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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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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

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

From BBC Feb. 9, 2024

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

From BBC Oct. 3, 2022

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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