Millions left out of picture when TV aerials turned off

CAMPAIGNERS have called for the Government to scrap plans to switch off traditional TV broadcasts amid fears millions will be unable to watch their favourite shows.

- By Jonathan Walker

It has been considering ending transmissions received through an aerial after 2034, with viewers expected to use an internet service instead. But campaigners warn people in rural areas without fast broadband, and elderly people who do not use the internet, will be cut off.

There are fears traditional TV will be a casualty of a bitter Cabinet feud between Sir Keir Starmer and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, following reports she will be axed from the PM’s top team in a forthcoming reshuffle, with her Department for Culture, Media and Sport abolished.

It would mean the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology taking responsibility for TV services.