Freeview Recorder

11th May 2011
The biggest change to television in a generation got underway today, as analogue signals were turned off in Argyll & Bute, Rosneath and parts of central Scotland and Freeview boosted. (more…)

10th May 2011
The dates for the start of digital switchover in the South East were announced today, setting out the timetable for the biggest change to broadcasting for a generation across Kent and East Sussex. (more…)

27th April 2011
TV pioneers help Scottish viewers switch on to digital
Analogue television will start being turned off in the Central Belt in just two weeks’ time,
as Scotland gets set to become a digital nation this summer.

To mark the final countdown, two close members of John Logie Baird’s family will make an historic visit to the TV inventor’s birthplace. (more…)

20th April 2011
Viewers need to retune Freeview equipment to receive all channels.
All analogue TV channels in Herefordshire, south Shropshire and parts of Gloucestershire were switched off for good today, signalling the dawn of an all-digital era for more than 280,000 households.

Shortly after midnight, analogue BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 were turned off permanently at the Ridge Hill transmitter group, enabling extra channels to be broadcast from 19 local relay transmitters serving 15,000 homes. (more…)

20th April 2011
Viewers need to retune Freeview equipment to receive all channels.
All analogue TV channels in north Shropshire and south Cheshire were switched off for good today, signalling the dawn of an all-digital era for more than 280,000 households.
Shortly after midnight, analogue BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 were turned off permanently at the Wrekin transmitter group, enabling extra channels to be broadcast from four local relay transmitters serving thousands of homes. (more…)

20th April 2011
Viewers need to retune Freeview equipment to receive all channels.
All analogue TV channels in the Bromsgrove area were switched off for good today, signalling the dawn of an all-digital era for more than 30,000 homes. (more…)

20th April 2011
Viewers need to retune Freeview equipment to receive all channels.
All analogue TV channels in the Stratford-upon-Avon area were switched off for good today, signalling the dawn of an all-digital era for more than 38,000 homes. (more…)

In the countdown to next year’s digital switchover, a survey has shown that Derrick Trotter falling through the bar in ‘Only fools and Horses” is Yorkshire’s favourite TV clip. (more…)