Digital Switchover
Help is at hand to switch to digital TV
TV is switching to digital all over the UK and soon the traditional TV signal will be switched off in your area. If you don’t have digital TV by the time of switchover, you will lose your TV channels.
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Transmitter |
Serving |
DSO1 |
DSO2 |
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Crystal Palace |
Greater London and parts of the Home Counties |
04.04.12 |
18.04.12 |
For older and disabled viewers who may find making the switch difficult, the BBC-run Switchover Help Scheme is at hand to provide everything you need to turn one TV set to digital.
Most people will be asked to pay £40 towards the standard option of help. This includes:
· Easy to use equipment to convert one set
· An approved installer to supply and install the necessary equipment, and
· A 12 month aftercare service including a free helpline
The service is also free for people who are eligible and who also receive pension credit income support, income-based jobseeker's allowance or income-related employment and support allowance.
We can help you convert your TV to digital if you:
- Are aged 75 or over, or
- Have lived in a care home for six months or more, or
- Get (or could get)
o Disability Living Allowance (DLA), or
o Attendance or Constant Attendance Allowance, or
o Mobility Supplement, or
- Are registered blind or partially sighted
If you’re eligible, we’ll write to you in plenty of time to ask if you want our help. or further information on the Switchover Help Scheme visit helpscheme.co.uk or call 0800 40 85 900. Textphone users can call 0800 40 85 936.
Digital UK has launched an information campaign to provide support and advice around switchover, so if you are concerned about switchover and do not qualify for the Help Scheme then simply visit digitaluk.co.uk or call 08456 50 50 50.