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digital switchover

British  
/ ˈswɪtʃˌəʊvə /

noun

  1. the process of changing the method of transmitting television from analogue to digital format

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The regulator's investigation found during its digital switchover, Virgin Media failed to properly identify telecare customers, leaving those affected without proper support.

From BBC Dec. 1, 2025

A Which? survey earlier this year found 91% of UK adults did not know the digital switchover was coming and people have been transferred without appreciating what was happening.

From BBC Dec. 11, 2021

The broadband gap in a part of rural Monmouthshire is set to be plugged by TV broadcast frequencies left over from the digital switchover.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2017

Furthermore, they belong to the past: even before the digital switchover, there was no need for pirate TV in a world where YouTube had turned everyone into a potential broadcaster.

From The Guardian Aug. 5, 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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