Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Digital UK supports Freeview viewers and channels. It provides people with information about their options for receiving terrestrial TV and advice on reception and equipment. The company also handles day-to-day technical management of the Freeview Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), allocates channel numbers and manages the launch of new services and multiplexes onto the platform. Digital UK has been licensed by Ofcom as an EPG provider.From 2008-2012, Digital UK led the implementation of digital TV switchover and recently oversaw the clearance of terrestrial TV services from the 800MHz band of spectrum to prepare for the launch of 4G mobile broadband services.The company is owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Arqiva. Caroline Thomson is the Chairman. Jonathan Thompson is the Chief Executive. Digital UK was formed on 13 April 2005 as SwitchCo, adopting its present name five months later. It is based on Percy Street in Fitzrovia, London. The company completed the first pilot digital switchover in Whitehaven, Cumbria in 2007, and the last switchover was completed in Northern Ireland on 24 October 2012. The organisation completed the project on time and under budget.. }
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- Digital_UK abstract "Digital UK supports Freeview viewers and channels. It provides people with information about their options for receiving terrestrial TV and advice on reception and equipment. The company also handles day-to-day technical management of the Freeview Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), allocates channel numbers and manages the launch of new services and multiplexes onto the platform. Digital UK has been licensed by Ofcom as an EPG provider.From 2008-2012, Digital UK led the implementation of digital TV switchover and recently oversaw the clearance of terrestrial TV services from the 800MHz band of spectrum to prepare for the launch of 4G mobile broadband services.The company is owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Arqiva. Caroline Thomson is the Chairman. Jonathan Thompson is the Chief Executive. Digital UK was formed on 13 April 2005 as SwitchCo, adopting its present name five months later. It is based on Percy Street in Fitzrovia, London. The company completed the first pilot digital switchover in Whitehaven, Cumbria in 2007, and the last switchover was completed in Northern Ireland on 24 October 2012. The organisation completed the project on time and under budget.".