Oct 8 2012
UTV & BBC broadcast to mark end of digital TV switch
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 […]
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