MDV is a joint venture television station between Seven West Media and

WIN Corporation WIN Corporation is a private Australian media company, that owns assets including the WIN Television network, Crawford Productions and several local radio stations. The company is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. History Founding The WIN b ...

. Based in

Mildura Mildura is a regional city in north-west Victoria, Australia. Located on the Victorian side of the Murray River, Mildura had a population of 34,565 in 2021. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point and Merbein are included, the area h ...

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, it is a digital-only

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affiliate run under the company name ''Mildura Digital Television Pty Ltd'', and began broadcasting on 1 January 2006. On 1 July 2016, due to

WIN Television WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single television station covering the Wollongong region. The WIN Netw ...

becoming the Network Ten affiliate in the region, MDV switched its affiliation to the Nine Network and remained there until 2021. On 1 July 2021, due to

becoming the Nine Network affiliate in the region, MDV switched back its affiliation to Network 10.

Availability

The station is a Network 10 affiliate, which is jointly owned by Seven West Media and WIN Television. MDV is available on LCN 5 in the

and

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area in

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. 10's multichannels

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(which is 10's main channel in high definition), as well as

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and 10 Peach are available on LCN 50, LCN 51 and LCN 52 respectively. Before the 2021 affiliation swapback, Nine's multichannels

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(in high definition) and

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were available on LCN 50 and LCN 55 respectively. Before MDV's affiliation change on 1 July 2016, Ten's multichannels One and Eleven were available on LCN 50 and LCN 55 respectively. WIN is responsible for handling playout and then transmits this signal via satellite to transmission facilities in Mildura. WIN also handles the business administration and advertising sales for MDV. The Mildura/Sunraysia region changed frequencies as part of a nationwide retune process on 26 August 2014, and the station moved from UHF 33 to VHF 10 as a result of the retune. Ten Mildura 2006

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mdv Mildura Joint ventures Digital terrestrial television in Australia Television channels and stations established in 2006 WIN Television Prime Media Group Seven Network 2006 establishments in Australia

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