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UK shops stops selling analogue TVs |
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Thursday, 24 January 2008 |
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| Currys, Dixons & PC World are to stop stocking analogue televisions & will instead promote "integrated" sets with built-in digital DVB-T tuners. |
The chains said more than 90% of the TVs they sold were already digital. The parent company of the 3 chains, DSG International, admitted earlier this month that its profit margins in the run-up to Christmas had been lower than expected. It had cut prices of goods such as flat-panel television sets to drive demand, BBC reports.
"Retailers of all sizes have a vital role to play in ensuring their products and their customers are ready," Digital UK chief executive Ford Ennals said.
In the UK the Scottish Borders will be the 1st full geographical region to lose its analogue signal, starting on 6 November 2008. The rest of the UK will follow suit over the next four years.
The Netherlands were the 1st country in Europe to go completely digital last year.
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