Analogue TV shuts down in 2008

I just read the proposed digital TV switchover plan for the UK. Starting 2008 (originally they had planned starting the processing in 2006) a region by region switchover will start to take place, the process will happen by ITV francise areas and the HTV Wales region in which I live will be one of the first. Each region will have a single analogue TV service shut down and replaced with a high powered digital multiplex carrying all the analogue services, the remaining analogue channels will remain active for 6 months before being shut down and replaced with the existing multiplexes transmitting at higher power. This process won't be completed on a national scale until 2012. I'd recommend anyone who is considering buying new TV equipment over the next few years to make sure it has a digital TV decoder integrated or can easily have a set-top box added to it, and you should consider migration plans for all the equipment in your house since every TV will be affected. With prices starting from around £30 and still dropping hopefully access to affordable digital TV won't be a problem for anyone leading up to the switchover.

Source of information: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds19121.html