List of digital television channels in Australia

This is a list of the current channels available on Digital terrestrial television in Australia.

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 satellite platform. The television channels on this platform are all encoded in H.264 and subject to a MPEG-LA controlled transmission patent licensing 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 addition transmission costs.

Government funded broadcasters

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
ABC	2	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Nationwide
	21
ABC2 ABC4	22	06:00 - 02:00		Youth/Foreign/Nationally Produced
ABC3	23	06:00 - 21:00
ABC News 24	24	24 hours	720p HDTV	News Bulletins
Double J	200		Stereo audio	Music Radio
ABC Jazz	201

Special Broadcasting Service

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SBS One	3	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign Produced	Nationwide
SBS 3	33
SBS HD	30		1080i HDTV	Simulcasted, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign Produced
SBS Two	32		576i SDTV	Foreign Produced
NITV	34			Indigenous/Foreign Produced
SBS Radio 1	37		Stereo audio	News Radio
SBS Radio 2	38
SBS Radio 3	39			Music Radio

Metropolitan commercial broadcasters

Seven West Media

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
7 Digital	7	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, coastal Queensland
	70
	71
7Two	72			Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins
7mate	73		1080i HDTV
TV4ME	74		576i SDTV	Infomercial

TV4ME Parent Companies: Prime Media Group / Brand New Media. Seven network feed for regional Queensland STQ services is sourced from the Prime Media Group.

Nine Entertainment Co.

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Nine Digital	9	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
GEM	90		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
Extra	94		576i SDTV	Infomercial
Extra 2	95	Extra +5		Timeshifted, Infomercial
Go!	99	24 hours		Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins

Nine Entertainment Co. also owns Darwin Digital Television [Ten Affiliate] (Joint Venture) and NBN Television in Northern NSW.

Ten Network Holdings

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Ten Digital	10	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
Eleven	11			Foreign/Nationally Produced
One	1		1080i HDTV	Foreign Produced
	12
TVSN	14		576i SDTV	Infomercial
Spree TV	15

Regional and remote area commercial broadcasters

WIN Corporation (Primary Nine Affiliate)

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
WIN	8	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD, Southern NSW, ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura, TAS, Eastern SA, Regional/Remote WA and Griffith/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
GEM	80		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
Gold 2	82		576i SDTV	Infomercial
Gold	84
Go!	88			Foreign/Nationally Produced

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
TEN	5	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional WA, remote Western service, Griffith/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, NSW and Mildura, VIC and Eastern SA
ONE	50		1080i HDTV	Foreign Produced
ELEVEN	55		576i SDTV	Nationally Produced

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Seven	6	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Griffith/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area NSW, Eastern SA
7TWO	62		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins
7mate	63		1080i HDTV

WIN Corporation also owns: Seven Griffith, Ten Griffith, Seven SA (Eastern SA), Ten SA (Eastern SA), Ten West (Regional WA - Joint Venture), Mildura Digital Television [Ten Affiliate] (Joint Venture), Tasmanian Digital Television [Ten Affiliate] (Joint Venture). For complete commercial coverage of the Griffith, NSW, Mildura, VIC, Mt. Gambier, SA and Riverland, SA areas.

NBN Television (Northern NSW, Gold Coast, QLD and Darwin Nine Affiliate)

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
NBN Digital	8	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Northern NSW and Gold Coast
GEM	80		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
Extra	84		576i SDTV	Infomercial
Extra 2	85	5 hour delay of Extra		Timeshifted, Infomercial
Go!	88	24 hours		Foreign/Nationally Produced
Nine Digital	9			Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Darwin
GEM	90		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
Extra	94		576i SDTV	Infomercial
Extra 2	95	5 hour delay of Extra		Timeshifted, Infomercial
Go!	99	24 hours		Foreign/Nationally Produced

NBN Television is owned by Nine Entertainment Co and is the source of the network feed provided to the Imparja and Southern Cross remote services as well as the Darwin channels.

Southern Cross Austereo (Primary Ten Affiliate)

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SC10	5	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD, Northern NSW, Southern NSW, ACT, Regional VIC, Broken Hill/Western SA
TDT					Tasmania
DDT	10				Darwin
TEN Central					Remote eastern/central service
TVSN	54			Infomercial	Regional QLD, Northern NSW, Southern NSW, ACT, Regional VIC, Broken Hill/Western SA
Eleven	55			Foreign/Nationally Produced
Aspire TV	56			Infomercial	Regional QLD, Northern NSW, Southern NSW, ACT, Regional VIC
One	50		1080i HDTV	Foreign Produced	Regional QLD, Northern NSW, Southern NSW, ACT, Regional VIC, Broken Hill/Western SA
	1				Darwin and remote eastern/central service
Eleven	11		576i SDTV

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
GTS BKN	6	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Western SA/Broken Hill
SCTV					Tasmania
	7				Darwin and remote eastern/central service
7Two	62			Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins	Tasmania and Western SA/Broken Hill
	72				Darwin and remote eastern/central service
7mate	60		1080i HDTV		Tasmania and Western SA/Broken Hill
	70				Darwin and remote eastern/central service
TVSN	64		576i SDTV	Infomercial	Tasmania
	74				Darwin
Aspire TV	66				Tasmania and Western SA/Broken Hill
	76				Darwin

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SC Nine	8	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Western SA/Broken Hill
GEM	80		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
Go!	88		576i SDTV

Southern Cross Austereo also owns Nine SA (Western SA/Broken Hill), Tasmanian Digital Television [Ten Affiliate] (Joint Venture), Darwin Digital Television [Ten Affiliate] (Joint Venture), Ten Central (Joint Venture). Seven network feed is sourced from the Prime Media Group and the Nine network feed is sourced from NBN Television.

Prime Media Group (Primary Seven Affiliate)

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
GWN7	6	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional/Remote WA
Prime7	6				Northern NSW, Southern NSW, ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura, outer Gold Coast
	60
	61
7	6				outer Sunshine Coast and Toowooba
	60
	61
7Two	62		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins	Northern NSW, Southern NSW, ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura, Regional Queensland, Regional/Remote WA
7mate	63		1080i HDTV
TV4ME	64		576i SDTV	Infomercial
Ishoptv	65				Northern NSW, Southern NSW, ACT, Regional VIC, outer Gold Coast

Prime Media Group also owns Ten West (Regional WA - Joint Venture), Mildura Digital Television [Ten Affiliate] (Joint Venture). Provides Seven network feed to Southern Cross Tasmanian, Darwin and remote services. Also provides Seven network feed to STQ regional Queensland services. TV4ME and Ishoptv are in conjunction with Brand New Media.

Imparja Television (Remote Nine Affiliate)

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Imparja	9	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Remote eastern/central service
	91
GEM	90		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
Go!	99		576i SDTV

Imparja Television also owns Ten Central (Joint Venture). Nine network feed is sourced from NBN Television.

Local broadcasters

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
TVS	44	24 hours	576i SDTV	Locally Produced, News Bulletins	Sydney (Gore Hill transmitter)
C31					Melbourne (Mt Dandenong and Como Centre, South Yarra transmitters)
44 Adelaide		24 hours			Adelaide (Crafers transmitter)
31 Digital		24 hours			Brisbane (Mt Coot-tha transmitter)
West TV		24 hours			Perth (Carmel transmitter)

Goolari Media Enterprises

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Television 1	40	24 hours	576i SDTV	Locally Produced	Broome, WA
Television 2	41
Television 3	42
Radio 1	401		Stereo audio	News Radio
Radio 2	402

Larakia TV Darwin

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Aboriginal TV	41	24 hours	576i SDTV	Locally Produced	Darwin, NT
Tourism TV	42
Education TV	43
TV NT	44
Larrakia Radio	401		Stereo audio	News Radio
National Aboriginal Radio	402			Music Radio
Darwin FM	402			News Radio

VAST miscellaneous broadcasters

Other national/state government funded

DVB name	NorDig LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Indigenous Community Television	601	24 hours	576i SDTV	Community/Indigenous Produced	Regional and Remote
Westlink	602	24 hours per week		Community	Regional and Remote Western Australia
RPH	610	24 hours	Stereo audio	News Radio	Regional and Remote state localized
National Indigenous Radio Service	611				Regional and Remote
3RPH	612
BBC World Service	613
CBAA	614

Discontinued channels

DVB name	Discontinued date	Discontinued reason
ABC Kids Fly TV	30 Jun 2003	Youth focused channel was axed due to budget cuts. Replaced with ABC2 in 2005.
MyTalk	25 Feb 2008	DVB EIT used over News and EPG channel in regional only areas.
SBS Essential	25 Jan 2007	DVB EIT used over EPG channel.
Ten Guide	20 Nov 2007
Seven Guide	4 Jul 2008
Nine Guide	13 Nov 2008
Ten HD	26 Mar 2009	Replaced by One.
SBS World News Channel	1 Jun 2009	Replaced by SBS Two.
ABC HD	6–8 Jul 2010	Replaced by ABC News 24.
Seven HD	25 Sep 2010	Replaced by 7mate.
Nine HD	26 Sep 2010	Replaced by GEM.
One SD	15 Dec 2010	Replaced by Eleven.
Rural Health Channel	Jan 2014	A short-lived channel on VAST.
Fresh Ideas TV	1 Dec 2014	Infomercial channel. Due to be replaced in 2015.[1]

Digital 44 trialed channels

The following channels were only available in Sydney as the Digital 44 suite of channels. Prior to the end of the datacast trial on 30 April 2010.

DVB name	Notes
TAB Channel	Discontinued during Feb 2005
Macquarie Digital	Discontinued on 11 Jun 2007
DTV Guide	VPG channel.
NITV	Moved to SBS multiplexed transport.
Digital 44: ABC News, Sport & Weather	Non-commercial only.
Digital 44 Homepage
Teachers TV	Launched November 2008.
Australian Christian Channel	Still available via subscription satellite and Internet streaming.
EXPO	Still available via FoxTel FTA satellite.
House of Representatives	Moved to Channel 47, c. June 2007.
Senate	Moved to Channel 48, c. June 2007.
House of Representatives Main Committee Room	Discontinued prior to trial end.
Committee Rooms 1-4
Aurora

References

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