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When can I get help?
We will offer you help in the run-up to switchover in your ITV region.
Between now and 2012, television services in the UK will go completely digital, ITV region by ITV region. The old analogue television signal will be switched off and you will need to convert or upgrade your TV to receive digital signals, through your aerial, by satellite, cable or broadband.
Switchover is a complicated process and will be done in stages. The best way to check which TV region you are in is by seeing which ITV news service you receive.
Dont worry; you'll get plenty of notice before services in your area are affected, and if you are eligible for the Switchover Help Scheme we'll be in touch personally with advice on what to do.
Regional switchover map
This map gives more information about when television will start to go fully digital in each TV region.
| ITV region | Switchover happens in |
| Border | 2008 - 2009 |
| West Country, Granada | 2009 |
| Wales | 2009 - 2010 |
| West, STV North | 2010 - 2011 |
| Channel Islands | 2010 |
| STV Central | 2010 - 2011 |
| Central, Yorkshire, Anglia | 2011 |
| Meridian, London | 2012 |
| Tyne Tees, Ulster | 2012 |