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Digital Switch Timetable

  • 2007: Digital Switch starts with Whitehaven
  • 2008: Border region
  • 2009: Granada, West Country & Wales regions
  • 2010: West, STV North & STV Central regions
  • 2011: Anglia, Central & Yorkshire regions
  • 2012: London, Meridian, Tyne Tees & Ulster regions

 

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BT Vision Set-top box

BT Vision: Free digital TV set top box to BT Broadband customers.

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Need help with the Digital Switch?

 

It can't have escaped your notice that we're slowly getting closer to the Digital Switchover. By 2012, BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Five will stop broadcasting on standard analogue TV. To get TV after the switchover, you'll need to have a digital set-top box or a TV set that has a built-in digital TV receiver.

 

On this site, we offer some practical advice on how to get digital TV, and answer common questions about the switchover.

There's stacks of similar sites out there, but we aim to help out with your common questions, and link to other handy resources on the 'net..

 

Digital Switchover Checklist:

Think you're ready for the UK Digital TV Switch? Some things to check...

 

1. Can you get digital channels, such as BBC3, ITV2 & E4?
2. Checked the other TVs in the house?
3. What about your VHS and DVD recorders?
4. Can you watch one digital channel while recording another?