digital switchover

British

/ ˈswɪtʃˌəʊvə /

noun

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

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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

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

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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