They are phasing out the analogue tvs within the next year or so. You can get a set top box or a digital tv. Each of our five free-to-air channels have a digital counterpart as well and when you get the digital reception, they will be free too. One of the channels is getting another free-to-air digital station set up. Everything else is pay tv and I have no idea how many channels there are as I have never had the money to install it. The new series of Torchwood is on pay tv, but they are showing series one on one of the digital free stations. We had it before on a free analogue but they were showing it around midnight and if you put a tape in to record it you had to buffer it with an hour on either side, cos they just would not run to time and would chop and change without notice. There was a petition to take it off that channel and stick it on the one that shows Dr Who and effectively we won!! Cos that station now has it, albeit on its digital arm.
Power to the masses!! ;-)
I imagine I will be in my grave before they let us get cable for nix. Broadband is still quite expensive for what you get here. And oh so slow!!!!!!!!
Chris Ecclestein (I don't know how it's spelt either!) was also in Heroes amongst other things.