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…
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…
Digital Switchover complete in the South East
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…
Arqiva to build digital infrastructure in Gibraltar
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…
London switchover complete
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…
London switchover underway
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,…
Switchover underway in southern England
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…
East Anglia goes digital
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…
DSO completion date announced
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…
London DSO dates announced
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,…
Switchover begins in Anglia TV region
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…
The Channel Islands have gone digital
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…