These are the dates at which switchover took place in each TV region, as published by
Digital UK.
Technical trial Border Westcountry HTV Wales Granada HTV West STV North (Grampian) Channel Islands The Channel Islands' transmitters carry three of the DTT multiplexes – BBCA, D3&4 and BBCB. BBCA carries the BBC's SD channels as elsewhere, the D3&4 mux carries
ITVBe (which is on the SDN mux elsewhere) as of September 2022 in place of ITV1 +1 (which is not available on the islands), and BBCB carries BBC HD, BBC One HD and Channel 4 HD (
ITV Channel Television does not broadcast an HD version of their services) until 2023 when
ITV Channel Television launched on HD Due to close proximity to
France, a multi-stage switchover was deemed impossible. Instead, the switchover was done in a single day. As such, all analogue signals were switched off at around 01:30, while digital signals were switched on at Frémont Point before 06:00 and at its relay transmitters before 15:00.
STV Central Anglia Central Yorkshire Meridian London Tyne Tees UTV Northern Ireland completed the digital switchover on the same day as the
Republic of Ireland, with Northern Ireland switching off analogue transmissions shortly before midnight, and the Republic of Ireland shortly after 10am. Viewers in some areas are able to receive an additional multiplex of channels carrying
RTÉ One,
RTÉ2 and
TG4. These are broadcast in
DVB-T2, and despite not being in high definition, require a Freeview HD receiver. Viewers in much of Northern Ireland can receive these and other Irish channels directly from
Saorview transmitters based in the Republic. As these are broadcast in
MPEG4, a Freeview HD receiver is generally required, although a very small number of standard Freeview receivers are compatible. Almost all viewers in Northern Ireland are able to receive at least some channels from the Republic by one or both of these means. ==See also==