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BBC switches off analogue TV

Andrew Thomas the Inquirer, Wednesday 17 October 2007. 09:22:00

IN ORDER TO MAXIMISE the chances of a smooth switchover from analogue to digital TV, the small Cumbrian town of Whitehaven has been chosen as the guinea pig. The reason is simple - no one important lives there and 99 percent of the UK population has never heard of the place. The town’s local transmitter switched off its analogue signal last night, meaning that people desperate to watch repeats of Strictly Come Dancing will have to fork out for a DTT digibox if they want to keep watching. While most homes already have digital TV in the shape of satellite, cable or DTT on their main TV, all those old sets in bedrooms and kitchens now need to be digified as well….

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