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The BBC has released the schedule today for the implementation of Freeview HD in the UK. New Equipment willbe required toreceive the new format signals.
Freeview HD Coverage Rollout Timetable Key locations where Freeview HD will be available before the World Cup
London
Crystal Palace
2 December 2009
Early rollout
Newcastle and Tyneside
Pontop Pike
February 2010
Early rollout
Leeds / Bradford
Emley Moor
March 2010
Early rollout
Birmingham
Lichfield
March 2010
Early rollout
Glasgow, central Scotland
Black Hill
February 2010
Early rollout
The following locations will be upgraded as part of the digital switchover programme or after switchover has taken place:
England
Manchester
Winter Hill
2 December 2009
At switchover
Liverpool, central Lancashire, Cheshire, north Staffordshire
Winter Hill relays
March 2010
Post-switchover
Exeter, parts of Devon, Somerset, Dorset
Stockland Hill
April 2010
Post-switchover
Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire
Mendip
April 2010
At switchover
Wales
Cardiff, Newport
Wenvoe
March 2010
At switchover
Swansea
Kilvey Hill
March 2010
Post-switchover
west and central Wales
Blaenplwyf
March 2010
At switchover
Carmarthenshire
Carmel
April 2010
Post-switchover
rest of Wales
Long Mountain
June 2010
Post-switchover
Moel y Parc
Presely
Scotland
Shetland
Bressay
May 2010
At switchover
Orkney
Keelylang Hill
May 2010
At switchover
Caithness, North Sutherland
Rumster Forest
June 2010
At switchover
Freeview HD roll-out after the World Cup
England
Devon, Cornwall, and the Isles of Scilly
Beacon Hill
Caradon Hill
Huntshaw Cross
Redruth
August 2010
Post-switchover
Cumbria and the Lake District
Caldbeck
October 2010
Post-switchover
Then Freeview HD rolls out with the rest of the switchover programme, so:
2011 – Bedfordshire, Berkshire (parts), Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, East Midlands, East Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire (parts), Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands (remainder), and West Yorkshire (remainder).
2012 – Berkshire (remainder), County Durham, Greater London (remainder), Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Surrey, Sussex, Teesside, Tyneside.
Wales
Wales will have switched over to digital and the roll-out of Freeview HD will be complete by the end of July 2010.
Anglesey
Llanddona
July 2010
Post-switchover
Scotland
Lewis, Wester Ross, North West Sutherland, Western Isles
Eitshal
Skriaig
July 2010
At switchover
Angus, Dundee, Perth, and parts of Fife
Angus
August 2010
At switchover
Aberdeenshire
Durris
September 2010
At switchover
Morayshire, Strathspey, and parts of Easter Ross
Knockmore
October 2010
At switchover
South West Scotland
Caldbeck Scotland
October 2010
At switchover
Inverness and the Great Glen
Rosemarkie
October 2010
At switchover
South West Highlands and Islands
Torosay
October 2010
At switchover
Scottish Borders
Selkirk
November 2010
Post-switchover
Then Freeview HD rolls out with the rest of the switchover programme so that the whole of Scotland is switched over to digital and will be able to receive Freeview HD by the end of Q2, 2011.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Freeview HD rolls out with the rest of the switchover programme so that the whole of Northern Ireland is switched over to digital and will be able to receive Freeview HD by the end of 2012.
OTHER AREAS
Isle of Man
Douglas
October 2010
Post-switchover
Channel Islands
Fremont Point
end 2010
At switchover
This post has been edited by KernowKid: Jun 2 2012, 10:31
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Freeview - High Definition, Now in it's final configuration.
Nov 16 2009, 18:44
And there was me hoping to be watching BBC HD over Chrimbo.
), does anyone know whether my Freeview recorder will likely still be receiving Freeview channels or will my recordings all fail until I get home and retune?
Can't say I've ever been bothered about the Winter Olympics so don't mind skipping that.