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| Minister discusses digital switch | Minister discusses digital switch |
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| The culture secretary has begun a tour of the Borders to see how preparations for the switch to digital television are progressing. | The culture secretary has begun a tour of the Borders to see how preparations for the switch to digital television are progressing. |
| James Purnell plans to travel across the areas which will lose analogue signals by the end of 2008. | James Purnell plans to travel across the areas which will lose analogue signals by the end of 2008. |
| He has been invited to take part in a digital forum meeting being held in Newtown St Boswells. | He has been invited to take part in a digital forum meeting being held in Newtown St Boswells. |
| Borders MP Michael Moore said the visit was "very welcome" so soon after Mr Purnell's appointment to his post. | Borders MP Michael Moore said the visit was "very welcome" so soon after Mr Purnell's appointment to his post. |
| He said he was sure there would be "plenty of things to talk about" during the forum. | He said he was sure there would be "plenty of things to talk about" during the forum. |
| "I am confident that Mr Purnell will also be clear after his visit that in the Borders people want to be pioneers where things go right, rather than guinea pigs from whose bad experiences others learn," he added. | "I am confident that Mr Purnell will also be clear after his visit that in the Borders people want to be pioneers where things go right, rather than guinea pigs from whose bad experiences others learn," he added. |
| Channel concerns | |
| The culture secretary is first visiting Whitehaven which will be the first place in the UK to switch in October this year. | |
| He will then travel to Carlisle before heading north to the Borders which is due to lose analogue signals in 2008. | |
| Concerns have been expressed about the number of channels which will be available when the digital change takes place. | |
| A large number of places in the area receive their signal from relay stations prompting concerns a "two-tier" service could be offered to viewers. |