LESSONS TO BE LEARNED – JANUARY 1999
The Briitish Government has indicated it would not set a date for switching Britain’s free television channels to digital transmission until it was sure access would be as widely available and affordable as the current analogue system.
Culture Secretary Chris Smith told the Commons at question time it was a ‘crucial’ consideration that poor people should not be forced to pay too much for the necessary equipment.
He said the Government would not repeat the US mistake and set a date that proved to be too ambitious.
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