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Another TV milestone has been achieved by the BBC today, with BBC Two the first channel to disappear entirely from the analogue spectrum for telly watchers who live in London.
The move, designed to free up space in the sky for mobile phones to use for Twitter all day, means the only way to watch the channel in the capital is now through a digital box or TV. The plus side for Londoners is this has already enabled the Freeview digital system to increase its coverage, bringing digital television and all its late night joys to some 400,000 additional viewers.
The second phase of the switchover will kick in on April 18, when all analogue signals will cease across London. The sky will look slightly bluer as a result. [Techradar]
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Yeah….bluer skies for London. Cool science!
Hardly a milestone for those living outside of London. It was years ago for where I live. There is a world outside of London.
Yeah, I think we had the switch over at least 2 years ago. We still can’t recieve freeview properly and the DAB signal is laughably shit. Thank God for the Internet and our massive 2meg speed – Hahaha,
Don’t you know that nothing counts beyond London?
I live about 2 Hours from the border of wales (East of manchester), but the welsh freeview signal seems to overpower the one i get from winterhill, so as a result I have to manually retune my tv’s or I get bbc wales etc, real pain in the arse.
When they first turned it on in wales, apparently millions of people complained of the same problem I have, but they have not done anything.
I live in the deep South West, no cable service, Freesat or Sky is the only option, as freeview is a terrible blocky mess. They don’t give a shit. DAB is what really pisses me off though. If I am lucky i can pick up 2 or 3 stations. Hills and stuff in the way. 2meg is just enough to stream TV at non peak times but luckily, it’s enough for my Squeezebox Internet radio
Meanwhile in Guernsey: We only get 15 channels through freeview, no freeview HD and no DAB :\ the joys of only having one transmitter that doesn’t have the capacity to do much.
Ah yes, but you live in a Sunshine filled Tax Haven – You can’t have everything you know. What about Freesat as an Option?
The tax haven bit is only for the super rich individuals and offshore finance companies… us normal plebs are all broke and can’t afford anything. Can’t say I’ve seen anyone use Freesat over here, doesn’t seem to get advertised at all.
Well it works – A cheap second hand SKY dish and Freesat box. I’m not 100% sure, but I think you just point it at the same location as you would a SKY dish and hey presto!
You should be able to get Freeview HD…
indeed, correct you are, but there are people who live in london too, and it’s not just london who’re effected, most of the home counties are as well.
It is odd how London was the last area to get the “benefits” of the digital switch over isn’t it?
Like previous people have said, not really a milestone. I like in the Granada area and our switchover happened years ago. Freeview HD ftw!