Why Do I Need To Upgrade To Digital Television?:

The television transmission system serving the UK is currently going through its most significant change for more than 30 years.

 In the early 1970s we changed from the original VHF black and white system to the colour UHF system we know today.
We are currently changing from a 4/5 channel analogue system to a multi-channel digital system giving far greater choice of programming for you the viewer.

 The digital terrestrial service (Freeview) is already fully available in many areas of the UK.
Some areas currently have a partial service only however and in a few areas the digital service is not yet available.

 All analogue transmissions are scheduled to cease altogether on an area by area basis in the UK from late 2007 until 2019 depending on where within in the UK you live.

 France, Holland and Belgium are also due to go digital from 2019 onwards this is at best an informed guess as the EU member states have agreed the terms for this to happen in the European Union.