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Press releases
15/07/2010
Local help for Broken Hill to get ready for digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced residents in Broken Hill would have a local source of information and advice on switching to digital TV.
15/07/2010
Local help for Mt Gambier and the South East to get ready for digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced residents in the Mount Gambier and South East areas would have a local source of information and advice on switching to digital TV.
15/07/2010
Local help for the Eastern Spencer Gulf to get ready for digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced residents in the Easter Spencer Gulf region of South Australia would have a local source of information and advice on switching to digital TV.
30/06/2010
Mildura / Sunraysia switches to digital television
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today gave the signal for the historic commencement of digital-only television in Australia.
25/06/2010
Digital switchover legislation passed
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has welcomed the passage through Parliament yesterday of the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010.
24/06/2010
Size and location of the Digital Dividend
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced the Australian Government has decided to release 126 Megahertz of broadcasting spectrum as a digital dividend.
18/06/2010
Local help for the Western Spencer Gulf to get ready for digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced residents in the western Spencer Gulf region of South Australia would have a local source of information and advice on switching to digital TV.
16/06/2010
Digital TV assistance for households in regional South Australia and Broken Hill
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced the successful contractors to install and demonstrate digital set top boxes for eligible households in regional South Australia and Broken Hill as part of the switchover to digital TV.
25/05/2010
Local help for the Riverland to get ready for digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced residents in the Riverland region of South Australia would have a local source of information and advice on switching to digital TV.
14/05/2010
Work begins on new TV tower at Para Escarpment
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today marked the start of construction of the $500,000 Para Escarpment digital television facility.
11/05/2010
Digital Television Switchover
The Government will invest $375.4 million over twelve years to provide transmission of digital free-to-air television services from a new satellite platform – the Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) service.
07/05/2010
2000 households in Mildura helped to make the switch to digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced that the 2000th eligible household in Mildura had received help converting to digital TV under the Government’s Household Assistance Scheme.
23/04/2010
More Australians going digital
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today released the latest summary figures from the Digital Tracker survey for the first quarter of 2010.
14/04/2010
Landmark agreement to deliver digital TV to remote, regional and blackspot viewers
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy today announced a landmark agreement that will provide digital TV services to viewers in eastern Australia who cannot receive terrestrial digital TV.
23/03/2010
100 days to digital switchover in Mildura Sunraysia
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today officially launched the 100 day countdown to digital switchover in the Mildura Sunraysia region.
18/03/2010
Satellite service to deliver digital TV nation-wide
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy said legislation was today introduced to ensure all Australians would be able to receive the full suite of digital television channels.
01/03/2010
TVS a welcome arrival to digital television
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today welcomed the launch of digital broadcasting by TVS, Sydney’s Community Television station.
01/03/2010
Regional South Australia to switch to digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today confirmed that regional South Australia and Broken Hill would switch to digital-only television on 15 December 2010.
25/02/2010
More Australians making the switch to digital TV
The number of Australians who have converted to digital television grew steadily during 2009 according to the latest results of the Digital Tracker survey, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced today.
21/01/2010
Digital TV household assistance switched on in Mildura
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced the launch of the Government’s Digital Switchover Household Assistance Scheme in Mildura, Victoria.
05/01/2010
Digital television Australia-wide
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced that the Government will implement a satellite service to provide digital television to viewers in regional blackspot areas.
04/12/2009
Digital TV assistance for Mildura households
The Australian Government’s Digital Switchover Taskforce today announced the successful contractor to install and demonstrate set-top boxes for eligible households getting ready for digital television switchover.
20/11/2009
Mildura leads the way into digital TV future
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today confirmed that Mildura and the Sunraysia region will switch to digital-only television on 30 June 2010. Executive Director of the Government’s Digital Switchover Taskforce, Andy Townend, also announced the publication of the 3rd Digital Tracker Survey, a quarterly analysis of national digital television take-up, awareness and attitudes.
20/11/2009
Local help for digital TV switchover
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced Mildura and the Sunraysia region now have a locally-based officer to help get ready for digital TV.
04/11/2009
Digital pathway for Community TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced the Government has determined a pathway for Community Television to make the transition to digital broadcasting.
14/10/2009
The right advice to get ready for digital TV
As the full switchover to digital television in Mildura draws closer, a new scheme is set to help households get ready. The digital switchover retailer scheme will train electronics retailers to provide the right advice to people making the switch to digital TV.
07/10/2009
Warning on unauthorised digital TV offers
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, warned Australians switching to digital TV should beware door-to-door salespeople offering conversion equipment and falsley claiming to represent the Government.
28/08/2009
Australia passes key digital TV milestone
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced more than half of all Australian households have now made the switch to digital television.
03/06/2009
Assistance for households switching to digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced further steps to assist eligible households in the Mildura/Sunraysia region of Victoria to make the switch to digital television.
22/05/2009
More Australians enjoying digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced the release of the digital tracker survey which shows the progress to date on the switch to digital television.
12/05/2009
Budget 2009: Getting ready for digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced additional funding of almost $140 million over three years will help Australians get ready for digital television.
08/05/2009
TV suppliers and retailers sign-up for digital switchover
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced major television suppliers and retailers have thrown their weight behind Australia's get 'Get Ready for Digital TV' campaign.
07/05/2009
Community experts join 'Get Ready for Digital TV' campaign
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced an expert body of community groups and advocates will assist Australia to get ready for digital television switchover.
06/04/2009
Building towards digital television switchover
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, and the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, today jointly released a new industry handbook – Digital TV Antenna Systems for Homes.
30/03/2009
Get Ready for Digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today launched the campaign to get Australia ready for digital television.
19/03/2009
Get Ready for Digital TV Conference
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced Australia’s switch to digital television will be a milestone event, and the Get Ready for Digital TV Conference will be an opportunity to bring together the entire broadcasting industry to discuss future opportunities and challenges.
29/01/2009
Pilot package to drive digital switchover
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced a pilot package to drive the availability of improved television services as Australia makes the transition to digital.
19/10/2008
Conroy sets Digital TV switchover timetable
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has kicked off the countdown to the end of analog TV in Australia.
14/10/2008
Apartment and townhouse residents to benefit from Digital TV Survey
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced apartment and townhouse residents in Canberra, Gold Coast, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney can take advantage of the technical survey on digital television readiness.
24/09/2008
Legislation and research to advance digital switchover
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced milestones in Australia's digital television revolution. A Bill allowing a rolling switchover has been introduced to Parliament and research programs vital to the free-to-air digital TV transition are now underway.
16/07/2008
Handbook on digital TV antenna systems
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced that the Australian Building Codes Board has published Digital TV Antenna Systems Free-to-Air digital TV in buildings with shared antenna systems.
04/06/2008
Digital television switchover discussion paper
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced the release of a discussion paper covering a legislative framework for the digital television switchover.
09/04/2008
Industry and Government charting digital TV switchover
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, met with the Industry Advisory Group, charting the transition to digital television.
26/03/2008
$37.9 million boost to digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced a $37.9 million strategy to drive Australia's transition to digital TV.
26/03/2008
Digital switchover date confirmed
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today confirmed that the first firm steps had been taken on the road to completing switchover by the end of 2013.