Analogue switch off begins in March

Rogaland, which was the first region to start DTT services, will also be the first to switch of analogue services when it does so on the 4th March 2008 at 11.30.
By this time 98% of the 30,000 television households in the region will be able to access DTT transmissions.
NTV a company jointly owned by NRK, TV2 and Telenor Broadcast Holdings is coordinating the switch over process. Public channels NRK1, NRK2 and NRK3/NRK Super will be transmitted free-to-air, as will TV2 local television and an open access channel.
Fifteen Pay-TV subscription channels will also be available from RiksTV using a Smartcard.
Source: Broadband TV News
Item added: 22nd January 2008