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Switchover begins in Sheffield and Chesterfield

The first stage of the digital switchover in Sheffield and Chesterfield is complete, as the first analogue signals were turned off and digital TV boosted to reach all areas.

The start of TV switchover means thousands of viewers in digital blackspots such as Totley, Dronfield and Hasland can get BBC Freeview channels for the first time, while picture quality will improve for many existing viewers.

Homes already watching Freeview will need to retune their TVs and boxes in order to regain BBC services, which will currently be missing.

Switchover began in the early hours when analogue BBC Two was permanently turned off at the Sheffield and Chesterfield transmitter groups, which serve 153,000 homes.

The process will be completed on 24 August, when the remaining analogue channels will be switched off. Further Freeview channels from ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will then be available from local transmitters for the first time.

Sky Go now available in App Store

Sky Go, the video on demand service that provides Sky TV customers with access to Sky content on PCs, laptops, mobiles and tablets is now available in the Apple App Store for download to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Sky TV customers will be able to access all five Sky Sports channels, ESPN and Sky News via the service with further channels to be added over time.

Sky Go brings together two existing services, Sky Player, Sky's online TV service and Sky Mobile TV, the UK's largest mobile TV service, with these services rebranded as Sky Go.

The Sky Go App is available for free at www.itunes.com/appstore.

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Yorkshire to switch in August 2011

Yorkshire is to begin the switch to digital television on 3 August 2011 when analogue signals are turned off at the Oliver's Mount transmitter group serving the Scarborough area. Scarborough residents will start receiving the full Freeview service on 17 August 2011.

Switchover will see the five analogue TV channels switched off permanently and the Freeview digital service boosted to reach virtually all households in the Yorkshire TV region.

Thousands of homes previously in digital blackspots such as Skipton and Halifax will be able to receive Freeview channels for the first time, according to Digital UK.

The Belmont transmitter group serving Lincolnshire Humberside and East Yorkshire will also begin switchover on 3 August and complete on 17 August.

Sheffield and Chesterfield will cease analogue signals on 10 August and go digital on 24 August.

The Emley Moor transmitter group serving West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire will begin the switch on 7 September and complete on 21 September.

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Channel 4 HD

Channel 4 and Freesat today announced that Freesat HD viewers will soon be able to enjoy Channel 4 HD when the channel launches on the subscription free satellite TV service in April.

Channel 4 HD becomes the fourth HD channel on Freesat joining BBC One HD, BBC HD, and ITV1 HD.
Freesat Managing Director Emma Scott said: "This is fantastic news for Freesat. C4HD is a high quality channel and we're sure it will prove popular with our discerning viewers.
"The addition of a fourth HD channel makes Freesat an even more attractive offer for savvy TV viewers looking for quality TV without monthly bills."

Red Button

The BBC has updated its red button offering on the Freesat platform to include access to single stream video services and the Sport Multiscreen service.

Video service links are added via existing scheduling tools which launches an (MHEG) application allowing the viewer to be taken to BBC interactive streams and back again.

In a post on the BBC Internet Blog Ronald Bullen, Service Delivery Manager at BBC Red Button said:

"The BBC Red Button offering on the new platform was not quite the same as that on our existing platforms such as Sky, Virgin Media and Freeview and this has generated some comments since then. In particular, Freesat viewers have been keen to enjoy the same video content that was made available on other platforms."

We are aware that still not all services offered on our legacy platforms are available on Freesat; however this is an exciting development for the BBC Red Button team and one we hope to build on in the future."

Sky Atlantic HD to launch on 1st Feb

Sky has confirmed the launch of Sky Atlantic HD—a brand new channel providing entertainment, drama and films to Sky customers across the UK and Ireland.

Designed to bringing together innovative and distinctive original productions from home and abroad, Sky Atlantic will be free to Sky customers from its launch on 1st February 2011.

Sky Atlantic will include content from Sky's exclusive output deal with HBO and series deals with Lionsgate Television for Mad Men and CBS Studios International for Blue Bloods and The Borgias; as well as UK commissions, including original comedy This Is Jinsy , Paul Abbott's new drama, Hit and Miss, and Sir David Attenborough's ground-breaking documentary, Flying Monsters.

Stuart Murphy, Director of Programmes for Sky 1 HD and Sky Atlantic HD, comments:"Sky Atlantic HD is unashamedly dedicated to quality. As the home of HBO in the UK, it's the place where the world's best talent—whether on screen or off, American or home-grown—come to do their most creative work."

All the major series on Sky Atlantic HD, whether acquisitions or commissions, will be available on-demand through Sky Anytime + , Sky's video-on-demand service. This will also include many HBO originals, such as The Pacific, The Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Flight of the Conchords and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Sky Atlantic will also be available in standard definition in non Sky + HD homes.

Canvas becomes YouView

Project Canvas has announced that 'YouView' will be the brand name for its free-to-air connected TV service launching next year with current Project Director Richard Halton appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the newly formed company YouView TV Ltd.

YouView is a brilliant new subscription-free TV service which combines the best TV with on demand services and internet content.

YouView, which expects to launch in the first half of next year, will introduce a programme guide that goes backwards as well as forwards, allowing viewers to see programmes they've missed in the last 7 days.

YouView set-top boxes will include a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) and programme search function, the service is also planning to offer an applications store.