Digital satellite television remains the most popular digital television platform according to Ofcom's latest report.

As of September 2006, 33.9% of UK television homes (8.5m) either subscribed to BSkyB's television services or received free-to-view satellite services, up 128,000 since June 2006.

The report also shows that by the end of September 2006 almost three out of every four UK television households viewed digital television on their main set.

There was also an increasing number of households who are watching digital television on second or third TV sets in addition to their main set.

As of September 2006 there were almost eight million second sets connected to some form of digital reception device up from four million in the same period last year.