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	<title>Digital-Lifestyles &#187; Digital TV</title>
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		<title>Digital Tick TV Scheme &#8220;A Mystery&#8221;: MPs</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2008/06/26/digital-tick-tv-scheme-a-mystery-mps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the 2012 date of switch off of UK analogue TV drawing ever closer, British MPs have been hearing about the current levels of adoption of Digital TV. The UK Parliament Public Accounts Committee heard that many TVs that were still being bought, were not Digital ready, with those purchases, totaling millions of pounds, arguably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TV In Prison Cells: £1 Per Week</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2008/05/14/tv-in-prison-cells-1-per-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 12:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday in the UK Parliament, John Spellar, Labour MP for Warley, asked how much the Prison Service spent on &#8220;providing satellite television services in prisons in 2007-08.&#8221; Maria Eagle (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice) told him that the answer couldn&#8217;t be given, as costs that small aren&#8217;t recorded. She did point out that satellite TV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital TV In Over Half Of US Homes</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2008/01/04/digital-tv-in-over-half-of-us-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2008/01/04/digital-tv-in-over-half-of-us-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over half of US Households now own at least one digital TV set, claim the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). In the build up to the trade show mania that is the CES, the CEA is winding up the PR machine and releasing statistics to both boost the TV industry and get the public interested. They&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ford Ennals: DigitalUK Boss To Leave</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/11/23/ford-ennals-digitaluk-boss-to-leave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The boss of the organisation that is over-seeing the switch over from analogue to Digital TV in the UK, Ford Ennals, has announced that he is to step down in the new year. He&#8217;s been with the organisation since May 2005, when Digital UK was launched, but announces his departure just days after Whitehaven fully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehaven Analogue Switchover: Paul Ridsdale, BT Vision (podcast)</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/26/whitehaven-analogue-switchover-paul-ridsdale-bt-vision-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/26/whitehaven-analogue-switchover-paul-ridsdale-bt-vision-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BT Vision were up in Whitehaven before, during and after the analogue switch off trying to tempt &#8216;Switchers&#8217; to take up the service. The pitch they&#8217;re using is, why pay for just a Freeview Digital TV box, when for £30 (about the same as a low end digital TV tuner), you can pay to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peter White: Digital Switchover Help Scheme, CEO (Podcast)</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/19/peter-white-digital-switchover-help-scheme-ceo-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/19/peter-white-digital-switchover-help-scheme-ceo-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital TV]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people in the UK have to bear their own costs for converting their TVs to be digital-capable, but after pressure, was decided that the least wealthy and most vulnerable should receive assistance. This takes the form of equipment, assistance and support and is handled by the Digital Switchover Help Scheme. It was setup in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehaven Switchover: Ilse Howling, Freeview (Podcast)</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/19/whitehaven-switchover-ilse-howling-freeview-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/19/whitehaven-switchover-ilse-howling-freeview-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day after digital switch over; we caught up with Ilse Howling to have a quick chat about her views on the switch over and the the introduction of the next stage of Freeview &#8211; the ability to easily record the programmes on Digital TV. Freeview have worked with the Digital Television Group to create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehaven Switchover: Currys Mobile Shop Trial</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/19/whitehaven-switchover-currys-mobile-shop-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/19/whitehaven-switchover-currys-mobile-shop-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you&#8217;re aware there&#8217;s lot of new things being tried out in Whitehaven for the UK&#8217;s first analogue/digital switch over. One that electrical retailer Currys is trying out is a showroom/shop that can be driven to remote areas giving those who are miles away from a shop, or who aren&#8217;t that mobile. It&#8217;s a pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamie Reed MP: Whitehaven Digital Switchover (Podcast)</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/19/whitehaven-switchover-jamie-reed-mp-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/19/whitehaven-switchover-jamie-reed-mp-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post Digital switchover, Jamie Reed, the MP for Copeland (that includes Whitehaven) and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on digital switch over, has a lot of interesting things to say, both about the run up to this week and following it. The discussion covers reservations that the residents of Whitehaven had before hand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehaven Switchover: A Retailer&#8217;s View (Podcast)</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/18/whitehaven-a-retailers-view-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/18/whitehaven-a-retailers-view-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We thought we&#8217;d have a wander around the shops to try and gauge the feeling of the electronics retailers, as to how things have been with the build up to digital switch over. Given this is the first place in the UK to switch off the analogue, we thought it would be of general interest. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehaven Switchover: Digital UK&#8217;s Ten Month Switch Over Buildup (Podcast)</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/18/whitehaven-digital-uks-ten-month-switch-over-buildup-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/18/whitehaven-digital-uks-ten-month-switch-over-buildup-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Jane Grey has been working for Digital UK on the ground in Whitehaven since December 2006 &#8211; a full 10 months before switch over. She points out that it&#8217;s wrong to assume that older people are less able to cope with analogue/digital switch over &#8211; many of the older people in Whitehaven were highly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehaven  Switchover: Mary Bradley, Age Concern (Podcast)</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/18/whitehaven-mary-bradley-age-concern-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/18/whitehaven-mary-bradley-age-concern-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary Bradly is the regional director of Age Concern, a charity that works with the over-50s. As you may have read/heard in our interview with Ford Ennals, Digital UK see partner organisation vital for the smooth switch over from analogue TV to digital. Age concern has been working with Digital UK as one of their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehaven  Switchover: Ford Ennals Interview: Digital UK CEO (Podcast)</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/17/whitehaven-ford-ennals-interview-digital-uk-ceo-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/17/whitehaven-ford-ennals-interview-digital-uk-ceo-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We caught up with Ford Ennals, Chief Exec of Digital UK, underneath the relay aerial that was going to be the first to switch off analogue and turn on digital TV &#8211; Digital switchover in Whitehaven. He and his team have been spending huge amounts of time in Whitehaven to ensure the transition would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehaven Switchover: Official Switch Over Timings</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/17/whitehaven-official-switch-over-timings/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/17/whitehaven-official-switch-over-timings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Official timings of the Switch Over last night for the Whitehaven relay. 02:00 &#8211; BBC2 switched off after the snooker had finished. 02:10 &#8211; ITV switched off 02:17 &#8211; ITV back on previous BBC2 channel 02:37 &#8211; First digital Mux came up delivering five channels on the old BBC2 analogue frequency. Each of the other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehaven Switchover: The Morning After: A Success? UPDATED</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/17/whitehaven-switch-over-the-morning-after-a-success/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/17/whitehaven-switch-over-the-morning-after-a-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve dragged ourself out of bed to have a quick check that the Whitehaven Switch Over was a success. You&#8217;ll be aware of the considerable build up to this pivotal event for UK TV. Analogue BBC2 &#8211; Now showing ITV &#8211; Check. Digital channels &#8211; Still just showing Channel 5 &#8211; Not a surprise (to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehaven:THE OFF SWITCH: Process Podcast</title>
		<link>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/16/whitehaventhe-off-switch-process-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/10/16/whitehaventhe-off-switch-process-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight at 2am THIS SWITCH is going to be turned off, ending the BBC 2 transmission and marking the start of the UK turning off it&#8217;s analogue TV service. As you can see, the jolly wag engineers have wished it a fond goodbye, by draping bunting over it and the BBC analogue rack that is [...]]]></description>
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