Analogue Switch-Off.

TV Another night, another televisual milestone. All of the talk about the end of CEEFAX has been due to the final area in the digital switch over, Northern Ireland, having their analogue signal turned off, the last geographical area to have their analogue signal turned off.

Unlike most regions, they really went to town with the coverage with old continuity clocks:



There was also a tribute to the past sixty years of television in Northern Ireland simulcast on the BBC and UTV (available for the rest of us to watch here via the iplayer) which was introduced like this:



"Eamonn! Eamonn!"

The final moment was given suitably epic treatment:



Ooh look at that new stained glass ident. Look at the colours. Ooh.