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Introduction

1.1 Digital switchover is scheduled to take place in the UK between 2008 and 2012 according to a regional timetable confirmed by the Government in September 2005. The digital switchover programme is expected to be preceded by an extensive programme of transmission infrastructure upgrading. It is possible that this upgrade programme and the regional adoption of digital switchover will cause some disruption to the normal reception of analogue and digital terrestrial television services by a relatively small number of viewers in the same or adjacent regions. In order to minimise this disruption Ofcom has produced this Code which provides licensees with guidance on the priorities that it expects them to adopt during the switchover transition programme.

The full document is available below

• Code of Practice on Changes to Existing Transmission and Reception Arrangements [pdf]
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