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 [ edit ]
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
ABC
2
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Nationwide
21
ABC HD
(revival late 2016)
20
TBA HDTV
Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
ABC2 /ABC Kids
22
05:00 – 02:00
576i SDTV
Youth, Foreign/Nationally Produced
ABC3
(rebrands as ABC Me on 19 Sep 2016)
23
06:00 – 22:30
ABC News 24
24
24 hours
720p HDTV
(576i SDTV from ABC HD revival)
News Bulletins
Double J
200
Stereo audio
Music Radio
ABC Jazz
201
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
SBS
3
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign Produced
Nationwide
SBS HD
30
1080i HDTV
Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign Produced
SBS 2
(rebrands as Viceland in late 2016)
32
576i SDTV
Foreign Produced
Food Network
33
Lifestyle, Foreign Produced
NITV
34
Indigenous, Foreign/Nationally Produced
SBS Radio 1
37
Stereo audio
News Radio
SBS Radio 2
38
SBS Radio 3
39
Music Radio
Metropolitan commercial broadcasters [ edit ]
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
Seven
7
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional QLD
70
Regional QLD
71
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional QLD
6
Sunshine Coast QLD
60
61
7HD
70
1080i HDTV (MPEG-4 )
Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Melbourne, Adelaide
7mate HD
Simulcast, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Sydney, Brisbane, Perth
7TWO
72
576i SDTV
Foreign/Nationally Produced
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional QLD
62
Sunshine Coast QLD
7mate
73
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
1080i HDTV
Regional QLD
63
Sunshine Coast QLD
7flix
76
576i SDTV
Movies and Entertainment
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional QLD
66
Sunshine Coast QLD
Racing.com
78
576i SDTV (MPEG-4)
Datacast, Horse Racing
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional QLD
68
Sunshine Coast QLD
Racing.com is a joint venture with Racing Victoria . Seven Network feed for STQ regional Queensland is sourced from the Prime Media Group. STQ services broadcast on 6x LCNs in Sunshine Coast QLD where signal overlap with BTQ Brisbane occurs.
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
Nine
9
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin
91
9HD
90
1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)
Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Gem
92
576i SDTV
Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!
93
99
9Life
94
Lifestyle, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Extra
95
Datacast, Infomercial
Nine Entertainment Co. also owns DTD [Ten affiliate] (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo) in Darwin and NBN Television in Northern NSW and Gold Coast QLD.
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
Ten
10
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
Eleven
11
Foreign/Nationally Produced
One
1
12
Ten HD
13
1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)
Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
TVSN
14
576i SDTV
Datacast, Infomercial
Spree TV
15
TVSN is owned by Direct Group . Spree TV is a joint venture with Brand Developers.
Regional and remote area commercial broadcasters [ edit ]
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
Prime7
6
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura VIC/Sunraysia
60
61
GWN7
6
Regional/Remote WA
7TWO
62
Foreign/Nationally Produced
Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura VIC/Sunraysia, Regional/Remote WA
7mate
63
1080i HDTV
ishop tv
65
576i SDTV (MPEG-4)
Datacast, Infomercial
Racing.com
68
Datacast, Horse Racing
Prime Media Group also owns WDT and MDV [Nine affiliates] (joint ventures with WIN Corporation). Provides Seven Network feed to Seven STQ regional Queensland as well as Southern Cross TNT Tasmania, TND Darwin and QQQ remote services. ishop tv is a joint venture with Brand Developers.
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
SC9
5
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC
51
8
Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
9HD
50
1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)
Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC
9Gem
52
576i SDTV
Foreign/Nationally Produced
Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC
80
1080i HDTV
Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
9Go!
53
576i SDTV
Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC
88
Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
9Life
54
576i SDTV (MPEG-4)
Lifestyle, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC
Yesshop
55
Datacast, Infomercial
Aspire TV
56
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
SCTV
6
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
7
Darwin, Remote eastern/central service
7mate
60
1080i HDTV
Foreign/Nationally Produced
Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
70
Darwin, Remote eastern/central service
7TWO
62
576i SDTV
Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
72
Darwin, Remote eastern/central service
Yesshop
64
Datacast, Infomercial
Tasmania
74
Darwin
Racing.com
68
576i SDTV (MPEG-4)
Datacast, Horse Racing
Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
78
Darwin
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
NRN
5
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD
SGS/SCN
Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
One
50
1080i HDTV
Foreign/Nationally Produced
Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD,
Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
Yesshop
54
576i SDTV
Datacast, Infomercial
Eleven
55
Foreign/Nationally Produced
Aspire TV
56
Datacast, Infomercial
Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD
Southern Cross Austereo also owns TDT [Nine affiliate], CDT and DTD [Ten affiliates] (joint ventures with WIN Corporation, Imparja Television and Nine Entertainment Co. respectively). Seven Network feed is sourced from the Prime Media Group and the Nine Network feed is sourced from NBN Television .
NBN Television (Northern NSW and Gold Coast QLD Nine affiliate)[ edit ]
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
NBN
8
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD
81
9HD
80
1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)
Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Gem
82
576i SDTV
Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!
83
88
9Life
84
Lifestyle, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Extra
85
Datacast, Infomercial
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 Nine Darwin.
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
Imparja
9
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Remote eastern/central service
9Gem
90
1080i HDTV
Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!
99
576i SDTV
Imparja Television also owns CDT [Ten affiliate] (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo). Nine Network feed is sourced from NBN Television .
DVB name
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 VIC/Sunraysia, Tasmania, Eastern SA, Regional/Remote WA, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
88
WIN HD
80
1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)
Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
One
81
576i SDTV
Foreign/Nationally Produced
86
Eleven
82
TVSN
84
Datacast, Infomercial
Gold
85
576i SDTV (MPEG-4)
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
SES/RTS
6
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Eastern SA
MTN
Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
7mate
60
1080i HDTV
Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins
Eastern SA, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
7TWO
66
576i SDTV
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
SDS/RDS
5
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Eastern SA
MDN
Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
9Gem
50
1080i HDTV
Foreign/Nationally Produced
Eastern SA, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
9Go!
55
576i SDTV
WIN Corporation also owns MDV and WDT [Nine affiliates] (joint ventures with Prime Media Group) and TDT [Nine affiliate] (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo).
Joint venture stations [ edit ]
Nine affiliates
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
MDV
5
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Mildura VIC/Sunraysia
TDT
5
Tasmania
51
WDT
5
Regional/Remote WA
9HD
50
1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)
Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Tasmania
9Gem
50
1080i HDTV
Foreign/Nationally Produced
Mildura VIC/Sunraysia, Regional/Remote WA
52
576i SDTV
Tasmania
9Go!
53
55
Mildura VIC/Sunraysia, Regional/Remote WA
Ten affiliates
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
CDT
10
24 hours
576i SDTV
Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Remote eastern/central service
DTD
Darwin
One
1
1080i HDTV
Foreign/Nationally Produced
Remote eastern/central service, Darwin
Eleven
11
576i SDTV
MDV and WDT are joint ventures between Prime Media Group and WIN Corporation. TDT is a joint venture between Southern Cross Austereo and WIN Corporation. CDT is a joint venture between Imparja Television and Southern Cross Austereo. DTD is a joint venture between Nine Entertainment Co. and Southern Cross Austereo.
Local broadcasters [ edit ]
Community Television
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
C31 Melbourne
44
24 hours
576i SDTV
Locally Produced, News Bulletins
Melbourne, Geelong, surrounding areas
Channel 44
Adelaide, surrounding areas
31 Digital
Brisbane, surrounding areas
West TV
Perth, surrounding areas
Licensing for all remaining community television stations will end on 31 December 2016. Henceforth these services will only be available via their online live stream services. [1]
Goolarri Media Enterprises
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
GTV
40
24 hours
576i SDTV
Locally Produced
Broome
Nurlu
41
GTV HD
42
1080i HDTV
Radio Goolari
43
Stereo audio
Music and News Radio
Larrakia Television
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
Aboriginal TV
41
24 hours
576i SDTV
Locally Produced
Darwin
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 [ edit ]
Other national/state government funded
DVB name
LCN
Broadcast hours
Format
Programming content
Availability
ICTV
601
24 hours
576i SDTV
Community/Indigenous Produced
Regional/Remote WA, Remote eastern/central service
Westlink
602
Community
Regional/Remote WA
RPH
610
Stereo audio
News Radio
Regional and Remote state localized
NIRS
611
Regional and Remote
3RPH
612
BBC World Service
613
CBAA
614
Discontinued channels [ edit ]
DVB name
LCN
Launch date
Discontinued date
Notes
ABC Kids /
Fly TV
21
1 Aug 2001
30 Jun 2003
Youth focused channel axed due to budget cuts. Replaced by ABC2 in 2005 (now on LCN 22).
SBS Essential
31
14 Oct 2002
25 Jan 2007
Ten Guide
11
1 Jul 2004
20 Nov 2007
EIT channel. Replaced by Ten SD2 .
ABC Guide
20
30 May 2006
8 Feb 2008
EIT channel aired during off-air periods of ABC HD and ABC2 .
21
MyTalk
55
13 Apr 2007
25 Feb 2008
EIT channel in regional Southern Cross Media (now Southern Cross Austereo) areas.
66
77
Seven Guide
77
6 Sep 2002
4 Jul 2008
EIT channel.
Nine Guide
99
21 Aug 2001
13 Nov 2008
EIT channel. Replaced by GO! (now 9Go! on LCN 93) in 2009.
Ten SD2
11
16 Dec 2007
25 Mar 2009
SD simulcast of Ten HD. Replaced by One SD in 2009.
SBS World News Channel
32
12 Jun 2002
1 Jun 2009
Broadcast on LCN 33 until 29 January 2009. Replaced by SBS Two (now SBS 2).
Prime HD
60
15 Oct 2007
25 Sep 2010
HD simulcast of Prime Television (now Prime7). Replaced by 7mate .
One SD
12
26 Mar 2009
15 Dec 2010
SD simulcast of One HD (now One). Replaced by a HD simulcast of One HD (previously on LCN 11, replaced by Eleven ).
Rural Health Channel
600
21 May 2012
Jan 2014
VAST channel.
Fresh Ideas TV
78
23 Nov 2013
1 Dec 2014
Metropolitan infomercial channel. Replaced by Racing.com in 2015.
Extra 2
95
28 Mar 2013
26 Nov 2015
Five-hour timeshift of Extra . Replaced by Extra. Broadcast on LCN 85 in NBN areas, replaced by Extra on 1 Mar 2016.
TVS
44
20 Feb 2006
20 Dec 2015
Community television channel broadcast in Sydney, Southern Highlands, Blue Mountains and Central Coast. To be relaunched online in 2016.
Gold 2
82
13 Jul 2013
21 Jan 2016
Five-hour timeshift of Gold . Replaced by Extra (later moved to LCN 85).
4ME
64
18 Sep 2011
30 Apr 2016
Datacast channel. Replaced by a feed of ishop tv in Prime7 areas. Broadcast on LCN 74 in Seven metropolitan/Regional QLD areas, discontinued on 19 May 2016.
Digital Forty Four [ edit ]
The following channels were only available in Sydney as the Digital Forty Four suite of channels. The datacast trial began on 17 March 2004 and ended on 30 April 2010.
Channel lineup prior to trial end
DVB name
LCN
Launch date
Discontinued date
Notes
Channel 4
4
2008
30 Apr 2010
Video program guide for free-to-air and D44 channels.
NITV
40
27 Oct 2008
30 Apr 2010
Existing subscription channel added to D44 service. Remains available on subscription satellite and cable television. Available free-to-air on LCN 33 via SBS since 12 December 2012.
ABC News, Sport and Weather
41
17 Mar 2004
30 Apr 2010
Text only.
D44 Homepage
42
17 Mar 2004
30 Apr 2010
Broadcast on LCN 44 prior to addition of TVS in March 2010.
TVS
44
Mar 2010
30 Apr 2010
Existing digital community television channel added to D44 service.
Teachers TV
45
3 Nov 2008
30 Apr 2010
Broadcast on LCN 47 (shared with House of Representatives channel) until 30 June 2009.
Australian Christian Channel
46
30 Apr 2010
Existing subscription channel added to D44 service. Still available on subscription satellite and cable television. Broadcast on LCN 47 (shared with House of Representatives channel) until 30 June 2009.
Federal Parliament House of Representatives
47
17 Mar 2004
30 Apr 2010
Live video/audio feed of House of Representatives sessions. Broadcast on LCN 401 until 3 November 2008, LCN 47 shared with Teachers TV from 2008-09 (broadcast when the House was not in session).
Federal Parliament Senate
48
17 Mar 2004
30 Apr 2010
Live video/audio feed of Senate sessions. Broadcast on LCN 402 until 3 November 2008.
Expo
49
2006
30 Apr 2010
Existing subscription shopping channel added to D44 service. Still available on Foxtel subscription television.
References [ edit ]
Public broadcasters
Major metropolitan
commercial networks
Seven Network
Nine Network
Network Ten
Regional affiliate
commercial networks
Seven Network affiliates
Nine Network affiliates
Network Ten affiliates
Community stations
Open narrowcast services
Datacasting
licenced channels
Television platforms
Miscellaneous
Stations and networks
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