Digital switchover dates in the United Kingdom

The digital switchover was the process by which analogue terrestrial television in the United Kingdom was replaced with digital terrestrial television. It is sometimes referred to as the "analogue switch off".

In the United Kingdom, the terrestrial switchover started on 17 October 2007 and was completed on 24 October 2012. Each group of transmitters within each TV region had its analogue broadcasts switched off at a certain point between those dates. The process was co-ordinated by an independent body, Digital UK (now Everyone TV).

Switchover guide

Stage 1 – Known as DSO1 - Analogue BBC Two and low power digital Multiplex 1 switched off. High power Multiplex 1 switched on.
Stage 2 – Known as DSO2 - All remaining analogue channels and low power digital multiplexes switched off. Remaining high power digital multiplexes switched on.

Switchover dates

These are the dates at which switchover took place in each TV region, as published by Digital UK.

Technical trial

Transmitter(s)	Area served	BBC One, ITV1, S4C switched off^†
Ferryside	Ferryside and Llansteffan communities in Wales (approx 1200 people in around 500 properties)	30 March 2005
^† BBC Two was not switched off until 19 August 2009 in conjunction with stage 1 of Ferryside's parent transmitter, Preseli. In addition, the digital multiplexes did not adopt their final transmission modes until switchover at Preseli in 2009.

Border

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Eskdale Green, Gosforth and Whitehaven^‡	Copeland	17 October 2007	14 November 2007
Selkirk^[1] Relay transmitters Bonchester Bridge Clovenfords Eyemouth Galashiels Hawick Innerleithen Jedburgh Lauder Peebles Stow Yetholm	Scottish Borders	6 November 2008	20 November 2008
Caldbeck^[2] Relay transmitters England: Ainstable Bassenthwaite Bleach Green HP Bleach Green VP Coniston Crosby Ravensworth Crosthwaite Dentdale ~~Eskdale Green~~ (see above) Glenridding Glenridding Link ~~Gosforth~~ (see above) Grasmere Greystoke Haltwhistle Hawkshead Kendal Kendal Fell Keswick Kirkby Stephen Lorton Lowther Valley Millthrop Orton Pooley Bridge Ravenstonedale Sedbergh St Bees Threlkeld ~~Whitehaven~~ (see above) Windermere Workington Scotland: Ballantrae Barskeoch Hill Cambret Hill Creetown Dumfries South Glenluce Kirkcudbright Langholm Minnigaff Moffat New Galloway Pinwherry Portpatrick Stanraer Thornhill	North and Mid-Cumbria, and Dumfries & Galloway	18 June 2009	24 June 2009
^‡ Digital multiplexes from these three transmitters did not adopt their final transmission modes until switchover at their parent transmitter, Caldbeck.

Westcountry

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Beacon Hill Relay transmitters Ashburton ~~Budleigh Salterton~~ (new digital transmitter site) Bovey Tracey Brixham Buckfastleigh Chudleigh Clennon Valley Coombe Dartmouth Edginswell Halwell Harbertonford Hele Kingskerswell Liverton Newton Abbot HP Newton Abbot VP Occombe Valley Sidmouth South Brent HP South Brent VP Teignmouth Torquay Town Totnes	South Devon	8 April 2009	22 April 2009
Stockland Hill Relay transmitters Bampton Beaminster Beer Bincombe Hill Branscombe Bridport Brushford Chagford Charmouth Chideock HP Chideock VP Crediton Culm Valley Dawlish Dunsford Exeter St Thomas Honiton Pennsylvania Preston Rampisham UHF Stokeinteignhead Tiverton Weymouth	South-west Somerset, parts of west Dorset and south-east Devon, including Exeter	6 May 2009	20 May 2009
Huntshaw Cross Relay transmitters Barnstaple Berrynarbor Braunton Chambercombe Combe Martin Great Torrington Hartland Ilfracombe Muddiford North Bovey Swimbridge Tedburn St Mary Westward Ho! Woolacombe	North Devon	1 July 2009	29 July 2009
Redruth Relay transmitters Alverton Boscastle Bossiney Gulval Helston Isles of Scilly Penryn Perranporth Porthleven Porthtowan Portreath Praa Sands St Anthony in Roseland St Austell St Just Truro	East Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	8 July 2009	5 August 2009
Caradon Hill Relay transmitters Aveton Gifford Compton Croyde Downderry Fowey Gunnislake Ivybridge Kingsbridge Looe lostwithiel Marystow Mevagissey Modbury Newton Ferrers North Hessary Tor Okehampton Penaligon Down Plymouth North Rd HP Plymouth North Rd VP Plymouth Weston Mill Plympton Polperro Port Isaac Salcombe Slapton Southway St Neot Tavistock Widecomebe in the Moor	Cornwall and Devon, including Plymouth	12 August 2009	9 September 2009

HTV Wales

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, ITV1, S4C, Channel 5 switched off)
Kilvey Hill^[3] Relay transmitters Alltwen Briton Ferry Burry Port Cilfrew Craig-Cefn-Parc Efail-fach Mynydd Emroch Neath Abbey HP Neath Abbey HP Pontardawe	Swansea	12 August 2009	9 September 2009
Preseli Relay transmitters Abergwnfi Broad Haven Bronnant Croeserw HP Croeserw VP Cynwyl Elfed Dolgellau Duffryn ~~Ferryside~~ (see above) Fishguard Glyncorrwg Haverfordwest Llandyfriog Llandysul Llangrannog Llangybi Llwyn Onn Mynydd Pencarreg Newport Bay Pembroke Dock Pencader Rheola St David's St Dogmaels Trefin Tregaron Ystumtuen	West Wales	19 August 2009	16 September 2009
Carmel Relay transmitters Abercraf Brechfa Bronwydd Arms Builth Wells Cilycwm Cwmtwrch Cwm-gors Erwood Greenhill Llandrindod Wells Llanelli Llansawel Llanwrtyd Wells Penderyn Rhayader Talley Tenby Ystalyfera	South and central Wales	26 August 2009	23 September 2009
Llanddona Relay transmitters Amlwch Arfon Bethesda Bethesda North Betws-y-Coed Caergybi Caernarfon Cemaes Coed Derw Conwy Deiniolen Dolwyddelan Ffestiniog Gronant Llandecwyn Llanengan Maentwrog Mochdre Morfa Nefyn Prestatyn Trefor Waunfawr	North-west Wales, including Anglesey	21 October 2009	18 November 2009
Moel-y-Parc Relay transmitters Bala Betws yn Rhos Cefn Mawr Cerrigydrudion Corwen Cyffylliog Glyn Ceiriog Glyndyfrdwy Llanarmon-yn-Iâl Llandderfel Llanddulas Llangernyw Llangollen Llanuwchllyn Pen-y-Banc Penmaen Rhos Pontfadog Pwll-Glas Storeton Wrexham-Rhos	North-east Wales	28 October 2009	25 November 2009
Long Mountain Relay transmitters Broneirion Carno Castle Caereinion Kerry Llanbrynmair Llandinam Llanfyllin Llangadfan Llangurig Llangynog Llanidloes Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Moel-y-Sant Tregynon	East-central Wales	4 November 2009	3 December 2009
Blaenplwyf Relay transmitters Aberystwyth Afon Dyfi Beddgelert Beddgelert Link Bow Street Corris Cwrtnewydd Dolybont Machynlleth Penrhyn-Coch Trefilan Ynys-Pennal	Central and mid Wales	10 February 2010	10 March 2010
Wenvoe Relay transmitters Aberbeeg Abercynon Aberdare Abergavenny Abertillery Abertridwr Bargoed Bedlinog Blackmill Blaenau Gwent Blaenavon Blaenllechau Blaina Brecon Chepstow Clydach Clyro Crickhowell Crucorney Crumlin Cym Ffrwd-Oer Cwmafan Cwmaman Cwmfelinfach Deri Dowlais Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale South Ferndale Fernhill Gelli-fendigaid Gilfach Llanfach Llanfoist Llangeinor Llanharan Llanhilleth Llyswen Machen Upper Maesteg Merthyr Tydfil Monmouth Mynydd-Bach Mynydd Machen Nant-y-Moel Nantyglo Newport Ogmore Vale Pennar Pennorth Penrhiwceiber Pontypool Pontypridd Porth Rhondda Fach Rhondda HP Rhondda VP Rhymney Risca Sennybridge South Maesteg South Tredegar Taff's Well Tonpentre Tonypandy Tonyrefail Trebanog Trecastle Trefechan Treharris Tynewydd Upper Killay Usk Van Terrace Wattsville Ynysowen	South-east Wales, including Cardiff	3 March 2010	31 March 2010

Granada

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Douglas Relay transmitters Beary Peark Foxdale Glenmaye Jurby Kimmeragh Laxey Port St Mary Ramsey Union Mills	Isle of Man	18 June 2009	24 July 2009
Winter Hill Relay transmitters Austwick Backbarrow Bacup Barrow Town Hall Bidston Birch Vale Blackburn Bollington Brinscall Broadbottom Brook Bottom Burbage Buxton Cartmel Chaigley Chatburn Chinley Congleton Dalton Darwen Delph Dog Hill Elton Far Highfield Glossop Haslingden Haughton Green Ladder Hill Lancaster Langley Lees Littleborough Macclesfield Manchester Hulme Melling HP Melling VP Middleton Millom Park Moss Bank Mottram in Longdendale Newchurch Norden North Oldham Oakenhead Over Biddulph Parbold Pendle Forest Penny Bridge Portwood Prestbury Ramsbottom Ribblesdale Romiley Roose HP Roose VP Saddleworth ~~Skelmersdale~~ (new digital transmitter site) Stavely in Cartmel Stockport Storeton Trawden Urswick Walton-le-Dale Wardle West Kirby Whaley Bridge Whalley Whitewell Whitworth Woodnook	Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and South Cumbria	4 November 2009	2 December 2009

HTV West

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Mendip Relay transmitters Avening Backwell Bath Blakeney Box Bristol Barton House Bristol Ilchester Crescent Bristol Kings Weston Bristol Montpelier Bristol Warmley Bruton Burrington Calne Carhampton Cerne Abbas Chalford Chalford Vale Chilfrome Chiseldon Chitterne Cirencester Clearwell Coleford Corsham HP Corsham VP Countisbury Crewkerne Crockerton Dursley Easter Compton Exford Frome Hutton Kewstoke Kilve Lydbrook Marlborough Monksilver Nailsworth Ogbourne St George Parkend Pillowell HP Pillowell VP Porlock Portbury Portishead Redbrook Redcliff Bay Roadwater Seagry Court Siston Slad Stroud Tintern Ubley Upavon Washford West Lavington Westwood Woodcombe Wootton Courtenay	Bristol, parts of Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Southern Gloucestershire	24 March 2010	7 April 2010
Ridge Hill (West)	North Gloucestershire	6 April 2011	20 April 2011

STV North (Grampian)

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, STV, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Bressay Relay transmitters Baltasound Collafirth Hill Fetlar Fitful Head Scalloway Swinister Voe Weisdale	Pink banners on lampposts in Baltasound remind residents about the digital switchover in The Shetland Islands	5 May 2010	19 May 2010
Keelylang Hill Relay transmitters Burgar Hill HP Burgar Hill VP Pierowall	The Orkney Islands	12 May 2010	26 May 2010
Rumster Forest Relay transmitters Ben Tongue Durness Melvich Thurso	Caithness	2 June 2010	16 June 2010
Eitshal Relay transmitters Badachro Kinlochbervie HP Kinlochbervie VP Lochinver Ness of Lewis Poolewe Staffin Ullapool	Lewis, Wester Ross, North West Sutherland and parts of Harris and Skye	7 July 2010	21 July 2010
Skriaig Relay transmitters Ardintoul Attadale Borve Bruernish Clettraval Daliburgh Duncraig Inverarish Kilbride South Uist Kylerhea Lochmaddy HP Lochmaddy VP Penifiler Scoval HP Scoval VP Tarbert Harris Uig	Skye, Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist and parts of Barra	14 July 2010	28 July 2010
Angus Relay transmitters Auchtermuchty Balmullo Balnaguard Blair Atholl Camperdown Carie Crieff Cupar Dunkeld Dunkeld Town Grandtully Kenmore Killin HP Killin VP Lindores Lochearnhead Methven Perth Pitlochry St Fillans Strathallan Tay Bridge Tummel Bridge	Angus, Dundee, Perth and parts of Fife	4 August 2010	18 August 2010
Durris Relay transmitters Balgownie Banff Boddam Braemar Brechin Ellon Gartley Moor Gourdon Lumphanan Peterhead Rosehearty Tomintoul Tullich	Aberdeenshire	1 September 2010	15 September 2010
Knockmore Relay transmitters Aviemore Avoch Balblair Wood Craigellachie Grantown Kingussie Lairg	Moray, Strathspey and parts of Easter Ross	8 September 2010	22 September 2010
Rosemarkie Relay transmitters Auchmore Wood Cromarty Fodderty Fort Augustus Glen Convinth Glen Urquhart HP Glen Urquhart VP Inverness Tomatin Tomich Tomich Link Wester Erchite	Inverness and the Great Glen	6 October 2010	20 October 2010

Channel Islands

Transmitter(s)	Area served	BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4 switched off
Frémont Point Relay transmitters Alderney Gorey Les Touillets Saint Brélade Saint Helier Saint Peter Port Torteval	The Channel Islands	17 November 2010

The Channel Islands' transmitters carry three of the DTT multiplexes – BBCA, D3&4 and BBCB. BBCA carries the BBC's SD channels as elsewhere, the D3&4 mux carries ITVBe (which is on the SDN mux elsewhere) as of September 2022 in place of ITV1 +1 (which is not available on the islands), and BBCB carries BBC HD, BBC One HD and Channel 4 HD (ITV Channel Television does not broadcast an HD version of their services).

Due to close proximity to France, a multi-stage switchover was deemed impossible. Instead, the switchover was done in a single day. As such, all analogue signals were switched off at around 01:30, while digital signals were switched on at Frémont Point before 06:00 and at its relay transmitters before 15:00.^[4]

STV Central

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, STV, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Torosay Relay transmitters Acharacle Arisaig Ballachulish Bellanoch Castlebay Cow Hill Dalmally Dychliemore Link Fiunary Glengorm Kilmelford Kinlochleven Kintraw Loch Feochan Mallaig Oban Onich Spean Bridge Strontian Taynuilt Tayvallich	South west Highlands and Islands	13 October 2010	27 October 2010
Darvel Relay transmitters Ardentinny Arrochar Ayr South Blackwaterfoot Bowmore HP Bowmore VP Campbeltown Carradale Catrine Claonaig Dunure Girvan High Keil Holmhead Kirkmichael Kirkoswald HP Kirkoswold VP Lethanhill Lochgoilhead Lochgoilhead AD Lochwinnoch Millburn Muir Muirkirk Port Ellen Portnahaven Sorn Troon Wanlockhead	Parts of central Scotland, Argyll and Bute	11 May 2011	25 May 2011
Rosneath HP	Rosneath
Rosneath VP Relay transmitters Ardnadam Garelochhead	Rosneath
Craigkelly Relay transmitters Aberfoyle Canongate HP Canongate VP Grangemouth Kinross Newbattle Penicuik West Linton	Lothian, parts of Edinburgh and parts of Fife	1 June 2011	15 June 2011
Black Hill Relay transmitters Abington Biggar Bridge of Allan Broughton Callander Cathcart Clachan Cumbernauld Village Deanston Dollar Dunoon Easdale Fintry Gigha Island Glasgow West Central Glespin Haddington Kelvindale Killearn	Glasgow, central Scotland and parts of Edinburgh	8 June 2011	22 June 2011

Anglia

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Sandy Heath Relay transmitters Dallington Park Kimpton Luton	Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire	30 March 2011	13 April 2011
Sudbury Relay transmitters ~~Burnham-on-Crouch~~ (new digital transmitter site) ~~Clacton~~ (new digital transmitter site) Felixstowe Ipswich Stoke ~~Rouncefall~~ (new digital transmitter site) Somersham Wivenhoe Park Woodbridge	Parts of Suffolk and Essex	6 July 2011	20 July 2011
Tacolneston Relay transmitters Aldeburgh Bramford Burnham Bury St Edmunds Creake Gorleston on Sea Great Yarmouth King's Lynn Linnet Valley Little Walsingham Lowestoft Norwich Central Overstrand Thetford Wells-next-the-Sea West Runton	Norfolk and north Suffolk	9 November 2011	23 November 2011

Central

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Nottingham	The Nottingham area	30 March 2011	13 April 2011
Bromsgrove	The Bromsgrove area	6 April 2011	20 April 2011
Lark Stoke	Stratford upon Avon area
Ridge Hill (Central) Relay transmitters Andoversford Eardiston Ewyas Harold Garth Hill HP Garth Hill VP Hazler Hill Hereford Hope under Dinmore Kington Knucklas Ludlow New Radnor Oakeley Mynd Peterchurch Presteigne Ross-on-Wye St Briavels Upper Soudley	Herefordshire and south Shropshire
The Wrekin Relay transmitters Bucknell Clun Coalbrookdale Haden Hill Halesowen	North Shropshire and south Cheshire
Waltham Relay transmitters Ambergate Ashbourne Ashford-in-the-Water Belper Birchover Bolehill Darley Dale Derby Eastwood Leicester Little Eaton Matlock Parwich Stamford Stanton Moor	Parts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and south Nottinghamshire	17 August 2011	31 August 2011
Fenton	Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme	7 September 2011	21 September 2011
Sutton Coldfield Relay transmitters Allesley Park Brailes Bretch Hill Bridgnorth Brierley Hill Cheadle Earl Sterndale Edgbaston ~~Fenton~~ (see above) Gib Heath Gravelly Hill Hamstead Harborne Hartington Ipstones Edge Ironbridge Kenilworth Kidderminster Kinver Royal Leamington Spa Leek Long Compton	much of the West Midlands	7 September 2011	21 September 2011
Oxford Relay transmitters Ascott-under-Wychwood Charlbury Guiting Power Icomb Hill Over Norton	Oxfordshire, parts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire	14 September 2011	28 September 2011

Yorkshire

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Belmont Relay transmitters Grimsby Lincoln Central Weaverthorpe	Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire	3 August 2011	17 August 2011
Oliver's Mount Relay transmitters Humanby	The Scarborough area	3 August 2011	17 August 2011
Chesterfield Relay transmitters Brockwell Dronfield Hasland	The Chesterfield area	10 August 2011	24 August 2011
Sheffield Relay transmitters Totley Rise	The Sheffield area	10 August 2011	24 August 2011
Emley Moor Relay transmitters Addingham Armitage Bridge Batley Beecroft Hill Blackburn in Rotherham Bradford West Calver Peak Cleckheaton Conisbrough Cop Hill Copley Cornholme Cowling Cragg Vale Cullingworth Edale Elland Grassington Hagg Wood Halifax Headingley Hebden Bridge Heyshaw Holmfield Holmfirth Hope Idle Keighley Keighley Town Kettlewell Longwood Edge Luddenden Lydgate Millhouse Green Oughtibridge Oxenhope Primrose Hill Ripponden Shatton Edge Skipton Town Skipton Stocksbridge Sutton in Craven Tideswell Moor Todmorden Walsden Walsden South Wharfedale Wheatley Wincobank	Most of Yorkshire	7 September 2011	21 September 2011

Meridian

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Hannington Relay transmitters Aldbourne Alton Chisbury Hemdean HP Hemdean VP Hurstbourne Tarrant Lambourn The Bournes Tidworth	Parts of Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey	8 February 2012	22 February 2012
Midhurst Relay transmitters Haslemere Steyning	Much of West Sussex	29 February 2012	14 March 2012
Rowridge Relay transmitters Bovington Brading Brighstone Canford Heath Cheselbourne Corfe Castle Donhead Findon Horndean Luccombe Lulworth Luscombe Valley Millbrook HP Millbrook VP Piddletrenthide Poole Poulner Salisbury Shrewton Singleton Sutton Row Till Valley Ventnor Westbourne Winterbourne Steepleton Winterborne Stickland	Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, parts of Dorset, Wiltshire and West Sussex	7 March 2012	21 March 2012
Whitehawk Hill	The Brighton area	7 March 2012	21 March 2012
Hastings	The Hastings area	30 May 2012	13 June 2012
Heathfield	East Sussex
Tunbridge Wells	The Tunbridge Wells area
Bluebell Hill	North Kent and south Essex	13 June 2012	27 June 2012
Dover	South and east Kent	13 June 2012	27 June 2012

London

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Crystal Palace	Greater London and parts of the Home Counties	4 April 2012	18 April 2012

Tyne Tees

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Bilsdale Relay transmitters Aislaby Bainbridge Castleton Eston Nab Grinton Lodge Guisborough Limber Hill Peterlee Ravenscar Romaldkirk Rookhope Rosedale Abbey Skinningrove West Burton Whitby	Teesside, County Durham and much of North Yorkshire	12 September 2012	26 September 2012
Chatton Relay transmitters Berwick-upon-Tweed Rothbury Wooler	North Northumberland
Pontop Pike Relay transmitters Allenheads Alston Bellingham Blaydon Byrness Catton Beacon Durham Esh Falstone Felling Fenham Haltwhistle Haydon Bridge Hedleyhope Humshaugh Ireshopeburn Kielder Morpeth Newton, Northumberland Seaham Shotleyfield Staithes Sunderland Wall Weardale Whitaside	Tyne and Wear and County Durham

UTV

Transmitter(s)	Area served	Stage 1 date (BBC Two switched off)	Stage 2 date (BBC One, UTV, Channel 4, Channel 5 switched off)
Brougher Mountain Relay transmitters Belcoo Derrygonnelly Ederny Lisbellaw	South West Northern Ireland	10 October 2012	24 October 2012
Divis Relay transmitters Armagh Banbridge Bangor Bellair Benagh Camlough Carnmoney Hill Conlig Cushendall Cushendun Draperstown Dromore Glenariff Glynn Kilkeel Killowen Mountain Larne Leitrim Moneymore Newcastle Newry North Newry South Newtownards Rostrevor Forest Whitehead	Belfast and the surrounding area
Limavady Relay transmitters Ballintoy Ballycastle Buckna Bushmills Castlederg Claudy Glenelly Valley Gortnageeragh Gortnalee Derry Muldonagh Plumbridge Strabane	North West Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland completed the digital switchover on the same day as the Republic of Ireland, with Northern Ireland switching off analogue transmissions shortly before midnight, and the Republic of Ireland shortly after 10am. Viewers in some areas are able to receive an additional multiplex of channels carrying RTÉ One, RTÉ2 and TG4. These are broadcast in DVB-T2, and despite not being in high definition, require a Freeview HD receiver. Viewers in much of Northern Ireland can receive these and other Irish channels directly from Saorview transmitters based in the Republic. As these are broadcast in MPEG4, a Freeview HD receiver is generally required, although a very small number of standard Freeview receivers are compatible. Almost all viewers in Northern Ireland are able to receive at least some channels from the Republic by one or both of these means.

References

^ "Selkirk group next for switchover". 29 October 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
^ "News & Star". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
^ "Digital switchover for Wales unveiled". Digital Spy. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
^ "Channel Islands' television goes digital". BBC News. 17 November 2010.

External links

Everyone TV (formerly Digital UK)
Digital Switchover UK
"Digital switchover". UKfreeTV. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
"Digital Television". Archived from the original on 20 April 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
"Digital TV Group". Retrieved 15 April 2007.
"Digital TV Cumbria". Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2007.

[1] "Selkirk group next for switchover". 29 October 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.

[2] "News & Star". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2007.

[Wales-3] "Digital switchover for Wales unveiled". Digital Spy. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2008.

[4] "Channel Islands' television goes digital". BBC News. 17 November 2010.

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