THE digital TV switchover is on track and under budget, says David Scott, chief executive officer of Digital UK. The timetable for implementation of the switchover in Britain, announced in 2005, is progressing according to plan. By end of March 2010, 20% of households in the UK had been transferred to digital terrestrial television with an access to Freeview. By 2011, 40% of homes would have undergone the switchover and by the end of 2012, 98.5% of households will have digital terrestrial TV coverage.

Glen Dimplex Home Appliances has become the exclusive UK partner of GE appliances. GDHA added the GE brand to its existing cooking and cooling brand portfolio of Stoves, Belling, New World and Lec. GE is one of the biggest companies in the world. Its consumer appliance division, worth in excess of $6bn, has a major share of the US appliance market. The brand however has struggled to consistently deliver growth in the UK.

Trade association retra has issued a warning to the government that its reticence in setting a firm date for digital radio switchover is a dangerous move.

Volgel’s is introducing a new range of super slim mounts to the UK which will enhance customers’ enjoyment of the latest slim TV panels and help independents take a greater share of this profitable market. Anna Ryland travelled to Putten in The Netherlands to see what’s special about Vogel’s new products.

Digital communications elude and excite in equal measure both consumers and industry operators. Has the Intellect CE conference managed to unravel this issue? asks Anna Ryland.

Today, many consumers are watching TV programmes on their computer screens, and accessing internet content on their televisions. The talk is of I-TV – television that offers internet access, interactivity or (BBC) iPlayer content in the living room.

Today’s home cook wants to produce something tasty and healthy for the family. With the recent surge in consumer awareness of both the produce itself and ways of preserving and cooking it, more and more customers are looking to buy appliances that will help them create low-fat meals quickly and efficiently.

A new EU campaign has been launched to raise the profile of CE marking – something that businesses placing electrical goods on the EU market have been required to add to their products for many years. Alex Martin, Technical Officer at AMDEA, considers the aims of the campaign.

In the days of CRTs, tube faults were well defined and usually easy to diagnose. Sometimes they could be spectacular. Their glass, very hard, was virtually immune from faceplate damage except the abrasion and scratches caused by laying the set on its front. The same cannot be said of its solid-state successors. In this era of LCD and plasma panels fault-finding may not be easy, and failure of the panel itself leads to the whole set being written off. It's important, then, to get the diagnosis right, in the workshop or on site.