At around 9.00am (EST) today, analogue television transmissions in the Regional Queensland aggregated market will be switched off. The switch-off will affect local transmissions for ABC, Seven Queensland (STQ), WIN (RTQ), Southern Cross Ten (TNQ) and SBS in the markets of Cairns/Far North Queensland, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Maryborough/Wide Bay and Toowoomba/Darling Downs/Southern Downs – covering …
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Nov 10 2011
Nine Darwin – 40 years today
Although television started in Sydney and Melbourne in 1956 it wasn’t long before other capital cities joined in – Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in 1959, Hobart in 1960, Canberra in 1962 – but for people in Australia’s smallest and most isolated capital city it was a much longer wait. It was 1971 before television arrived …
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May 01 2011
Alice Springs and Mt Isa ready for digital
Viewers in the capital cities may take for granted that their main commercial channels have been broadcasting in digital for over a decade, and that a range of other channels have since sprung up to offer some more viewing alternatives – but for viewers in the more remote parts of Australia those options are only …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2011/05/alice-springs-and-mt-isa-ready-for-digital.html
Nov 29 2010
Victorian towns in analogue switch-off
Regional Victoria is not scheduled to lose analogue transmissions until May next year, but a handful of towns have been the exception and have already had their analogue signals switched off – with more towns to follow in the new year. Local analogue transmissions in the Mansfield Shire towns of Howqua and Bonnie Doon were …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2010/11/victorian-towns-in-analogue-switch-off.html
Nov 09 2010
Regional viewers offered digital equality
The Federal Government has partnered with regional broadcasters to ensure that viewers in remote and regional areas will have access to the same amount of channels as their capital city counterparts. In a media release issued today, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy announced that the Government will provide …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2010/11/regional-viewers-offered-digital-equality.html
May 20 2010
New regional channels on the way
The expansion of digital television across the country will get an extra boost with the licencing and launch of digital-only channels in remote and regional Australia. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has announced that it has licenced a digital-only commercial television service to Central Television Pty Ltd to serve the Remote Central and …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2010/05/new-regional-channels-on-the-way.html
Apr 17 2010
NITV gets funding lifeline… for now
Indigenous broadcaster NITV recently issued a plea for support to gain a commitment for Government funding after the current funding period which is due to expire on 30 June 2010. The Federal Government has now committed $15 million in funding to keep NITV broadcasting for the next 12 months. NITV chairperson Ms Terri Janke has …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2010/04/nitv-gets-funding-lifeline-for-now.html
Apr 14 2010
New deal for remote digital TV
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has announced a landmark deal that will see digital TV made available to viewers in remote and regional parts of Australia not accessible by terrestrial digital television. A joint venture company, Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST), has been formed between Macquarie Southern Cross Media …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2010/04/new-deal-for-remote-digital-tv.html
Nov 21 2008
Imparja news signing off
Imparja Television, Australia’s last independently-owned regional TV operator, is reported to be closing down its regional news and current affairs unit. ABC reports that the Alice Springs-based, indigenous-owned broadcaster is closing its local news operations in a round of cost cutting. Already seven jobs are believed to have been cut with more to follow. The …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2008/11/imparja-news-signing-off.html
Feb 03 2008
Imparja says ta-ta to Ten
Central Australian TV viewers will now lose a few regular programs from their schedules with the Alice Springs-based Imparja Television now aligning itself solely to the Nine Network for its national programs. For almost the last decade, Imparja has had program supply from both the Nine and Ten networks. Prior to the aggregation of Imparja’s …
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