The digital TV switchover started in the Copeland area in Cumbria in October 2007. The rest of the UK switches between 2008 and 2012. TV services in the UK will go completely digital, TV region by TV region. This process is called digital switchover.
The UK’s old television broadcast signal (known as "analogue") is being switched off and replaced with a “digital” signal. Any TV set that’s not converted to digital when the switchover takes place will no longer receive TV programmes.
