeemed converter-box coupons.

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