OfCom reckon the government's proposals for switching off analogue TV signals are pretty rubbish. Well, I'm paraphrasing slightly, but they have raised concerns - pointing out that the average household will have to pay £132 to completely switch over to digital, that some 50,000 families will need new aerials, and that people will have to invest in an eighty quid hard disk if they want to watch one channel while videoing another. Other experts are also doubting the logic of rushing into a digital switch-over on the timeline currently proposed by the government, which will see analogue broadcasts start to be switched off as early as 2008. Among the critics is former Channel 5 boss David Elstein, who has told MPs: "This will be the biggest single civil project in the history of this country. But there seems to be no project management. Just telling people that all their TVs and videos are going to stop working is not managing things." A spokesman for the government said: "We're just doing our bit to ensure everyone can enjoy the cultural delights of QVC and pricedroptv". Well, they possibly did.
Nov 9, 2005
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More concerns raised over digital switch plans
OfCom has raised concerns over the government's digital switchover plans, including costs and aerial replacements, and former Channel 5 boss David Elstein has criticised the lack of project management.