Oct 8 2012
A simultaneous live broadcast between the BBC and Northern Ireland’s UTV presented by Eamonn Holmes is to mark the end of analogue television in the UK later this month. At midnight on October 23, Olympian Dame Mary Peters will switch on the new high power digital TV transmission service in Northern Ireland, bringing to an […]
Jun 29 2012
Viewers in Kent and parts of East Sussex have completed the switch to digital television. Analogue BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 were turned off permanently on 27 June at the Dover and Bluebell Hill transmitter groups, enabling extra channels to be broadcast from 16 local relay transmitters serving thousands of homes. The […]
May 10 2012
Arqiva are to build digital infrastructure in Gibraltar. Arqiva has won a ‘design and build’ contract, valued at around £1 million, from the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA) to provide a digital broadcasting network in Gibraltar. The contract comes as Arqiva nears completion of the five-year digital TV switchover in the UK, which has involved the […]
Apr 18 2012
The largest part of the switchover to digital television will be completed today (18 April) as the London TV region goes digital. Switchover information for viewers is available from Digital UK. Nearly five million homes across Greater London and parts of the Home Counties – almost 12 million TV sets – will now benefit from […]
Apr 4 2012
The UK’s largest digital switchover has begun across the London TV region. Analogue BBC Two was turned off on 4 April at Crystal Palace and other transmitters across the region, marking the start of a process that will see Freeview coverage boosted to reach all areas. More than 400,000 viewers in former digital blackspots across […]
Feb 8 2012
The first stage of the digital switchover in Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey has been completed. Analogue BBC Two was permanently turned off at the Hannington transmitter group on 8 February and digital TV has been boosted to reach all areas. The start of TV switchover means that thousands of viewers in digital blackspots including parts […]
Nov 23 2011
The final digital switchover in East Anglia has been completed. Analogue TV signals in Norfolk and north Suffolk were switched off permanently on 23 November, extending Freeview coverage to virtually all homes in East Anglia. The changes affect existing Freeview viewers who may find some of their channels missing. The services have moved to new […]
Oct 19 2011
The UK’s analogue TV system will be switched off on October 24, 2012, when Northern Ireland completes Digital Switchover. The date will also mark the end of the five-year switchover campaign, which began in 2007 in Whitehaven, Cumbria. David Scott, Digital UK’s chief executive, said: ‘The analogue era was a defining period for TV but […]
Apr 7 2011
London will go digital on 4 April 2012, in time for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Analogue BBC Two will disappear in London and neighbouring parts of Berkshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex and Surrey on 4 April 2012. The remaining analogue channels, BBC One, ITV1, Channel Four and Channel 5, will then be turned off […]
Mar 30 2011
The digital television switchover has today begun in the Anglia TV region, bringing the Freeview service to thousands more homes. Shortly after midnight, analogue BBC Two was switched off permanently at the Sandy Heath transmitter serving Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, to be replaced by digital channels on Freeview. Around 45,000 households in the Anglia TV […]
Nov 17 2010
Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, analogue BBC One, BBC Two, Channel Television and Channel 4 were turned off permanently at the Fremont Point transmitter, allowing Freeview digital channels to be broadcast across the islands for the first time. Islanders switching to Freeview need to tune in their digital tvs and boxes once signals are available […]
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Oct 24 2012
UK completes digital switchover
The UK ended more than 70 years of analogue broadcasting today with the completion of the switchover to digital television. Switchover has boosted Freeview coverage to 10 million viewers in reception blackspots across the UK and cleared airwaves for new uses, including 4G mobile broadband services. Northern Ireland was the final region to switch to […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: Digital Switchover, Digital UK, DSO