By Mohammad Khan
26/03/09
Sheffield city council’s cabinet has approved plans to provide new digital aerials to 13000 council properties and 903 leasehold properties.
It also includes provision of satellite dishes where blocks have, or will have external cladding fitted as part of Decent Homes programme.
It has been decided in view of the government plans to switch off the analogue TV signal to Yorkshire and Humber region in 2011and replace it with a new digital TV signal.
Existing analogue communal TV aerial serving the residents require replacement to ensure that the residents can continue to receive a good quality TV signal before switch over to a digital signal.
The project will cost £2m. The government has not provided any funds to councils to meet the costs of switchover process. Therefore, it will be met from the existing resources with in the council.
Currently the TV signal is provided via a communal aerial and over 7000 properties receive their TV signal through equipment leased from Blick Ltd at a cost of £77000 a year. The new project will save the annual lease cost of the equipment.
Switchover will not provide all residents with access to community language channels. Residents might obtain permission for a separate satellite dish to be erected.
Cllr Bob McCann, Housing and sustainable, safer communities member while answering public questions said, “Community Language channels scheme was introduced in 1999-2000.If we work to provide all blocks it will cost more than £6m to make sure all people see community channels’’
26/03/09
Sheffield city council’s cabinet has approved plans to provide new digital aerials to 13000 council properties and 903 leasehold properties.
It also includes provision of satellite dishes where blocks have, or will have external cladding fitted as part of Decent Homes programme.
It has been decided in view of the government plans to switch off the analogue TV signal to Yorkshire and Humber region in 2011and replace it with a new digital TV signal.
Existing analogue communal TV aerial serving the residents require replacement to ensure that the residents can continue to receive a good quality TV signal before switch over to a digital signal.
The project will cost £2m. The government has not provided any funds to councils to meet the costs of switchover process. Therefore, it will be met from the existing resources with in the council.
Currently the TV signal is provided via a communal aerial and over 7000 properties receive their TV signal through equipment leased from Blick Ltd at a cost of £77000 a year. The new project will save the annual lease cost of the equipment.
Switchover will not provide all residents with access to community language channels. Residents might obtain permission for a separate satellite dish to be erected.
Cllr Bob McCann, Housing and sustainable, safer communities member while answering public questions said, “Community Language channels scheme was introduced in 1999-2000.If we work to provide all blocks it will cost more than £6m to make sure all people see community channels’’
“We had to strike a compromise that enough money is left for other works as well.”
Director of housing Carl Tom said, “It will be responsibility of each resident to provide their own set top box or new television in order to receive digital TV.”
The project will be carried out by a specialist contractor in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.And it will be in place by the end of December 2010.
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