Digital UK has today released more info on the DSO /DTT transmitter timetables for the former Grampian TV region (now STV North):
Bressay - The Shetland Islands - 5 May 2010
Keelylang Hill - The Orkney Islands - 12 May 2010
Rumster Forest - Caithness - 2 June 2010
Eitshal - Lewis, Wester Ross, North West Sutherland and parts of Harris and Skye - 7 July 2010
Skriaig - Skye, Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist and parts of Barra - 14 July 2010
Angus - Angus and Perth - 4 August 2010
Durris - Aberdeenshire - 1 Sept 2010
Knockmore - Morayshire, Strathspey and parts of Easter Ross - 8 Sept 2010
Rosemarkie - Inverness and the Great Glen - 6 Oct 2010

These are the start dates (stage 1 of the switchover). Further details are on the Digital UK website.

To tag along with the previous post here:
Torosay - South west Highlands and Islands - 13 Oct 2010

The date is for stage one of the switchover. More on Digital UK Website. Precise 'STV Central' dates for the other transmitters still to be announced. Click by soon for more DTT Transmitter Timetable updates.

In an annoucement published less than 24 hours before the switchover reaches the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter group, the move of the digital multiplexes from Moel-Y-Parc to their new frequencies will not be complete until 2nd December, not the previously announced 25th November 2009.

Viewers receiving from Moel-Y-Parc direct will need to do a third retune on 2nd December to complete the switchover. Relays will complete switchover at the previously advertised time.

Stage 1: (BBC-A launches; Multiplex 1 closes, BBC2 Analogue closes) 28 October
Stage 2: (D3&4 launches at relays, moves frequency at Moel Y Parc; remaining analogue closes) 25 November
Stage 3: (Old multiplex A,C,D close; new mode SDN/ArqA/ArqB launches) 2 December

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/transmitt...ps/moel_y_parc

Note that neither the DUK consumer version or the public version of the installers information (none available for MyP group BTW) currently has this information available on IE, Chrome, Safari or Firefox. DUK caught on the hop: what a shambles!

The BBC announced the full roll-out schedule on the 16th November. Initial service starts on the 2nd December 2009 at Winter Hill and Crystal Palace transmitter, however only for users in the trade and box testers. The service being rolled out at transmitters from March/April will be available to domestic users, when boxes will become commercially available.

Main transmitters serving key urban areas will then follow, mostly with a low powered directional service until switchover. Transmitters undergoing switchover from March 2010 onwards will get Freeview HD at that point. Transmitters in areas where switchover has already occurred will be upgraded to broadcast the Freeview HD service between June 2010 and November 2010, beginning with Wales followed by the South West then the Borders & Isle of Man. The exception is the Stockland Hill transmitter group serving East Devon and West Dorset which will go live in April.

See the schedule below, by ITV region:
Created using information from the BBC, plus known switchover dates from Digital UK.

Channel Television:
November / December 2010: All transmitters, coinciding with switchover stage 2.

ITV Anglia:
2011: All transmitters, coinciding with switchover stage 2.

ITV Border:
October 2010: Caldbeck and Kendal transmitter groups with relays.
November 2010: Selkirk with relays.

ITV Central:
March 2010 - Birmingham (Lichfield) -- low powered and directional service until switchover in Sep 2011

2011: All transmitters in the ITV Central region from switchover stage 2 in 2011. Lichfield low power and directional service moves to Sutton Coldfield at switchover.

ITV Granada:
2nd December 2009 (Winter Hill main transmitter only)

March 2010 - (Winter Hill relays)

October 2010 - Isle of Man (Douglas transmitter group with relays)

ITV London:
2nd December 2009 - London (Crystal Palace) - low powered service and directional service until switchover in 2012.

2012: All transmitters in the ITV London region from switchover stage 2 in 2012. Then, Crystal Palace low power and directional service closes, full power service starts.

ITV Meridian:
2012: All transmitters, coinciding with switchover stage 2.

ITV Tyne Tees:
February 2010: Newcastle / Tyneside (Pontop Pike) low powered and directional service until switchover in 2012.

2012: All transmitters in the ITV Tyne Tees region from switchover stage 2 in 2012. Then, Pontop Pike low power and directional service closes, full powered service starts.

ITV Yorkshire:
March 2010: Leeds and Bradford (Emley Moor) – low powered and directional service until switchover in 2011.

2011: All transmitters in the ITV Yorkshire region from switchover stage 2 in 2011. Emley Moor low power and directional service closes, then full powered service starts.

ITV Wales:
March 2010: West Wales (Blaenplwyf and relays) – coinciding with switchover.

March 2010: South East Wales (Wenvoe and relays) – coinciding with switchover.

March 2010: Swansea (Kilvey Hill and relays)

April 2010: Carmarthenshire (Carmel and relays)

June 2010: North Wales / East Wales / Pembrokeshire (Preseli, Moel Y Parc and Long Mountain)

July 2010: Anglesey, Lleyn Peninsula & Snowdonia (Llanddona, Arfon and relays)

ITV West and Westcountry:
April 2010: Former HTV West region – Bristol and surrounding area – (Mendip and relays) coinciding with switchover. (Ridge Hill for North Gloucestershire - see ITV Central region.)

April 2010: East Devon, West Dorset (Stockland Hill and relays)

August 2010: Rest of Devon, plus Cornwall (Beacon Hill, Caradon Hill, Huntshaw Cross, Redruth and relays).

STV Central:
February 2010: Central Scotland (Black Hill) – low powered and directional service until switchover in 2011.

Late October 2010: South west Highlands and Islands (Torosay and relays)

2011: All remaining transmitters from switchover stage 2. Black Hill reduced power service closes. Replaced by full power service.

STV North (Grampian):
(Main transmitter with relays)
19th May 2010 – Shetland (Bressay)

26th May 2010 – Orkney (Keelylang Hill)

16th June 2010 – Caithness (Rumster Forest)

21st July 2010 – Lewis, Wester Ross, North West Sutherland, parts of Skye (Eitshall)

28th July 2010 – Skye, Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist and parts of Barra (Skriaig)

18th August 2010 – Angus, Dundee, Perth, parts of Fife (Angus)

15th September 2010 – Aberdeenshire (Durris)

22nd September 2010 – Morayshire, Strathspey and parts of Easter Ross (Knockmore)

20th October 2010 – Inverness and Great Glen (Rosemarkie)

Coinciding with switchover stage 2.

UTV
2012: All transmitters, coinciding with switchover stage 2.

i am a bit confused over the granada transmitters i thought the entire groupd was switching over in december?

Digital UK information released last month confirmed that only the main Winter Hill transmitter would launch with Freeview HD at stage 2 of the switchover. The Winter Hill relays start the process of upgrading previously switched transmitters - almost in reverse order of the switchover (Wales then South West then Border) - from March onwards.

Low power Freeview HD begins in London on 2nd December. High power Freeview HD (on BBC B mux) begins in Manchester on 2nd December (and only from Winter Hill), and this is a trial for the BBC B mux before start of rollout in March for the whole Granada region, and the post DSO regions and then to follow with DSO schedule (as above). . I wouldn't do a retune, because viewers will not be able to receive any of the services on current receivers & TVs.

The reason for the low power Freeview HD is to have the service available in large populations, to test interleaved spectrum and to provide HD for the World Cup in June/July 2010 on DTT. World Cup 2006 was used for marketing in the launch of HD services on Satellite & Cable.

I should point out that in ITV Central the HD service moves from Lichfield where it will be a low-powered directional service to Sutton Coldfield in September 2011 where it will be a full power omnidirectional service. My earlier post does not make that clear.

Further precise launch dates:

Black Hill - 25th February 2010 (Ch 59)
Crystal Palace - 2nd December 2009 (already announced) (Ch 31)
Emley Moor - 31st March 2010 (Ch 39)
Lichfield - 31st March 2010 (Ch 34)
Pontop Pike - 25th February 2010 (Ch 63)

www.digitaluk.co.uk

Sheffield Mux 1 moves to temporary parking channel from 17 March 2011 to accomodate Mux HD from Emley Moor.

See Freeview HD coverage thread.

This is an update to the earlier list, as more information about the dates has been released by Digital UK.

Note: additional information for Granada relays, Wales, Westcountry and Border.

Created using information from Digital UK. www.digitaluk.co.uk (postcode checker, trade view)

Channel Television:
November / December 2010: All transmitters, coinciding with switchover stage 2.

ITV Anglia:
2011: All transmitters, coinciding with switchover stage 2.

ITV Border:
19 October 2010: Cumbria and South West Scotland (Caldbeck and Kendal transmitter groups with relays.)

30 November 2010: Scottish Borders (Selkirk with relays.)

ITV Central:
31 March 2010: Birmingham and some surrounding areas (Lichfield) -- low powered and directional service until switchover in Sep 2011.

2011: All transmitters in the ITV Central region from switchover stage 2 in 2011. Lichfield Mux HD moves to Sutton Coldfield at switchover.

ITV Granada:
2 December 2009: North West England, North Wales Coast (Winter Hill main transmitter only)

18 February 2010: Pendle Forest and Trawden relays

25 February 2010: Storeton (England) (Storeton Wales 15th June)

16 March 2010: Austwick, Far Highfield, Lancaster, Melling VP relays

30 March 2010: all other Winter Hill relays

19 October 2010: Isle of Man (Douglas transmitter group with relays)

ITV London:
2nd December 2009 - London (Crystal Palace) - low powered service and directional service until switchover in 2012.

2012: All transmitters in the ITV London region from switchover stage 2 in 2012. Then, Crystal Palace low power and directional service closes, full power service starts.

ITV Meridian:
2012: All transmitters, coinciding with switchover stage 2. (Note: For the purposes of digital switchover, Oxfordshire is still part of the ITV Central region.)

ITV Tyne Tees:
25 February 2010: Newcastle / Tyneside (Pontop Pike) low powered and directional service until switchover in 2012.

2012: All transmitters in the ITV Tyne Tees region from switchover stage 2 in 2012. Then, Pontop Pike low power and directional service closes, full powered service starts.

ITV Yorkshire:
31 March 2010: Parts of West and South Yorkshire, including Leeds and Bradford (Emley Moor) – low powered and directional service until switchover in 2011.

2011: All transmitters in the ITV Yorkshire region from switchover stage 2 in 2011. Emley Moor low power service replaced by full powered service.

ITV Wales:
10 March 2010: West Wales (Blaenplwyf and relays) – coinciding with switchover.

31 March 2010: South East Wales (Wenvoe and relays) – coinciding with switchover.

30 March 2010: Swansea (Kilvey Hill and relays)

13 April 2010: Carmarthenshire (Carmel and relays)

1 June 2010: North East Wales (Moel Y Parc and relays, except Storeton Wales: 15 June 2010)

8 June 2010: East Central Wales (Long Mountain and relays)

29 June 2010: Pembrokeshire (Preseli)

13 July 2010: Anglesey, Lleyn Peninsula & Snowdonia (Llanddona, Arfon and relays)

ITV West and Westcountry:
7 April 2010: Former HTV West region – Bristol and surrounding area – (Mendip and relays) coinciding with switchover. (Ridge Hill for North Gloucestershire - see ITV Central region.)

27 April 2010: East Devon, West Dorset (Stockland Hill and relays)

10 August 2010: East Cornwall (Caradon Hill and relays)

7 September 2010: Torbay, parts of South Devon (Beacon Hill and relays)

21 September 2010: North Devon (Huntshaw Cross and relays); West Cornwall (Redruth and relays)

STV Central:
25 February 2010: Central Scotland (Black Hill) – low powered and directional service until switchover in 2011.

27 October 2010: South west Highlands and Islands (Torosay and relays)

April to June 2011: All remaining transmitters from switchover stage 2. Black Hill reduced power service closes. Replaced by full power service.

STV North (Grampian):
(Main transmitter with relays)
19th May 2010: Shetland (Bressay)

26th May 2010: Orkney (Keelylang Hill)

16th June 2010: Caithness (Rumster Forest)

21st July 2010: Lewis, Wester Ross, North West Sutherland, parts of Skye (Eitshall)

28th July 2010: Skye, Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist and parts of Barra (Skriaig)

18th August 2010: Angus, Dundee, Perth, parts of Fife (Angus)

15th September 2010: Aberdeenshire (Durris)

22nd September 2010: Morayshire, Strathspey and parts of Easter Ross (Knockmore)

20th October 2010: Inverness and Great Glen (Rosemarkie)

Coinciding with switchover stage 2.

UTV
2012: All transmitters, coinciding with switchover stage 2.

The timetable for switchover to digital terrestrial TV has been confirmed. Switchover takes place on Wednesday 17th November 2010.

Currently only analogue terrestrial television is available in the Channel Islands. After switchover, the Channel Islands will receive the "Freeview Lite" service, which includes the BBC's SD services on multiplex BBC-A; ITV/Channel Television and Channel 4's main services, plus Five on multiplex D3&4 and the PSB HD services on mux HD.

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i...hannel_islands

Channel 4 HD now testing on freeview channel 52 (UHF channel 54 if viewing from Winter Hill).. Test card costisting of C4 HD logo with moving colours and the HD part of the logo also moving. No audio. Launches on MOnday 29 March.

ITV1 HD also "testing" with full programmes from London. Caption advising of "your regional programme is on ITV1" has ceased, last seen on Wednesday 24 March.

Digital UK have confirmed the switchover timetable for the STV Central region:
Torosay - South West Highlands and Islands - 13/10/2010*
Darvel - Parts of Central Scotland, Argyll and Bute - 11/05/2011
Rosneath - Rosneath area - 11/05/2011
Craigkelly - Lothian, parts of Edinburgh and Fife - 01/06/2011
Black Hill - Glasgow, Central Scotland and parts of Edinburgh - 08/06/2011


*Torosay was announced after STV North dates were confirmed.

The above dates are stage one dates (when BBC Two analogue goes and the high powered BBC mux goes on air). Stage 2 is always 14 days later, when the remaining analogue channels are switched off, and the other post-switchover digital muxs go live. At stage 2, Freeview HD becomes available for all transmitters (DVB-T2 receiver required), except at Black Hill when the existing advance network service goes to full power and on a new frequency.

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/stv_central


Previously, Digital UK had stated between April and June for the bulk of the STV Central transmitters. We see that switchover takes place during the latter period of that quarter.

Digital UK have announced when switchover will start in the ITV Anglia region.

The stage one switchover date for the Sandy Heath transmitter covering mainly Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire: 30 March 2011.

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/anglia

Stage two date (and the start of Freeview HD transmissions) is now usually two weeks later, but not yet confirmed.

The dates for the other transmitters in the Anglia region are as I post this message not yet public on the above site.

Sandy Heath stage two switchover date, as confirmed in a press release, is 13 April 2011.

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/__data/as...heath_date.pdf

Thanks. I may add a second aerial pointing that way if it means I can get HD a year earlier.

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Digital UK have announced when switchover will start in the ITV Central region at some of the transmitter groups.

Nottingham the Nottingham area - 30 March 2011
Bromsgrove the Bromsgrove area - 6 April 2011
Lark Stoke Stratford upon Avon area - 6 April 2011
Ridge Hill Herefordshire, south Shropshire and parts of Gloucestershire - 6 April 2011
The Wrekin north Shropshire and south Cheshire - 6 April 2011

These are stage 1 switchover dates. Stage 2 dates (and the Freeview HD launch date) are two weeks later.

Bromsgrove, Lark Stoke and The Wrekin will operate in a Single Frequency Network, the commercial multiplexes look set to change at a later point in time.
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tech/...l_DSO_v2.0.pdf

At Ridge Hill, stage 2 of the switch will give ITV West to viewers in north Gloucestershire.

Sutton Coldfield, Waltham, Oxford and Fenton are to be confirmed.

More info:
http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/central
http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/__data/as...April_2010.pdf

Viewers receiving from Waltham should note additional retunes ahead of the still to be confirmed switchover date, due to temporary use of DTT parking channels. See the Digital UK postcode database for details at your location.

All Wednesdays again. If switchover is supposed to be done when people can contact aerial installers etc, wouldn't it make more sense to do it on a Monday to give them all week? I don't understand the logic of mid-week?

Switching over on Monday morning would mean extra staffing costs, as engineers would have to travel over the weekend to be on site Sunday night for the switch. Midweek is supposed to strike the right balance between cost of providing the switchover service and the provision of help and support for the public. Most retune events on Freeview occur midweek at 12:00 noon for a similar reason and the engineers can start the week preparing for the change, executing the change midweek, and be on standby for any problems that might occur Thursday/Friday, before going off for the weekend!

I'm surprised DUK haven't set a date for switchover for Sheffield and Oliver's Mount in Yorkshire yet. They're due to switch next May, which is now less than a year away. I thought dates were given a year in advance?

It is funny though that most of the STV Central switchover dates are at the same time, despite initially being done in late 2010. I wonder if this means DSO in Yorkshire will be pushed back later now? It's the only region due to switch in 2011 that hasn't got a schedule yet.

STV North [Grampian ]
Keeleylang Hill (Orkney)
Switched over today

Well it's been a few years since the original list was posted in post#1: here's what the list looks like now:

Transmitter Group /// Stage 1 // Stage 2
Selkirk.................. 06 Nov 2008 / 20 Nov 2008
Beacon Hill........... 08 Apr 2009 / 22 Apr 2009
Stockland Hill....... 06 May 2009 / 20 May 2009
Douglas................ 18 Jun 2009 / 16 Jul 2009
Caldbeck.............. 24 Jun 2009 / 22 Jul 2009
Huntshaw Cross... 01 Jul 2009 / 29 Jul 2009
Redruth................ 08 Jul 2009 / 05 Aug 2009
Caradon Hill......... 12 Aug 2009 / 09 Sep 2009
Kilvey Hill............. 12 Aug 2009 / 09 Sep 2009
Preseli.................. 19 Aug 2009 / 16 Sep 2009
Carmel.................. 26 Aug 2009 / 23 Sep 2009
Llanddona............. 21 Oct 2009 / 18 Nov 2009
Moel y Parc........... 28 Oct 2009 / 25 Nov 2009 (Additional stage: 2 Dec 2009)
Long Mountain...... 04 Nov 2009 /03 Dec 2009
Winter Hill............. 04 Nov 2009 /02 Dec 2009
Blaenplwyf............ 10 Feb 2010 /10 Mar 2010
Wenvoe................ 03 Mar 2010 / 31 Mar 2010(Additional retune: 27 Apr 2011)
Mendip¬................. 24 Mar 2010 / 07 Apr 2010
Bressay................. 05 May 2010 / 19 May 2010
Keelylang Hill......... 12 May 2010 / 26 May 2010
Rumster Forest..... 02 June 2010 / 16 June 2010
Eitshal................... 07 July 2010 / 21 July 2010
Skriaig................... 14 July 2010 / 28 July 2010
Angus.................... 04 August 2010 / 18 August 2010
Durris#................... 01 September 2010 / 15 September 2010
Knockmore........... 08 September 2010 / 22 September 2010
Rosemarkie........... 06 October 2010 / 20 October 2010
Torosay................. 13 October 2010 / 27 October 2010
Fremont Point........ 17 November 2010 / No stage 2
Nottingham............ 30 March 2011 / 13 April 2011
Sandy Heath.......... 30 March 2011 / 13 April 2011
Bromsgrove*........... 06 April 2011 / 20 April 2011
Lark Stoke*............. 06 April 2011 / 20 April 2011
Ridge Hill................ 06 April 2011 / 20 April 2011
The Wrekin*............ 06 April 2011 / 20 April 2011
Darvel..................... 11 May 2011 / 25 May 2011
Rosneath................ 11 May 2011 / 25 May 2011
Craigkelly................ 01 June 2011 / 15 June 2011
Black Hill................. 08 June 2011 / 22 June 2011

If your transmitter is not on the list, then an official date has not been formally announced yet.

Further retunes at currently unconfirmed dates:
¬ Additional retune in 2011.
# Additional retune following completion of DSO in Central Scotland.
* Additional retune once Sutton Coldfield completes DSO

I notice in the press release for Central DSO dates on 20 April it says "STRICTLY EMBARGOED until 0001 20 April". Are switchover dates a top secret until formally announced?