HUGE POPULATION GROWTH PREDICTED BY RATINGS RESEARCHER

By the time 2050 rolls around, the total number of TV households in the U.S. will increase to 163.7 million from 111.4 million today, a growth of 47 percent, according to estimates released Thursday by Nielsen Research. The expansion of the TV market will be led by minorities -- especially by the number of Hispanic households, which is expected to increase 136 percent. African-American households are expected to rise 66 percent.

09/02/2007