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(owner of

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) and

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(owner of

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) and operates under the company name ''Central Digital Television''. The station is available via satellite and terrestrial platforms and

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on a number of digital terrestrial transmitters, in remote areas of Australia. The station is similar to other joint venture services already available in

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, Darwin and

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. Officially, the service's call sign is CDT in the Remote Central and Eastern Australia TV2 licence areas, and IDQ in the

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TV1 licence area (reflecting the status of existing

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station ITQ).

History

Central Digital Television began broadcasting Ten Central, One HD and One SD as digital satellite channels on 30 June 2010, the same day as the Viewer Access Satellite Television service was partially launched.

and Imparja Television also commenced broadcasting digital satellite channels on the same day. The launch of the commercial digital channels coincided with the first analog television transmitter switch off in

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. This was so viewers in the area who lost adequate television coverage were able to utilise VAST as an alternative source. On 10 December 2010, VAST officially launched and began granting access to viewers in the Remote Central and Eastern Australia licence areas. This brought digital television to satellite viewers in the Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia for the first time. Digital terrestrial transmissions began in

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and Mount Isa, Queensland on 2 May 2011, with other areas launching between 2012 and 2013.

Programming

CDT is affiliated to Network 10, but sources programming from two stations. ''10 Central North'' is based on

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, and airs '' 10 News First: Queensland'' from Brisbane nightly at 5pm, as well as sport, weather and events in the Brisbane area. ''10 Central South'', ''10 Bold'' and ''10 Peach'' are taken from TEN

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, including sport, weather and events from '' 10 News First: New South Wales'' in Sydney''. ''Both Ten Central channels also air programming produced by

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. ''TVSN'' has the same programming in every region across the country. Previously they broadcast Network 10 programming across their primary and multi channels, through 10 Central North relaying the Melbourne feed of ATV while 10 Central South continued to relay the Adelaide feed of

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, the stations had also carried the Melbourne and Adelaide schedules of

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and One through their secondary services.

News and current affairs

CDT and IDQ simulcasts the weekday edition of ''10 News First'' from

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in Brisbane (north) and TEN-10 in Sydney (south) along with the weekend edition from TEN-10 in both areas. *'' 10 News First: Queensland'' (Monday to Friday 5:00pm – 6:30pm for north remote viewers) (from

) *'' 10 News First: New South Wales'' (Monday to Friday 5:00pm – 6:30pm for south remote viewers) (from TEN-10) *'' 10 News First: Weekend'' (Saturday 5:00pm – 6:00pm and Sunday 5:30pm – 6:30pm for both north and south remote viewers) (from TEN-10)

Availability

Terrestrial

Central Digital Television broadcasts

digital television channels ''Ten Central'', ''One'' and ''Eleven'' via terrestrial transmissions in many regional cities and towns. The service is licensed to broadcast within the Remote Central and Eastern Australia TV2 and Mt Isa TV1 licence areas, which include Alice Springs, Bourke,

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, Mount Isa,

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and

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, as well as others.

Satellite

A digital satellite transmission of CDT's channels is available

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on the VAST service in all states and territories of Australia, except Western Australia. ''10 Bold'' is broadcast as a single high definition channel to all viewers, while ''10 Central'' and ''10 Peach'' are each split into two separate

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channels. ''10 Central North'' and ''10 Peach North'' are broadcast in Australian Eastern Standard Time for viewers in

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and

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(Northern Australia TV3 licence area), and ''10 Central South'' and ''10 Peach South'' in Australian Eastern Summer Time for viewers in

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and

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(South Eastern Australia TV3 licence area).

Logo history

File:Ten CDT % 282010% 29.jpg, from the June 2010 launch to 2013 File:Ten CDT % 282013% 29.jpg, From 2013 to 2018

References

External links

Central Digital Television

Southern Cross Austereo
{{Free-to-air television channels in Australia, state = collapsed Joint ventures Digital terrestrial television in Australia Television channels and stations established in 2011