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Digital Forty Four is a trial datacasting service which was licensed by the Australian Broadcasting Authority (now the Australian Communications and Media Authority) in March 2004 to run initially for three years until late 2007. It's license has now been extended until 30 June 2008. It is the world's first Digital Terrestrial TV service dedicated to datacasting. The service officially launched on March 17, 2004. Similar services may be extended nationally in 2008 when the Federal Government and the broadcasting regulator ACMA are due to license a full national commercial service. The service is likely to introduce new channels when the license is issued, depending upon whom receives it.
Digital Forty Four is currently only broadcasted in Sydney, where it carries a number of channels within a single 7 MHz multiplex.
It provides a television guide for Digital Television (DVB), a community service channel that provides information on the condition of the Roads, Weather and Surf, with live broadcasts every fifteen minutes. It also provides the Australian Christian Channel (ACC), a channel previously only available on Pay TV, and a free-to-air shopping channel. It also provides viewers with live broadcasts of the meetings of the Australian Parliament, with audio-video coverage of the House of Representatives and Senate, and audio-only coverage of the House of Representatives Main Committee and of Committee Rooms 1 through 4.
[edit] Channel Lineup
- Channel 4 - Free-to-air television guide
- Channel 40 - D44 Free-to-air guide
- Channel 41 - ABC News & Weather (text only)
- Channel 44 - D44 Service Interactive Guide
- Channel 45 - Channel NSW
- Channel 46 - Australian Christian Channel
- Channel 49 - Expo Shopping Network
- Channel 401 - House of Representatives
- Channel 402 - Senate
- Channel 403 - House of Representatives Main Committee
- Channel 404 - Committee Room 1
- Channel 405 - Committee Room 2
- Channel 406 - Committee Room 3
- Channel 407 - Committee Room 4
[edit] Future Channels
No public plans.
[edit] Former Channels
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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