The Digital UK Almanac is a handy manual giving installers and retailer engineers switchover information, on the move. It carries useful info on digital switchover transmission, services and products. It includes maps, charts and other official data from Digital UK, Ofcom and others.
The Almanac should always be viewed in conjunction with the Digital UK online postcode database and planned engineering work area on this site where the latest and most detailed information will be held.
If you are on our database, you will be notified when new updates are available on the website.
If you want to register for an Almanac , you will need to first fill in an application form. Please send your name, business address and membership number (RDI, CAI, or ARDI) to installers@digitaluk.co.uk with the title ‘Almanac Registration’ for this application form.
Ofcom publish regional switchover transmission documents, that contain details of the transmission characteristics which the television transmitter network will adopt at digital switchover. These are updated regularly as the digital switchover programme progresses:
Ofcom publish digital television transmitter group maps which detail the locations of digital transmitters, and provide guidance on what transmitter groups there are in a particular tv region. These Ofcom maps are updated regularly as digital switchover planning progresses:
| Anglia | Border | Central | Channel Islands |
| Granada | London | Meridian | South Wales |
| STV Central | STV North | Tyne Tees | Northern Ireland |
| Wales | West | West Country | Yorkshire |
These Digital UK Installer Newsletters give important transmission and consumer equipment information for different transmitter groups in a region from twelve months out to three months before switchover.
| Border | West Country | Isle of Man | Wales |
| Granada |
These Digital UK Transmitter Group Newsletters provide more specific information for a particular transmitter group from one month before digital switchover (DSO) commences. The information includes switchover timings for the related relay masts.
| Wenvoe | Mendip |
For Installer Newsletters for transmitter groups that have undergone DSO please see below.
These Special Edition Newsletters give installers important information on those transmission events which are not switchover related.
These Installer Newsletters are related to those sites that have undergone Digital Switchover.
| Caradon Hill | Douglas | Huntshaw Cross | Redruth |
| Caldbeck | Preseli | Kilvey Hill | |
| Winter Hill | Llanddona | Long Mountain | |
| Moel y Parc | Blaenplwyf |
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