D-day for analog TV approaches
Only 12 months remain until analog TV is no longer broadcast in Australia. By 10 December 2013, all remaining analog TV signals will be switched off, communications minister Stephen Conroy warned today.
Only 12 months remain until analog TV is no longer broadcast in Australia. By 10 December 2013, all remaining analog TV signals will be switched off, communications minister Stephen Conroy warned today.
During the switch to digital-only television, applications for satellite TV smart card activations are being processed at a rate of up to 600 every week indicating the move away from analog is not only to terrestrial broadcasts, but also to satellite.
Another milestone in Australia’s transition to digital-only television broadcasts has passed with regional Victoria's remaining analog signals now switched off.
The Federal Government has announced the digital switchover date for regional Queensland, with the switch to digital-only television to occur on the 6 December this year.
Australia’s transition to digital free-to-air television has continued with analog TV signals permanently switched off this week in regional South Australia and Broken Hill.
The Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) is continuing its digital TV rollout across Australia with registered households in southern, north and central Queensland next in line for the switchover as analog TV signals are slowly phased out.
Communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy has announced a $34 million partnership with regional commercial broadcasters to provide full digital TV services to remote areas across Australia.
All analog television signals in regional Victoria will be switched off permanently come 5 May next year, affecting some 455,000 householders.