§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which action his Department has taken to advise purchasers of analogue televisions that the televisions will cease to function as soon as the analogue signal is withdrawn. [125919]
§ Mr. Chris SmithThe Government are working with industry on a public information campaign to inform viewers about digital television. I expect this to deliver messages about the timescale and the conditions which have to be met for the switch-over from analogue to digital transmissions, and advice about how to get digital television and that analogue television sets can be converted to receive digital signals by the addition of a set top box. One of the conditions for switch-over is that 95 per cent. of consumers have access to digital receiving equipment.