Sentence examples for switchover to support from inspiring English sources
"Even using the money earmarked for digital switchover to support other broadcasters would open up a grey area which could lead to companies vying for the pot when the licence fee comes up for review".
A Department for Culture, Media & Sport spokeswoman said: "Ministers have been clear that the priority use of money that is a surplus from digital switchover is to support broadband in the UK, but in terms of specifics things are still being finalised".
To be fair, this follows the precedent set by the previous government, which diverted some of the licence fee to fund digital TV switchover and even proposed top-slicing it to support the BBC's competitors.
To be fair, this follows the precedent set by the previous government, which diverted some of the licence fee to fund digital TV switchover and even proposed top-slicing the licence fee to support the BBC's competitors.
Ofcom believes spectrum can be drawn from this band to support '5G' services without requiring another mass TV switchover, as has been the case with 4G.
The hope is that the final terms will be signed off – the BBC and government have agreed to find two-thirds of ongoing costs to support the local radio DAB – which will help make switchover a reality for all of the radio industry.
Including part of the cost of switchover in the BBC's budget means that the government is funding its industrial policy by means of a regressive tax on licence-fee payers rather than raising income tax.The Treasury may well refuse the BBC's proposal, even though the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is thought to support it in principle.
Both the BBC and commercial radio are expected to make a firm commitment to supporting digital switchover at the Radio Festival, that takes place in Salford on 14 October, although for community-based and small commercial stations there is no plan at present to close their analogue FM services.
"If necessary, we will consider using part of the TV licence fee that is supporting the digital switchover to fund broadband in areas that the market alone will not reach," it said.
Added support of the 2nd Inertial Reference Unit (IRU2) switchover to the ASPECT L1 pipeline.
