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When will my area go digital?

Switchover is happening in different TV regions between 2008 and 2012 - and Whitehaven in Cumbria has already switched (from October 2007). The Government has set a schedule for when the analogue signal will be switched off in each part of the country.

This doesn’t mean that you can’t go digital now. But it does give an ultimate deadline for when you’ll have to.

Here is that schedule:
Border 2008-09
Westcountry, Granada 2009
Wales 2009-10
West, STV North 2010-11
STV Central 2010-11
Central, Yorkshire, Anglia 2011
Meridian, London, Tyne Tees, Ulster 2012

These are start dates for each region – some will complete going digital the following calendar year. The closer your region gets to switchover, the more information you will get on television and locally – such as advertising and public meetings.

Keep an eye on www.digitaluk.co.uk. And there are lots of other useful places to get information. See contacts list.

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