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UK Digital Terrestrial TV (Freeview)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Very true, but the TV broadcast spectrum which Freeview relies on is only guaranteed to be available until the 2030s. This is a replacement just like digital was a replacement for analogue, but it's going to take a while to switch over (and there may be a skeleton broadcast service for a long time after, for emergencies or broadband blackspots)