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NI digital switchover: All analogue channels to be turned off Analogue television is closing down in Northern Ireland
The analogue TV signal in Northern Ireland will be turned off permanently on tonight, completing the final stage of the UK digital switchover.
It means that anyone still watching analogue TV will lose access to all of their channels at 23:30 BST.
Viewers who need information on how to update their TV equipment in order to access digital channels should call Digital UK on 08456 50 50 50.
Those already using digital TVs or set-top boxes will have to re-tune.
Ceefax
Northern Ireland is the last place in the UK to switch off the analogue signal which has been in use for more than 70 years.
The change will also bring an end to Ceefax, after three decades of the text news service.
Analogue BBC Two was permanently switched off in the early hours of Wednesday 10 October.
The switchover has been carried out in two stages, in order to remind people that they need to take action in order to retain access to their television services.
Digital TV offers a wider range of channels than analogue TV and much of the content available on teletext-based services can be accessed on digital sets.
Almost any existing analogue TV, even a black and white one, can be converted with the addition of a digital set-top box.
Simulcast
Viewers using Freeview, BT Vision or Top Up TV services had to re-tune their digital TVs or boxes on 10 October, and will have to do so again on Tuesday night.
However, if you have Sky TV, Virgin Media, freesat or Freesat from Sky on all your TV sets, then you do not have to do anything as your service will not be affected by the change.
To mark the end of the old transmission technology and the dawn of the fully digital TV era, BBC One Northern Ireland and UTV are jointly broadcasting a live TV programme on Tuesday night.
The simulcast will be hosted by ITV presenter, Eamonn Holmes, and begins at 22:35 BST.
The Olympian, Dame Mary Peters, has been asked to turn off the analogue switch at the Divis transmitter in Belfast.
The UK's conversion to digital TV began in 2007, with a region-by-region switch off.
Help
Further information about the switchover - including independent advice on how to update your equipment - can be obtained from the Digital UK website.
Separately, the BBC runs a Switchover Help Scheme to help older and disabled people with everything they need to switch one TV to digital.
For more information, call free on 0800 40 85 900 or visit their website.
Republic Of Ireland
http://www.independent.ie
WITH just 24 hours to go until the analogue television signal is switched off, thousands of households are expected to be without a television service.
The analogue signal will be switched off at 10am tomorrow at which point anyone without a digital service will be unable to watch television.
RTE 1 will broadcast a short live programme covering the moment of the switchover and Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte will have the distinction of making the first speech to be transmitted on exclusively digital television.
However, with just one day left, his department does not know how many households will be left without a service.
The latest figures, which only go up to the end of last month, showed that 100,000 households were still relying on an analogue service.
A spokeswoman for Saorview said electrical retailers around the country have been rushed off their feet in recent days.
"We are hearing from the retailers we are in contact with that they have been very busy -- especially on the boxes, rather than the TVs.
"For people who have maybe bought the box but not got it set up yet, now is the time to open it," she urged.
She said setting up a Saorview box is "no more complicated that setting up your DVD player" and should not pose difficulties for most people. Anyone having trouble can contact its helpline 1890 222 012 (8am to midnight) for advice.
However online and mobile TV operator Aertv claims there are "hundreds of thousands" of households which have not bothered to switch over or who have decided to use different ways of watching programmes.
"It's not just about switching the main TV in the living room. It's all the other TVs in the home that are not hooked up to cable or the satellite," said Aertv director Philippe Brodeur.
- Breda Heffernan
Irish Independent
NI digital switchover: All analogue channels to be turned off Analogue television is closing down in Northern Ireland
The analogue TV signal in Northern Ireland will be turned off permanently on tonight, completing the final stage of the UK digital switchover.
It means that anyone still watching analogue TV will lose access to all of their channels at 23:30 BST.
Viewers who need information on how to update their TV equipment in order to access digital channels should call Digital UK on 08456 50 50 50.
Those already using digital TVs or set-top boxes will have to re-tune.
Ceefax
Northern Ireland is the last place in the UK to switch off the analogue signal which has been in use for more than 70 years.
The change will also bring an end to Ceefax, after three decades of the text news service.
Analogue BBC Two was permanently switched off in the early hours of Wednesday 10 October.
The switchover has been carried out in two stages, in order to remind people that they need to take action in order to retain access to their television services.
Digital TV offers a wider range of channels than analogue TV and much of the content available on teletext-based services can be accessed on digital sets.
Almost any existing analogue TV, even a black and white one, can be converted with the addition of a digital set-top box.
Simulcast
Viewers using Freeview, BT Vision or Top Up TV services had to re-tune their digital TVs or boxes on 10 October, and will have to do so again on Tuesday night.
However, if you have Sky TV, Virgin Media, freesat or Freesat from Sky on all your TV sets, then you do not have to do anything as your service will not be affected by the change.
To mark the end of the old transmission technology and the dawn of the fully digital TV era, BBC One Northern Ireland and UTV are jointly broadcasting a live TV programme on Tuesday night.
The simulcast will be hosted by ITV presenter, Eamonn Holmes, and begins at 22:35 BST.
The Olympian, Dame Mary Peters, has been asked to turn off the analogue switch at the Divis transmitter in Belfast.
The UK's conversion to digital TV began in 2007, with a region-by-region switch off.
Help
Further information about the switchover - including independent advice on how to update your equipment - can be obtained from the Digital UK website.
Separately, the BBC runs a Switchover Help Scheme to help older and disabled people with everything they need to switch one TV to digital.
For more information, call free on 0800 40 85 900 or visit their website.
Republic Of Ireland
http://www.independent.ie
WITH just 24 hours to go until the analogue television signal is switched off, thousands of households are expected to be without a television service.
The analogue signal will be switched off at 10am tomorrow at which point anyone without a digital service will be unable to watch television.
RTE 1 will broadcast a short live programme covering the moment of the switchover and Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte will have the distinction of making the first speech to be transmitted on exclusively digital television.
However, with just one day left, his department does not know how many households will be left without a service.
The latest figures, which only go up to the end of last month, showed that 100,000 households were still relying on an analogue service.
A spokeswoman for Saorview said electrical retailers around the country have been rushed off their feet in recent days.
"We are hearing from the retailers we are in contact with that they have been very busy -- especially on the boxes, rather than the TVs.
"For people who have maybe bought the box but not got it set up yet, now is the time to open it," she urged.
She said setting up a Saorview box is "no more complicated that setting up your DVD player" and should not pose difficulties for most people. Anyone having trouble can contact its helpline 1890 222 012 (8am to midnight) for advice.
However online and mobile TV operator Aertv claims there are "hundreds of thousands" of households which have not bothered to switch over or who have decided to use different ways of watching programmes.
"It's not just about switching the main TV in the living room. It's all the other TVs in the home that are not hooked up to cable or the satellite," said Aertv director Philippe Brodeur.
- Breda Heffernan
Irish Independent
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Thought this thread said all Anaglogs channels to be turned off.
ag will i be able to recieve tv 3 thru my sky digital box now do you know?
^ are you messin richters? TV3 has always been on the Sky digital box on Channel 103
Surprised this hasnt got more attention. For the past ten years Irish Betfair traders had an advantage over UK traders with slightly faster pics. This for me is a truely dark day for fellas who want to earn an extra wage from online trading on Irish sport.
upc have there own analogue signal, which is still providing pictures, but there is no time difference now between this and their digital pictures.
If people unhook their digibox now when they find the licence spotters in their district , will they they get away with not having paid a licence fee ? Bear in mind that every TV in these isles was capable of getting a picture and being used until yesterday ( signal permitting ).
Met a lady last week who has been hounded ( literally) by the licence collectors for a long time re licence fee , she has not had a TV for donkeys , does not watch . They had her almost in court before they twigged they were going to be roasted in court . No apology though .
Met a lady last week who has been hounded ( literally) by the licence collectors for a long time re licence fee , she has not had a TV for donkeys , does not watch . They had her almost in court before they twigged they were going to be roasted in court . No apology though .
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