The organisation is approaching agencies about projects that are believed to be separate to the main direct account, held by Rapier.
Last week, Digital UK was criticised by the Ofcom Consumer Panel for not providing enough support for viewers lacking the technical nous to switch from analogue TV to digital by the government's 2012 deadline.
The panel recommended that the body should post 'helping hand' packs to consumers who are eligible for the Digital Switchover Help Scheme, such as the over-75s and disabled people.
The switch-off of the UK's analogue TV signal began in Whitehaven, Cumbria, in October. At the end of June, the number of households with access to digital TV was 21.4m, leaving 4m still watching an analogue main set.
Digital UK's chief executive Ford Ennals recently resigned to become president of Nike's Cole Hann division in the US (Marketing, 21 November). Digital UK hopes to hire a successor before his departure in February.
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