Your report about viewers missing out on the digital television revolution (Evening Press, November 5) is misleading.
Viewers in North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire are already watching digital TV - using a SkyDigital satellite dish and the appropriate set-top box.The problems you identified - pockets of the country where there is unreliable reception or no reception at all - rest entirely with digital terrestrial television, which is picked up over via existing rooftop aerial.
As your report points out, even the company operating the service admits that 30 per cent of the population won't get a picture when it launches because the signal is too weak. Sky's digital channels have been up and running since October 1, bringing crystal clear pictures and CD-quality sound to British viewers.
There is no reason why viewers in Yorkshire should miss out on the benefits of digital television.
Tim Allan,
Director of Corporate Communications,
British Sky Broadcasting Ltd.
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