Next step for ASO set for 25 June 2007


Following the Analogue Switch Off (ASO) in two Swiss regionsduring 2006, further areas are set to switch-off in 2007.
By the end of theyear, only one region, Valais (Rhone Valley), will continue to transmitanalogue terrestrial television services.
ASO in the regions of the Jura, Bassin Lémanique and Gros deVaud is set to take place on 25 June 2007 and will be followed by switch-off inthe regions of Northern Switzerland, Berne, Lucerne and Graubunden on 27November 2007.
It is estimated that 8% of the Swiss population rely on the terrestrialplatform.
Source: Broadcast.ch   and Digitag
Item added: 13th February 2007