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 […]
Mar 15 2007
Whitehaven will become the first English town to have entirely digital TV on November 14, 2007. The Cumbrian town of 25,000 homes will swap analogue BBC2 for its first digital multiplex on October 17, with analogue BBC1, ITV1 and Channel 4 going off four weeks later. The switch is being coordinated by Digital UK, and […]
Dec 19 2006
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell yesterday unveiled a £600m digital switchover support package, assisting the over-75s and the disabled with the cost of converting one TV to digital. Jowell told the Commons she would ensure the “structure of the licence fee settlement” would allow several BBC departments to relocate to Salford, and said the licence fee […]
Jul 12 2006
Ofcom’s independent Consumer Panel says it has “serious concerns” over the way the UK’s digital switchover is being managed. In a hard-hitting statement the panel, chaired by Colette Bowe, says it wants “fundamental changes in the way the process is being handled”, and says it does not believe that Digital UK—the industry-backed body charged with […]
Feb 13 2005
Media regulator Ofcom has finally outlined its schedule for switching off the UK’s analogue TV signal. It said a region-by-region process would start in 2008, with analogue transmitters being gradually turned off. In order to reach its proposed December 31, 2012 deadline for the final switch-over, it is proposing a phased switchover by ITV region […]
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Oct 24 2007
New digital switch details for Wales and ITV West
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 […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: Digital Switchover, DSO, ITV West, Ofcom