TV ownership in the United States has dropped for the first time in 20 years, according to estimates from Nielsen Co on Tuesday.

Google's Android smartphones beat out Apple's iPhone and Research In Motion's BlackBerry for the first time in the US market.

Android phones were at the forefront of the smartphone industry over the past six months as US consumers bought more phones powered by the Google-owned operating system than Research in Motion’s BlackBerry and Apple’s iPhone.

A federal hotline received nearly 800,000 calls this weekend and last week from people confused about the nationwide switch from analog TV signals to digital.

Months after Congress delayed the mandatory switch from analog to digital TV signals, many more Americans appear to be ready for the upcoming transition on June 12.