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Digital switch details unveiled Digital switch details unveiled
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The exact date for the switchover to digital TV signals in the Borders will be announced later. Scotland will begin the switch to digital television with the Selkirk transmitter on 6 November next year.
Whitehaven in Cumbria has already switched off its analogue signal but the Scottish Borders will be the first full region to switch over next year. Whitehaven in Cumbria has already switched off its analogue signal but the Scottish Borders will be the first full region to switch over.
Digital UK, the company behind the introduction of the new service, will reveal the date at a media conference. Digital UK, the company behind the introduction of the new service, said the Caldbeck transmitter in Cumbria would follow soon after.
The company will also launch its campaigns for switchover in the rest of Scotland, beginning in 2010. The company also launched its campaigns for switchover in the rest of Scotland.
It said that by 2010 anyone in the old Grampian TV area, effectively anyone north of Perth, will have to retune to the new digital service. It said that by 2010 anyone in the old Grampian TV area, effectively anyone north of Perth, would have to retune to the new digital service.
In central Scotland the switchover will begin in 2010, but it will not be completed until 2011.In central Scotland the switchover will begin in 2010, but it will not be completed until 2011.
The company said the size of population and the number of small relay transmitters meant it would take two years.The company said the size of population and the number of small relay transmitters meant it would take two years.
Ofcom estimates it will cost each household about £80 to convert existing TV sets to receive digital signals.Ofcom estimates it will cost each household about £80 to convert existing TV sets to receive digital signals.
There has been criticism that not enough has been done to prepare people in the Borders.There has been criticism that not enough has been done to prepare people in the Borders.
Digital UK said it had done what it could and the onus was now on the public to get ready.Digital UK said it had done what it could and the onus was now on the public to get ready.