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The Digital Switchover Timetable

 

By 2012, the UK Government is set to switch off the analogue TV service. The switchover is happening region-by-region.

 

Want to know when your town or region will go digital? Here is an overview of the UK switchover timetable:

 

Oct 2007
Whitehaven in Cumbian becomes the first town to "go digital".

Nov 2008
Border TV Region begins the switch, starting with the Selkirk transmitter (Carlisle & Dumfries) in November 2008.

2009
The following TV regions start to switch: Granada, West Country and Wales.

2010
The following TV regions start to switch: West, Grampian and Scottish.

2011
The following TV regions start to switch: Central, Anglia and Yorkshire.

2012
The following TV regions start to switch: London, Meridian, Tyne Tees and Ulster.

 

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