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Arqiva confirms technical success of the first stage of Digital Switch Over in the Border region

Arqiva would like to confirm that the Digital Switch Over process in the Border region has begun successfully and the high-power digital TV signal is now being transmitted from the main Selkirk transmitter and eleven relay sites - Bonchester Bridge, Clovenfords, Eyemouth, Galashiels, Hawick, Innerleithen, Jedburgh, Lauder, Peebles, Stow, and Yetholm.
The BBC 2 analogue signal was switched off at 00:31am on Thursday 6 November 2008 and the digital signal for the PSB1 multiplex, which is owned by the BBC and carries channels including BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, CBBC, BBC News and BBCi, was switched on at 02:16am on Thursday 6 November 2008 (except Eyemouth and Innerleithen which came on stream at 10:05 am).

Peter Heslop, DSO Programme Director at Arqiva, said: "We are pleased to confirm that all transmitters in the Selkirk transmitter group have successfully completed the first stage of Digital Switchover."

"This is an ambitious broadcast engineering project which will see 1154 sites switch over during the next four years and Arqiva is extremely proud to be supporting the government and Digital UK in this project. As a result of Digital Switch Over, free digital terrestrial television will be available to almost all of the UK through a roof-top aerial, just as analogue terrestrial television has been for decades."

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Technically it might have been a success. Its a different kettle of fish with the public understanding of what happening - thats a bloody shambles.  See my posts in the South Scotland section on this site for my experiences of the last few days (I live and work in Galashiels)

DigitalUK you have a LOT to answer for with the utter confusion Ive met with the last few days. Your publicity machine might have made people aware that DSO was almost here, but people DONT UNDERSTAND how it will affect them.