digital switchover

/ ˈswɪtʃˌəʊvə /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Ofcom is investigating Virgin Media over its compliance with rules to protect vulnerable customers during the digital switchover.

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After the completion of the digital switchover in Wales on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became available on Freeview and S4C ceased airing English-language programmes.

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It also features the launch of the BBC website in 1997 and the digital switchover that began in 2007.

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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.

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

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