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• 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.

• 600 a week tune in satellite TV amid digital switch

  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.
  

• Regional Victoria switched to digital-only TV

  Another milestone in Australia’s transition to digital-only television broadcasts has passed with regional Victoria's remaining analog signals now switched off.

• Regional QLD to go digital by December

  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.
  

• South Australia, Broken Hill go digital

  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.
  

• Digital TV divide 'closed' with $34M federal grant

  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.
  

• SA inmates won't miss their Neighbours

  While free-to-air television may be being switched off, and a trip to the local Harvey Norman store out of the question, inmates of South Australia prisons won’t be foregoing their daily dose of Neighbours.

• Australia ready for digital TV switchover: NEC

  The switching off of Australia’s analogue TV is scheduled to commence on 30 June, but Australia is ready for digital, the company responsible for delivering driving digital television terrestrial signals, NEC, says.

• Digital TV laws to enable Australia-wide reception

  The government has introduced legislation aimed at ensuring Australians receive the full suite of digital television channels as part of the changeover from analogue TV.

• Digital TV gains traction with Aussies

  Two out five Australian households are yet to convert to digital television, with the deadline for analog TV cut off just two years away, according to the latest Digital Tracker survey.
  The survey is conducted quarterly as part of the switchover to digital television across Australia.

• Digital TV parental lock to become mandatory - updated

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is seeking feedback from the industry and public on a standard that will make parental locks a mandatory feature of digital TV receivers.

• Tasmania to spend up big on infrastructure

  The Tasmanian government will make major investments in the state’s ICT capabilities as part of a new $6 billion 10-year Infrastructure Strategy initiative.

• Australia set to launch new satellite to plug digital blackspots

  Satellite provider NewSat has welcomed a $160 million federal cash injection to supply remote areas with digital television and highlighted its plans to launch Australia’s first locally-owned satellite as a possible solution.

• Telcos called on to help with spectrum sell off

  The federal government has called for responses on how best to cash-in on analogue spectrum following the digital television switchover in 2013.

• In pictures: Ericsson opens next-gen IPTV centre (updated)

  Ericsson Australia has established a regional TV centre in Melbourne to advance the development and adoption of next-generation TV in the emerging era of high-speed broadband communications.