§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what date analogue television transmissions will be ended. [83887]
§ Janet AndersonThe Government want to move to as early an announcement as possible of a date for the switch-over from analogue to digital television transmissions. However, this can be done only on the basis of a properly considered strategy set against the background of actual digital services winning public acceptance, and which protects those consumers who wish to receive free-to-air television services as well as those who are potentially excluded from the new technology. The Government expect to say more about the development of a strategy for analogue to digital migration before the Summer recess.