Aspire TV
For the United States cable television network, see Aspire (TV network).
| Aspire TV | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 21 May 2013 |
| Owned by | Southern Cross Austereo |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Regional NSW, Regional Victoria, Regional QLD, Tasmania, Darwin, remote SA |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| SD Digital | Channel 56 |
Aspire TV is an Australian advertorial datacasting channel launched on 21 May 2013. The channel operates a 24 hour / day format of mostly US produced infomercial and, to a lesser extent, other paid program content including religious programming.
When introduced, the "datacasting" concept was promoted (by the government of the day) to provide opportunity for the new services to broadcast information to schools, broadcast university lectures and other non traditional broadcast TV content.
However, without any legislative restriction on its use, the "datacasting" services have been solely used for advertising purposes, with airtime sold almost exclusively to "home shopping" companies.
See also
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||