Connected TV - already an official media partner of Informa’s Digital Switchover Strategies event, which takes place on 25-26th February in London - will now also be chairing the morning session on Day Two, which is devoted to Digital Dividend issues. If you are a client of Farncombe Technology, which hosts this blog, you can secure a 20% discount on the admission price (contact us here).

The UK TV regulator will be kicking off the session with a keynote speech, which comes at a critical time in the switchover process: it is rumoured Ofcom might be poised to abandon its UHF spectrum auction plans, gifting frequencies instead to companies prepared to commit to offering high-speed broadband. The session will end with a panel debate on Digital Dividend issues featuring regulators from Ireland, France and the Netherlands.

Digital Switchover Strategies is the only conference dedicated to digital switchover and the digital dividend and is now in its fifth year. It will address questions about how best to ensure a smooth switchover process, as well as exploring how broadcasters, operators, technology vendors and regulators are preparing for the all-digital world.

The line-up of global switchover expert speakers includes:

• Jonathan Collegio, Vice President, Digital Television Transition, National Association of Broadcasters
• Matthew Conway, Director of Operations, Spectrum Policy Group, Ofcom
• Pearse O’Donohue, Head of Unit for Spectrum Policy in DG Information Society & Media, European Commission
• Daniel Sauvet-Goichon, Chairman, Digitag
• Graham Plumb, Head of Distribution Technology, BBC Operations Group
• Enzo Savarese, Committee for Infrastructure and Networks, AGCOM (Italy)
• Tomoyuki Okamura, Senior Director, Technology Research & Development Department Digital Technology Planning Office, Fuji Television Network
• Els Hendrix, Head of European Affairs, ProSiebenSat.1
• Dan Brooke, MD, Discovery UK

Connected TV will, of course, carry full reports from the event.