The UK's first full-scale digital television switchover was on course for completion today.

The first full-scale digital television switchover in the UK got under way today.

The retail sector is continuing to suffer at the hands of the housing market slowdown with the Comet electrical goods chain warning yesterday that it is heading for a loss because of disappointing sales of refrigerators and washing machines.

With the plug soon to be pulled on the analogue signal in parts of the UK, Simon Read shows how to put yourself in the picture, what extra services are available and how much it all costs

Rural areas of the UK are better connected to broadband than urban areas for the first time, according to a report out today.

Thought up by a 16-year-old schoolboy, a website that captures insider gossip from the UK's media has been snapped up by one of Britains biggest publishers

Channel 4's chief executive, Andy Duncan, saw his pay double in 2007 to £1.2m, even though the channel is pleading for a £150m public subsidy.

It's now the UK's most popular non-terrestrial channel – and it's closing in on Five. Amol Rajan finds out how its controller does it

A year after Michael Grade walked through the revolving door at ITV headquarters, he attempted to convince the City yesterday that the commercial broadcaster's woes were at an end. Yet despite his positive spin, the news from the chief executive was not great – ITV's pre-tax profits plunged by 35 per cent last year, from £288m to £188m.

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BT said today it remained the UK's biggest broadband supplier after securing the lion's share of new connections at the end of last year.

The analogue television set has edged closer to extinction after DSG International, owner of the Currys, PC World and Dixons chains, said it would no longer sell the product as demand for digital televisions continues to gather pace.

Pace Micro has become the third-largest set-top box maker in the world after snapping up the set-top box arm of Philips, the Dutch consumer electronics giant, in a 68m deal.

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