Session 2005-06
20 December 2006
Final oral evidence session
Analogue Switch-Off
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee will hold its final oral evidence session on Analogue Switch-Off in the Grimond Room, Portcullis House on Tuesday 10 January 2006 at 11.00am.
The witnesses will be:
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at 11.00am
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James Purnell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Rt Hon Alun Michael MP, Minister of State for Industry and the Regions, Department of Trade and Industry
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The inquiry was announced on 19 July 2005. Evidence was invited on the following issues:
· The policy objectives and economic benefits of digital switchover, and the relative roles of the different platforms in the delivery of digital television;
· The feasibility of, and the steps needed towards achieving switchover to the Government’s timetable and with sufficient geographical coverage;
· The costs associated with the digital switchover process and how these are to be met;
· The protection of vulnerable groups in terms of financial and practical assistance.