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Final Days For Australia's Analog TV

Posted by Unknown on from the enjoy-your-three-digital-stations dept.

jones_supa writes "The switch to digital TV broadcasts in Australia has entered its final few days, with Sydney's analog signals being fully switched off today, 3 December. That just leaves Melbourne plus remote central and eastern Australia — and those areas will be switched over on 10 December, completing the country's transition to digital TV. The government runs an information site to assist the remaining crusty luddites with the switch-over."

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  1. OTA via Satellite in Australia by enter+to+exit · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In Australia we have an government initiative called VAST (Viewer Access Satellite Television). Essentially, If you live in a rural area and have trouble getting OTA signals, they'll subsidize the cost of a satellite dish+decoder.

    All the OTA channels are put up on the Optus C1 satellite and depending on your location they'll unlock the channels you're meant to get in your area.

    I see no reason why this can't be extended to non-rural areas on a house-by-house basis.