Because of the current economic climate, we are seeing a lot of consumers cut both cable and satellite TV services. Market research and consulting firm Convergence Consulting Group says that an estimated 1.6 million people will cancel pay TV services, such as cable and satellite, by the end of this year.

However many of the people cutting that pay TV tether are still enjoying real, live TV, and in full high definition quality.

According to Antennas Direct, antenna sales are exploding. The antenna manufacturer says that they are currently enjoying their eighth consecutive year of double-digit growth. After claiming $8.7 million in 2010, the company says they've experienced a whopping 225 percent increase in sales in the first quarter of 2011. That puts them on track for $21 million in 2011.

"Experts have been telling me for 8 years that OTA was dead, yet we have maintained 110 percent compound annual growth since we started," says Richard Schneider, president of Antennas Direct. "This year we are on pace to liberate nearly 1 million Americans from an unhappy relationship with their pay TV provider while putting over $1.1B annually back in the pockets of our customers," adds Schneider.

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