There are currently two important changes being made to TV services on the Island and Meridian area as preparations begin for the big digital switchover in 2012.
The digital TV switchover involves turning off analogue television signals in order to make digital TV through an aerial (Freeview) available to all parts of the country. To keep your TV service, you will need to convert your TVs to digital before your area’s switchover date.
As preparations for the digital switchover in the Meridian TV region (2012) two things will happen on 25 March 2009:
These two changes on Wednesday 25 March are necessary to protect existing digital terrestrial broadcasts from interference from neighbouring areas in the UK and France where the switchover is due to start from May 2009.