According to the report Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios Contínua from the country’s statistics institute, IBGE, 71.5% of homes have a DTT-ready set-top box (STB) or TV, while 57.3% of them are able to get the signal.

The report also revealed that nearly seven million homes have a TV but no equipment for receiving the digital broadcasts, while 2.8% of the total households (nearly 2.5 million) have no TV set at all.

While during 2017 Brazil’s largest cities completed the analogue switch-off, including the capital Brasilia, Sao Paulo and part of Rio de Janeiro, 2018 will see the digital switchover speeding up towards the final switch-off deadline in December.

The IBGE data also revealed that almost 70% of the TV homes have a flat-screen set, while out of the 102 million sets in the country, 36.6% still have cathode ray tube.