Channel NSW (also known as CNSW) was a community information digital television channel that ran under trial in the
Sydney
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area. The service was provided and operated by the
Government of New South Wales
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Governmen ...
. It was carried via
Digital 44 using the
Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial (DVB-T) system had its own channel on Channel 45.
CNSW had gained a large audience, with a reach of over 250,000 households per month in Sydney. This was forecast to grow to over 1 million households by 2009.
The NSW Government had plans for NSW settlements of 2,000 people or more to receive the service terrestrially. The channel ceased transmissions at midnight on 30 April 2010.
Content
Channel NSW included these programs:
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ecoNSW – environment
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PictureJockey (PJs) – photos
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Good Health NSW Health
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PeakHour – traffic, weather, and related info
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Seniors TV
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School Kid TV
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NSW Life – lifestyle
* Allballs – lottery results
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Arts Magazine
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Late Night Languages
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Careers Show
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uTVstar – community access
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Parliament of New South Wales
The Parliament of New South Wales is a bicameral legislature in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), consisting of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the New South Wales Legislative Council (upper house). Eac ...
– live parliament feed
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Job Show – NSW Government jobs
NSW Government agencies which provided services through CNSW include the:
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Roads & Traffic Authority
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NSW Health
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Department of Education & Training
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State Emergency Service,
Rural Fire and
Fire Brigades
* Office of Industrial Relations, NSW Government Jobs Service
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NSW Lotteries
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Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority,
The Rocks,
Tourism NSW
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Art Gallery of NSW
The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney, Australia. It is the most importa ...
, State Records,
Powerhouse Museum
* Department of Environment and Conservation
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Sydney Water
History
Key milestones in the development of the service to date are as follows:
* Commonwealth grants NSW trial license (December 2003);
* Initial service launched by the Minister for Commerce (March 2004);
* Remote playout operations capability enabled (July 2004);
* Initial audiovisual capability tested (August 2004);
* Block scheduling capability (February 2005);
* First field audience research (October 2005); and
* Interactive TV services lab testing (MHP) (March 2006).
Future
Channel NSW was running as a trial and is a work in progress. The NSW government had future plans for the channel which included:
* Live event coverage, such as Parliament question time;
* Automated whole-of-government announcements service; and
* "Resource Show", a hybrid media program about the environment.
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