Cable and ADS Penetration by DMA
The far right column ("% ADS" under the Subscription TV heading) can be used as a cable discount estimate -- i.e., it is possible that whatever the local cable system or interconnect is claiming for ratings or homes delivered in this DMA can be discounted by this percentage.

Boston (Manchester)

      TV
Households*		   Subscription TV
Households**		  
  Date   %
Cable
and/or
ADS		 %
Wired
Cable		 %
ADS		   %
Wired
Cable		 %
ADS		  
   Jul 2010   98.8   86.3   13.2     87.4   13.4    
   May 2010   98.5   85.8   13.4     87.0   13.6    
   Feb 2010   98.1   85.1   13.5     86.8   13.7    
   Nov 2009   97.6   84.7   13.5     86.8   13.8    
   Jul 2009   96.3   84.2   12.7     87.5   13.2    
   May 2009   96.0   84.4   12.4     87.9   12.9    
   Feb 2009   95.7   84.4   12.0     88.2   12.6    
   Nov 2008   94.9   83.3   12.5     87.8   13.2    
   Jul 2008   94.7   83.4   12.5     88.1   13.2    
   May 2008   94.4   83.0   12.6     87.9   13.3    
   Feb 2008   94.3   82.6   13.0     87.6   13.8    
   Nov 2007   94.5   82.6   13.3     87.4   14.0    
   Jul 2007   94.8   82.5   13.5     87.1   14.3    
   May 2007   94.6   82.9   13.1     87.6   13.8    
   Feb 2007   94.5   83.6   12.3     88.5   13.0    
   Nov 2006   94.6   84.4   11.3     89.2   12.0    
   Jul 2006   94.3   84.9   10.1     90.1   10.7    
   May 2006   94.4   85.8   9.6     90.9   10.2    
   Feb 2006   94.0   86.5   8.4     92.0   8.9    
   Nov 2005   93.7   86.4   8.4     92.2   8.9    
   Jul 2005   93.9   87.0   8.1     92.6   8.6    
   May 2005   93.2   86.2   8.1     92.4   8.7    
   Feb 2005   92.5   85.5   7.9     92.5   8.5    
   Nov 2004   91.6   85.2   7.5     92.9   8.2    
   Jul 2004   91.7   85.4   7.8     93.1   8.5    
   May 2004   92.0   86.2   7.9     93.7   8.6    
   Feb 2004   91.7   86.5   7.4     94.4   8.1    
   Nov 2003   91.3   86.2   7.0     94.4   7.7    
   Jul 2003   90.7   85.7   6.4     94.5   7.1    
   May 2003   91.1   85.7   6.7     94.0   7.4    
   Feb 2003   90.4   85.0   6.8     94.0   7.5    
   Nov 2002   89.8   84.7   6.4     94.3   7.1    
   Jul 2002   89.2   84.4   5.9     94.6   6.6    
   May 2002   87.7   83.3   5.4     95.0   6.2    
   Feb 2002   87.3   83.2   5.1     95.2   5.9    
   Nov 2001   86.6   82.5   4.9     95.3   5.7    
   Jul 2001   84.7   81.3   4.2     96.0   5.0    
   May 2001   85.5   81.1   5.1     94.9   6.0    
   Feb 2001   84.7   80.6   4.7     95.2   5.5    
   Nov 2000   83.7   80.4   4.0     96.0   4.8    
   Jul 2000   84.3   80.8   4.1     95.8   4.9    
   May 2000   83.8   81.0   3.5     96.7   4.2    
   Feb 2000   82.8   80.5   2.3     97.2   2.8    
 
Source: Nielsen Media Research, DMA Household Universe Estimates

Alternate Delivery Systems (ADS) refers to reception of TV programming via satellite (DBS or Large Dish), or from satellite master antenna systems (SMATV), or from multipoint distribution systems (MDS).

* TV Households with wired cable as well as ADS are included in both the Wired Cable and ADS columns. This causes the sum of Wired Cable and ADS to be a larger number than the number in the Cable and/or ADS column.

** Subscription TV Households are those paying for video delivery. The percentages add up to more than 100% because households with both wired cable and ADS are included in both columns.



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