Less than one in three landlords are aware of what they need to do to implement the switchover to digital television, according to research by the National Landlords Association (NLA). 

Landlords letting properties in blocks of flats which share a communal television system have a responsibility to ensure that the switchover to digital is implemented on behalf of their tenants. Between 2008 and 2012 television services in the UK will go digital and as of today only 52 per cent of NLA members are aware of the digital switchover requirements and have the necessary upgrades in motion.

David Salusbury, chairman of the NLA, said: “We are concerned how few landlords appear to be aware of their responsibilities relating to digital TV switchover. Any landlord who rents out a property which relies on a communal television system must ensure that the necessary steps are taken to make the switch to digital. Landlords have a legal responsibility to provide basic services to their tenants, and digital television capability comes under this remit.”