The UK government has set 2032 as a target date for switching off Freeview digital terrestrial TV broadcasting, moving television delivery entirely to internet-based streaming with an initial set-top-box requirement. This mirrors a broader European decline in over-the-air broadcast media, including the BBC's earlier shutdown of long wave and AM transmissions. Unlike past analog shutoffs, this move retires the very digital multiplex system (DVB-T/ATSC) that replaced analog TV roughly fifteen years ago, despite it still being widely used.