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Digital TV switchover to be completed in the north-west

Wednesday, December 2nd 2009
Digital TV switchover to be completed in the north-west
The digital TV switchover is set to completed in the north-west of England today (December 2nd).
Residents in the north-west of England will only have access to digital TV services by the end of today (December 2nd).

It has been confirmed that the final stage of the switchover is expected to be completed, as analogue signals were turned off earlier this morning while engineers looked to switch services on the Winter Hill transmitter group.

The transition is expected to be completed by the late afternoon, so set-top boxes for Freeview and services such as BT Vision will need to be returned.

Jo Waters, regional manager for Digital UK, said: "I'm pleased to report that the technical transition went according to plan and, from today, many more viewers will be able to receive digital TV free via an aerial.

"People across the north-west have responded really well in adapting to the change and preparing in good time."

Last week, the digital TV switchover was completed in the north-eastern parts of Wales.

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Comments (3)

SAMANTHA BRIDGE
03rd December 2009
My Sony recordable DVD player has the certification mark.However ITV programmes are poor quality despite re-tuning.I live in the North West. Do I need a new player?
Joan Hobday
02nd December 2009
I have recently come back from abroad and cannot gt any television channels. My freeview menu is showing no channels. What do I do please.
Brian Jones
02nd December 2009
i have re-tuned today at 1700hrs and receive tv wales

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