Digital TV News: Digital UK

UK analogue TV to finally end on October 24, 2012
Oct 14, 2011 – Eighty years from the first experimental broadcasts, the old five-channel system will be switched off for good. The date will also signal the completion of digital television switchover which started in 2008.
News categories: Digital UK, Digital TV, Terrestrial, UK

Wales becomes UK's first digital nation
Mar 31, 2010 – Wales has become the UK's first digital nation as the final analogue TV signals around Cardiff were switched off for good, signalling the dawn of an all-digital era for the country.
News categories: Digital UK, Digital TV, Terrestrial, UK

BBC announces timetable for Freeview HD signal availability
Nov 16, 2009 – The BBC has confirmed the timetable that will make HD services on Freeview available to 50% of the population in time for next June's World Cup, and to 98.5% of the population by the end of digital switchover in three years' time.
News categories: BBC, Freeview, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial, UK

UK analogue switch-off reaches millionth home
Sep 7, 2009 – The switch to digital TV reaches its millionth home this week as analogue channels are turned off for good in two areas of the UK.
News categories: Digital UK, Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial, UK

Informa Announces Digital TV World Summit 2009
Aug 14, 2009 – This November 2009 Informa Telecoms and Media continues its strong tradition of delivering high-quality speakers, topical debate and unrivalled networking opportunities at the Digital TV World Summit, 17th-18th November, London.
News categories: Digital TV World Summit, Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Satellite, Show, Streaming, Terrestrial

Technisat Licenses Redkey™ 2 From Strategy & Technology
Feb 26, 2009 – Strategy & Technology Client Systems has announced that it has licensed its RedKey™ 2 MHEG-5 interactive TV middleware to TechniSat. RedKey 2 is a software receiver engine that adds MHEG-5 interactive TV middleware to set-top boxes and IDTVs.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, TechniSat, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box

TechniSat Digital announced as Freesat manufacturer
Feb 24, 2009 – The UK's Freesat has appointed TechniSat Digital as a manufacturer of high definition digital satellite receivers for 2009.
News categories: TechniSat, Freesat, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK

UK digital TV sales boom as credit crunch bites
Dec 17, 2008 – Figures released by Digital UK show that in the year to October 2008, UK consumers bought nine million televisions. Ninety per cent of televisions purchased in October 2008 were digital, the highest proportion ever recorded.
News categories: Digital UK, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Switchover completed in Scottish Borders
Nov 20, 2008 – The final stage of digital TV switchover in the Scottish Borders has been completed, extending digital terrestrial television (Freeview) coverage to all households served by the Selkirk transmitter group.
News categories: Digital UK, Terrestrial, UK