Scotland has begun the move towards digital switchover with the analogue BBC2 signal disappearing from the airwaves in Angus, with the other four terrestrial channels switching to digital on 18 August.
Also affected will be viewers in nearby Tayside, Perthshire and Fife. More than 200,000 households will have to retune their TVs and set-top boxes if they’ve been using the analogue signal up to now. However, as many as 75,000 viewers in the area will now have access Freeview for the first time as a result of the change.
Paul Hughes, Digital UK’s national manager for Scotland, said: “This is by far the largest switchover Scotland has seen, affecting more than 200,000 households and giving many people Freeview for the first time.”