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Digital Broadcasting Australia was established in late 2000 to help make the transition to digital television as seamless for consumers as possible. It included representatives from free-to-air broadcasters, manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers and was intended to provide information about commencement dates, coverage, and the functionality ...
Nine Entertainment. Paramount Networks ANZ. Regional and remote area commercial broadcasters. WIN Corporation (Primary Nine affiliate) Imparja Television (Remote Nine affiliate) Southern Cross Austereo (Primary 10 and remote Seven affiliates) Joint venture stations. Local broadcasters.
Digital television ( DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative advancement and represented the first significant evolution in television technology since color television ...
Types of providers. Australian digital terrestrial television, branded as Freeview, is provided by a number of free-to-air channels in Australia, including that provided by the national broadcaster, on ABC Television. VAST, a free-to-view satellite television service that provides a service to remote areas, which replaced Optus Aurora.
Television broadcasting in Australia began officially on 16 September 1956, with the opening of TCN-9, quickly followed by national and commercial stations in Sydney and Melbourne, all these being in 625-line black and white. The commencement date was designed so as to provide coverage of the Olympic Games in Melbourne.
Digital television transition. The digital television transition, also called the digital switchover ( DSO ), the analogue switch/sign-off ( ASO ), the digital migration, or the analogue shutdown, is the process in which older analogue television broadcasting technology is converted to and replaced by digital television.
ABC NewsRadio, since 2017 broadcast under the ABC News brand and for a short time known as ABC News on Radio, is a 24-hour news radio service broadcast by the Australian public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). ABC NewsRadio is available via a number of platforms around Australia, including AM/FM radio, online via web ...
History Main article: History of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1950s to 2000 The ABC's Sydney headquarters in Ultimo The first ever broadcast of ABC Television – presented by Michael Charlton, 5 November 1956. The history of the ABC's television operations can be traced back to 1953, when the federal Television Act was passed, providing the initial regulatory framework for both the ...