UK digital TV coverage surpasses 50%
September 22, 2011
Arqiva’s re-engineering of the UK digital terrestrial TV network has reached a key milestone as two of the largest transmitters complete Digital Switch Over. With the Emley Moor (Yorkshire) and Sutton Coldfield (West Midlands) transmitter groups completing today, along with Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme), the cumulative UK population switched to all-digital television has tipped from under 50 per cent to 63 per cent.
The Yorkshire region becomes the ninth to complete switchover as the number of switched transmission sites across the UK reaches 873, comprising 48 of the 68 transmitter groups.
Completion milestones for the end of 2011 include 11 out of the 15 TV regions, 80 per cent of transmitter sites and 65 per cent of the population. The London region alone covers 18 per cent of the UK population from just one transmitter group which will switch in April 2012.