Channel NSW

Channel NSW
Channel NSW Logo
Launched March 2004
Network Digital Forty Four
Owned by Government of NSW
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
Country Australia
Broadcast area Sydney
Availability
Terrestrial
SD Digital Channel 45

Channel NSW (also known as CNSW) was a community information digital television channel that ran under trial in the Sydney area. The service was provided and operated by the Government of New South Wales. It was carried via Digital 44 using the Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial (DVB-T) system had its own channel on Channel 45.

CNSW had gained a large audience, with a reach of over 250,000 households per month in Sydney. This was forecast to grow to over 1 million households by 2009.

The NSW Government had plans for NSW settlements of 2000 people or more to receive the service terrestrially. The channel ceased transmistions at midnight during the night of 30 April 2010.

Content

Channel NSW included these programs:

NSW Government agencies which provided services through CNSW include the:

History

Key milestones in the development of the service to date are as follows:

Future

Channel NSW was running as a trial and is a work in progress. The NSW government had future plans for the channel which included:

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