This is a list of the current channels available on
digital terrestrial television in Australia
Digital terrestrial television in Australia commenced on 1 January 2001 in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth using DVB-T standards. The phase out of analogue PAL transmissions began on 30 June 2010 and was completed by 10 December ...
.
The commercial channels available to viewers depend on location and station ownership. The process of
aggregation during the late 80s to mid 90s saw regional stations take on affiliations with metropolitan channels for programming, a practice that has continued into digital television with affiliated stations carrying various multichannels from their metropolitan counterparts.
Metropolitan in this list therefore refers to the capitals of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, where stations are
owned and operated by the network rather than affiliates.
In areas not covered by terrestrial transmissions, the digital channels are provided by the free-to-view
VAST
Vast or VAST may refer to:
* ''Vast'' (novel), a 1998 science fiction novel by Linda Nagata
* ''Vast'' (2011 film), a Dutch film, winner of the 2011 Golden Calf for Best Television Drama
* Vast Broadband, an American cable and internet compan ...
satellite platform. The television channels on this platform are all encoded in
H.264
Advanced Video Coding (AVC), also referred to as H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10, is a video compression standard based on block-oriented, motion-compensated coding. It is by far the most commonly used format for the recording, compression, and distr ...
and subject to a MPEG-LA controlled transmission
patent licensing
A license (or licence) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit).
A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...
tax which is included in the VAST broadcaster cost and varies on viewership figures. The terrestrial transmissions still use
H.262, which doesn't incur any additional transmission costs, but select channels are broadcast terrestrially in H.264.
Government funded broadcasters
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owne ...
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from the Australian Government. SBS operates six TV channels ( SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS Wor ...
Metropolitan commercial broadcasters
Seven West Media
Seven West Media Limited is an Australian Securities Exchange, ASX-listed media company and is Australia's largest diversified media business, with an extensive presence in broadcast television, print and online publishing.
Seven Group Holdi ...
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STQ Regional QLD services broadcast on 6x LCNs where signal overlap with
BTQ
BTQ is the Brisbane television station of the Seven Network in Australia. BTQ was the second television station to launch in Brisbane, going to air on 1 November 1959, after QTQ (station of the Nine Network) launched three months earlier.
Alon ...
Brisbane occurs.''
''Racing.com is a joint venture with
Racing Victoria
Racing Victoria Limited, as the governing principal racing authority, has responsibilities to develop, encourage, promote and manage the conduct of Thoroughbred horse racing in the State of Victoria, Australia. It assumed this responsibility, from ...
. Seven West Media also co-owns 10 affiliates
WDT and
MDV (joint ventures with WIN Corporation). ishop TV is a joint venture with Brand Developers.''
Nine Entertainment Co.
Nine Entertainment (registered as Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd) is an Australian publicly listed media company with holdings in radio and television broadcasting, newspaper publications and digital media. It uses Nine as its corporate brand ...
''9Rush is a joint venture with
Warner Bros. Discovery. Nine Entertainment also co-owns Ten affiliate
DTD (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo) in Darwin.''
Paramount Networks ANZ
''TVSN is owned by
Direct Group.''
Regional and remote area commercial broadcasters
WIN Corporation (Primary Nine affiliate)
''WIN Corporation also co-owns 10 affiliates
MDV,
WDT (joint ventures with Seven West Media), and
TDT (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo).''
Imparja Television
Imparja Television (IMP) is an independent Australian television station servicing over , across six states and territories: Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. It is based in Alice Spring ...
(Remote Nine affiliate)
''Imparja Television also co-owns 10 affiliate
CDT (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo).''
Southern Cross Austereo
Southern Cross Media Group Limited, doing business as Southern Cross Austereo, is an Australian media company which operates broadcast radio and television stations. It is the largest radio broadcaster in Australia, operating 86 radio stati ...
(Primary 10 and remote Seven affiliates)
''Southern Cross Austereo also co-owns 10 affiliates
TDT (joint venture with WIN Corporation),
CDT and
DTD (joint ventures with Imparja Television and Nine Entertainment Co. respectively).''
Joint venture stations
''Mildura Digital Television and West Digital Television are co-owned by Seven West Media and Nine affiliate WIN Corporation.''
''Tasmanian Digital Television is co-owned by Seven affiliate Southern Cross Austereo and Nine affiliate WIN Corporation.''
''Central Digital Television is co-owned by Seven affiliate Southern Cross Austereo and Nine affiliate Imparja Television.''
''Darwin Digital Television is co-owned by Nine Entertainment Co. and Seven affiliate Southern Cross Austereo.''
Local broadcasters
Open narrowcasting services
Community television
VAST
Vast or VAST may refer to:
* ''Vast'' (novel), a 1998 science fiction novel by Linda Nagata
* ''Vast'' (2011 film), a Dutch film, winner of the 2011 Golden Calf for Best Television Drama
* Vast Broadband, an American cable and internet compan ...
satellite services
''ICTV is available via terrestrial television in Alice Springs and Broome, and via VAST in other areas.''
Discontinued channels
Digital Forty Four
The following channels were only available in Sydney as the Digital Forty Four suite of channels. The datacast trial began on 17 March 2004 and ended on 30 April 2010.
Community television
The following channels were community-based broadcasters that were available on digital television in the metropolitan cities. Some remain available via online
video on demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of ...
services.
Notes
See also
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Australian and New Zealand television frequencies
Television frequency allocation has evolved since the start of television in Australia in 1956, and later in New Zealand in 1960. There was no coordination between the national spectrum management authorities in either country to establish the f ...
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Digital television in Australia
Digital television is a technology which is available via a number of types of services and providers in Australia. They mostly broadcast in high-definition television, which has become the de facto national standard.
History
Between 2001 and 2 ...
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High-definition television in Australia
High-definition television in Australia is available via cable, IPTV, satellite and terrestrial television. The first high-definition broadcasts began in 2001 and since then the number of channels available to view has grown to a maximum of 27 t ...
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Internet television in Australia
Internet television in Australia is the digital distribution of movies and television content via the Internet. In Australia, internet television is provided by a number of generalist, subscription-based streaming service providers, in addition ...
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Subscription television in Australia
Subscription television in Australia is provided using technologies such as cable television, satellite television and internet television by a number of companies unified in their provision of a subscription television service. Notable actors in ...
References
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