digital switchover
Britishnoun
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Virgin Media has been fined £23.8m for leaving thousands of customers without access to lifesaving telecare alarms during the digital switchover.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
White space uses the spare spectrum in the UHF band, no longer needed for television broadcasts following the digital switchover.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2017
Sales of electricals were dented by £1.2m as TV sales fell as a result of last year's digital switchover – when the analogue signal was switched off across London and shoppers upgraded their televisions.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2013
These were decided at the time of the recent digital switchover on the basis of what channels were thought to be the most popular.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2012
Photograph: BBC/PA Photograph: BBC Children's programmes are to be entirely expunged from the BBC1 and BBC2 schedules as soon as digital switchover is complete – to roars of knee-jerk disapproval from many.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2012
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