Ofcom seem to be the giver of very good news of late – only a few days ago Ofcom gave the go ahead for wireless LCD TVs to soon be available in the UK and now, Ofcom have revealed that Glasgow, Sunderlands, Leeds and Bradford will join London in benefitting from an earlier than expected Freeview HD switchover!

The original deadline for the HD Freeview switch was set for 2012, but many of the above regions should receive HD Freeview soon after the service launches in the Granada region in December 2009.

The Crystal Palace will be upgraded to DVD-T2 in December with the other three transmitters due to be upgraded during 2010.

BBC Head of Distribution has said that he “…..expects up to half the country to be able see the July 2010 football World Cup on Freeview HD”.