The problem with leading the world is that you meet all the pitfalls first.
Hence Britain鈥檚 pioneering digital TV system may soon land the government with a
huge bill. Research by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport shows that
nearly half of Britons will either refuse to convert to digital or be unable to
afford it. So if culture minister Chris Smith, or his successor, wants to switch
off analogue transmissions by 2010, they will have to meet the cost of
converting households that haven鈥檛 yet switched. 鈥淚n six or seven years鈥� time a
converter box should cost 拢20 to 拢50,鈥� Smith says, so the government
could be facing costs of more than 拢1 billion.
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