The Bressay transmitter and its 8 relays (known as a transmitter group) switch to digital in two stages. If you have Sky TV, Freesat from Sky or freesat on all of your TV sets you will not be affected by switchover.
However, if you haven't yet got digital TV in your home or you have a service like Freeview, BT Vision or Top Up TV, there are two dates you will need to remember and you need to be ready before the first switchover date.
BBC Two will go to digital and some new digital channels become available. This means that:
All the remaining analogue channels will switch to digital and the remaining digital channels will become available. This means that:
If you have Freeview, BT Vision or Top-up TV for the first time, to watch the full range of channels between the two switchover stages you will need to switch between analogue and digital. Click here to see how to do this.
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If you receive your TV signal through an aerial and are watching the Bressay transmitter Group you will be affected on 5 May 2010. It is possible that your aerial may be pointing towards a different transmitter group that will switch at another time. Please see the map for more information.
The easiest way to check if a TV is affected is to look for the messages that will appear at the top of your TV screen several times a day. These will appear on 4 May and run until the switchover is complete.
You won't see these messages if you already watching digital TV (e.g Sky TV, Freview or another) or if your aerial is pointing at another transmitter that will switch at a different time.
This TV needs to be made ready for the digital switchover. Questions? Call Digital UK on 0845 234 0388
During preparations for switchover there may be interruptions to your television service due to engineering work. While digital switchover relates to TV, and not to radio, the preparations to switchover may also result in interruptions to radio service. For more information on engineering works please click here.
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