Late rush likely as 40% still to make digital TV switch

That dumb dog Tommy and apparently depressed cat PJ may think they’ve done a good job, but the figures suggest otherwise.

With just four days to go before the big digital TV switch, two out of every five households have yet to sign up to the new system — and still run the prospect of seeing their screens go blank.

The Department of Communications has confirmed that, despite a year-long cartoon TV campaign highlighting why people need to change to the new system, 100,000 of the 250,000 households targeted have yet to comply.