Feb 5 2009
The Switchover Help Scheme has selected Freeview as the standard offer of practical help for eligible older and disabled people in the ITV Granada region. Almost seven million people around the country will be eligible for help under the Help Scheme, according to eaga who manage the scheme. The ITV Granada region will be the […]
Feb 4 2009
Exeter is set to become the first city in the UK to switch to digital television in three months’ time. Households in Exeter, parts of Devon, Somerset and Dorset will have their analogue signal turned off on 6 May, when the Stockland Hill transmitter group switches to digital. Research by Digital UK has found that […]
Feb 2 2009
Ofcom has announced proposals to align more of the spectrum released as part of the UK’s digital dividend with other European countries. According to Ofcom, this will allow new wireless services, particularly mobile broadband, to be launched in the UK and across Europe. The decision to release a digital dividend was taken by the Government […]
Dec 11 2008
The timetable for Scotland to make the switch to digital TV has been announced by Digital UK. Scottish Borders became the first region to complete the change last month. Switchover will now progress to south-west Scotland next year, continuing throughout 2010 and finishing in Lothian, parts of Edinburgh and Fife by June 2011. Switchover will […]
Nov 20 2008
The final stage of digital TV switchover in the Scottish Borders was completed yesterday, extending digital terrestrial television (Freeview) coverage to all households served by the Selkirk transmitter group. Engineers finished converting all eleven relay transmitters, serving areas such as Peebles, Eyemouth and Hawick, to digital at 4.30pm. Freeview, BT Vision and Top Up TV […]
Oct 21 2008
Digital UK has announced the date for the digital switchover in north-west England. Three million homes across the north-west will start switching to digital on 4 November 2009 when analogue signals are turned off at the Winter Hill transmitter group (the Granada TV region). Latest research according to Digital UK indicates nine out of ten […]
Sep 29 2008
Freeview has been selected as the Switchover Help Scheme’s standard offer to eligible viewers in the ITV Westcountry region. The scheme offers installation of one set top box and the conversion, where necessary, of aerials, to people who are aged 75 or over, registered blind or partially sighted or eligible for certain disability benefits, for […]
Oct 29 2007
Leaders of the UK’s commercial radio industry are calling on the Government to declare when analogue radio signals might be switched off. Andrew Harrison, chief executive of commercial radio trade body the RadioCentre, told The Times that a failure to decide radio’s future was “crippling the industry”. Harrison said the RadioCentre was lobbying ministers over […]
Oct 24 2007
Ofcom has published detailed transmission parameters for TV transmitters in Wales and the ITV West region. Wales is due to start digital switch in mid-2009, while ITV West will turn off analogue in 2010. The media regulator has also published updated versions of the national switch plan, and localised plans for Border (late 2008), Granada […]
Jul 5 2007
Ofcom has published details of the final digital switch power outputs and frequencies for Britain’s 81 main TV transmitters. The frequency plan will enable installers – or savvy DIYers – to pick the right aerial for their location, at least a year in advance of their local digital switch. The main transmitter details will be […]
Jun 26 2007
Commercial radio companies in the UK are calling for a timetable to go from analogue to digital within eight years. The broadcasters want a timetable like the one for digital TV, so they don’t have to spend decades paying for both analogue and digital licences. RadioCentre, the commercial radio industry’s umbrella group, will ask Ofcom […]
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Jun 16 2009
Digital Switchover on the Isle of Man
The digital switchover has begun on the Isle of Man for viewers in the Douglas transmitter area. Digital UK hosted a briefing at the transmitter yesterday to explain the switchover process to residents on the island. The first stage has involved the BBC Two analogue signal being turned off and replaced by a multiplex of […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: Digital Switchover, DSO, Isle of Man