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| Digital switch details unveiled | Digital switch details unveiled |
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| Scotland will begin the switch to digital television with the Selkirk transmitter on 6 November next year. | 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. | 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, said the process would continue with south-west Scotland in 2009. | Digital UK, the company behind the introduction of the new service, said the process would continue with south-west Scotland in 2009. |
| Most other parts of Scotland will be switched over to digital in 2010. | Most other parts of Scotland will be switched over to digital in 2010. |
| The Scottish rollout will conclude with the Black Hill transmitter area, which includes Glasgow, in 2011. | The Scottish rollout will conclude with the Black Hill transmitter area, which includes Glasgow, in 2011. |
| SWITCHOVER DATES Selkirk (Border) 6 November 2008Caldbeck (Border) Q2 2009Angus (STV North) 2010Rosemarkie (STV North) 2010 Knockmore (STV North) 2010Eitshal (STV North) 2010Durris (STV North) 2010Bressay (STV North) 2010Rumster Forest (STV North) 2010Keelylang Hill (STV North) 2010Craigkelly (STV Central) 2010Darvel (STV Central) 2010Rosneath (STV Central) 2010Black Hill (STV Central) 2011 | SWITCHOVER DATES Selkirk (Border) 6 November 2008Caldbeck (Border) Q2 2009Angus (STV North) 2010Rosemarkie (STV North) 2010 Knockmore (STV North) 2010Eitshal (STV North) 2010Durris (STV North) 2010Bressay (STV North) 2010Rumster Forest (STV North) 2010Keelylang Hill (STV North) 2010Craigkelly (STV Central) 2010Darvel (STV Central) 2010Rosneath (STV Central) 2010Black Hill (STV Central) 2011 |
| Digital UK 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. | Digital UK 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 be staged by transmitter over two years. | The company said the size of population and the number of small relay transmitters meant it would be staged by transmitter over two years. |
| 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. |
| Digital UK provides impartial advice through its Scotland-based helpline - 08456 50 50 50 and website. | Digital UK provides impartial advice through its Scotland-based helpline - 08456 50 50 50 and website. |