Digital switchover news
The switchover to digital TV is currently taking place in the Wales and Granada TV regions. It has already been completed in the Border and West Country regions.
To find out when switchover is happening in your region, see our Digital switchover schedule.
For detailed information about the switchover process, go to Digital UK.
Switchover at transmitters
Switchover means turning off the analogue TV transmitters and switching to digital signals. This affects only terrestrial TV - satellite, cable and broadband TV are already digital.
Each transmitter group (the main transmitter and its relays) is switched over separately. Some regions are covered by one transmitter group, but most have several groups.
The switchover process takes a number of weeks for each transmitter group and happens in two stages, as shown below. On the start date, the BBC Two analogue signal is switched off. Engineering work then continues until the end date, when all the remaining analogue signals are switched off.
When switchover happens at your local transmitter, if you have a digital TV or a digital terrestrial set-top box (Freeview, Top Up TV, BT Vision), you will need to retune it at both stages. For help with this, see our retuning guide or go to TV Re-tune. If you have satellite or cable TV, you will not need to do anything.
Transmitters next due for switchover
| Region | Transmitter | Starts | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granada | Winter Hill | 4 November | 2 December |
| Wales | Long Mountain | 4 November | 3 December |
| Wales | Blaenplwyf | 10 February | 10 March |
| Wales | Wenvoe | 3 March | 31 March |
| West | Mendip | 24 March | 7 April |
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