Going Digital – making the switch

A national campaign to promote the switch to digital television and ensure the transition goes as smoothly as possible was launched this week.

The Going Digital campaign provides a website, http://www.goingdigital.co.nz/ and a free-phone helpline, 0800 838 800, so people can get the information and advice they need about switching to digital TV.

Our election promise was to give Kiwi television viewers the benefit of enhanced reception, better picture quality and more channels that digital TV offers by 2015. We’ve brought the switchover forward, phasing it in region by region so the country is covered by November 2013. This frees up spectrum for new technology such as 4G mobile technology, which will give New Zealanders access to faster mobile broadband services and improved coverage.

More than 70 per cent of households are already watching digital TV through Freeview, Sky or TelstraClear. Other viewers do not need to buy a new television to make the switch, but may need to buy a set-top box and possibly a new aerial or satellite dish depending on what equipment they currently have and where they live.

More information can be found by clicking here.