The Government has announced that all analogue television will be switched off by the end of 2012. This means that you will have to have some way of receiving digital television broadcasts by the time your area is switched off; as out-lined in the following table:
Digital TV Switchover Information
| Year | Region |
| 2008-09 | Border |
| 2009 | West Country, Granada |
| 2009-10 | Wales |
| 2010 | West, STV North |
| 2010-11 | STV Central |
| 2011 | Central, Yorkshire, Anglia |
| 2012 | Meridian, London, Tyne Tees, Ulster |
| 2013 | Channel Islands* |
* The Channel Islands are part of the UK's broadcasting network and receive UK analogue services. At present there are no digital terrestrial services due to the lack of available frequencies.
The Channel Islands are not formally part of the UK's digital switchover plan and decisions about timing and strategy for digital switchover are for the States of Guernsey and the States of Jersey Governments. They are liaising closely with Digital UK and are working with Ofcom, the UK Government and French authorities to agree a timetable for conversion of the existing analogue network to digital television. |
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Digital UK is the independent, non-profit organisation leading the process of digital TV switchover in the UK.
Digital UK provides impartial information on what people need to do to prepare for the move to digital, and when they need to do it. The company also works with digital TV platform operators, equipment manufacturers, installers, retailers, rental companies and consumer groups to coordinate the technical rollout of digital television across the UK.
Digital UK was set up at the request of the Government to work closely with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department of Trade and Industry, as well as the regulator Ofcom, to prepare the UK for the biggest change in broadcasting since the introduction of colour.
The company is owned by the UK’s public service broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, S4C and Teletext), and transmission companies SDN and National Grid Wireless.
The information on this page is taken from the DigitalUK Website.
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