TV’s with Freeview HD

East Midlands Digital Switchover

Viewers from Matlock to Leicester will need to adjust their equipment

Freeview viewers across the East Midlands are being reminded to retune their equipment on Wednesday 30 March, as digital switchover gets underway in the Central TV region.

As switchover begins at the Nottingham transmitter, with analogue BBC Two permanently turned off, changes will also be made

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Sandy Heath Digital Switchover Countdown

Unprepared viewers face blank screens when analogue is switched off.

Analogue TV viewers in Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire have just two weeks to get ready for the digital TV switchover, starting on 30 March.
With just a fortnight to go until the first analogue channel is permanently switched off, latest research indicates nine out of ten homes

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Scotland full switchover countdown

Scotland will become a fully digital TV nation on the 22nd June as analogue TV signals are switched off for good and the nation enters a new television era.

Fifty nine years after analogue TV was first broadcast in Scotland, the last analogue signals will be turned off from the Black Hill transmitter group on 22

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Digital Switchover Dates for Meridian TV

The dates for the start of digital switchover in the Meridian TV region were announced today, setting out the timetable for the biggest change to broadcasting for a generation across the south coast.

The switchover robot Digit Al sailed into the region today, making a grand entrance to Portsmouth’s Gunwharf Quays Marina in a motor yacht

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Switchover Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

Ian McMillan launches TV switchover campaign

The public information campaign to help viewers in the Yorkshire TV region prepare for switchover was launched today by Digital UK and the region’s digi-poet, Ian McMillan.

As the countdown to the end of analogue television continues, Ian has today revealed his first official switchover poem, inspired by a survey of

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ITV1+1 to launch on Tuesday 11th January 2011

ITV1+1 will go live on Freeview in England & Wales on Tuesday 11th January 2011. The launch of STV+1 in Scotland and UTV1+1 in Northern Ireland is still to be confirmed. To receive this channel you may need to re-tune your Freeview TV or box after 2pm on 11 January 2011.

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FAQ Freeview HD

What do I need to receive Freeview HD?

You will need an additional set top box or new TV capable of receiving the new HD MPEG-4 broadcasts. The set top box or TV will carry the new Freeview HD logo to show it is compliant and capable of HD MPEG-4 broadcasts. Your TV must be HD

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What do I need?

To receive Freeview HD you will need:

HD ready TV
A new HD Set Top Box capable of receiving the new HD MPEG-4 broadcasts

Freeview HD Set top boxes are expected to be available by Spring 2010.

Later in the year expect to see new High Definition TV’s capable of receiving the new HD MPEG-4 broadcasts therefore eliminating the

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What is Freeview HD?

Freeview HD allows you to watch High Definition programmes via your normal TV aerial.

Freeview HD is being switched on in advance and in parallel with the digital switchover rollout which is currently well under way and will be fully completed by 2012 across the whole of the UK.

See our When Can I get it? section

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