Shortly after midnight, BBC One, BBC Two, Channel TV and Channel 4 were permanently turned off at the Frémont Point transmitter group, allowing Freeview digital channels to be broadcast across the Channel Islands for the first time.
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Work is currently under way to replace the analogue signal with digital Islandwide.
The digital signal was available in some areas of Jersey by around 6 am and is expected to be working in most local homes at some point this morning and in other areas – served by smaller relay transmitters – by late afternoon.
