BBC World goes fully digital in mid-April 2006. It will discontinue its analogue satellite transmissions on that date.

Viewers receiving the BBC’s international news and information channel in analogue on the HOT BIRD ™ 6 satellite will have to retune to a digital frequency – using an appropriate set-top box – in in order to continue viewing programmes.

Those using the analogue signal on transponder 130, frequency 11114 MHz, on the satellite HOT BIRD ™ 6 will need to use a DVB-compliant digital receiver and retune to transponder 94, the digital frequency 12597 MHz. BBC World will remain unencrypted and free-to-air.