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List of digital television channels in Australia

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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. Regional in this list therefore refers to the capitals of Canberra, Hobart and Darwin, where stations are owned and operated by the network 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 additional transmission costs, but select channels are broadcast terrestrially in H.264.

Broadcaster availability
Nationwide Metropolitan Regional/remote

Government funded broadcasters

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
ABC TV 2 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Nationwide, except Tasmania
21 Nationwide
ABC TV HD 20 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of ABC TV, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
2 Tasmania
ABC Family 22 19:30 – 04:00 576i SDTV Family programming, foreign/nationally produced Nationwide
ABC Kids 04:00 – 19:30 Children, foreign/nationally produced
ABC Entertains 23 05:00 – 04:30 Foreign/nationally produced
ABC NEWS 24 24 hours News bulletins
ABC Radio
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
ABC Local Radio 25 24 hours Stereo audio Talk radio Nationwide
ABC RN 26
ABC Classic 27 Music radio
triple j 28
triple j Unearthed 29
Double J 200
ABC Jazz 201
ABC KIDS listen 202 Children's radio
ABC Country 203 Music radio
ABC NewsRadio 204 News radio

Special Broadcasting Service

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DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
SBS 3 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Nationwide, except Tasmania
30 Tasmania
SBS HD 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of SBS, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Nationwide, except Tasmania
3 Tasmania
SBS Viceland 31 Foreign/nationally produced Nationwide
SBS World Movies 32 Movies and entertainment, foreign/nationally produced
SBS Food 33 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Lifestyle, foreign/nationally produced
NITV HD 34 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of NITV, Indigenous, foreign/nationally produced
SBS WorldWatch 35 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		World news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
NITV 36 576i SDTV Indigenous, foreign/nationally produced
SBS Radio
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
SBS Radio 1 301 24 hours Stereo audio News radio Nationwide
SBS Radio 2 302
SBS Radio 3 303
SBS Arabic24 304
SBS PopDesi 305 Music radio
SBS Chill 306
SBS PopAsia 307

Metropolitan commercial broadcasters

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Seven West Media

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DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
Channel 7 7 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
71
7HD 70 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of Channel 7, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
7two 72 576i SDTV Foreign/nationally produced
7mate 73
7mateHD 74 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4)
7Bravo 75 Reality and true crime, foreign/nationally produced
7flix 76 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Movies and entertainment, foreign/nationally produced
TVSN 77 Datacast, infomercial
Racing.com 78 Datacast, horse racing
7 Queensland
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
7HD 7 24 hours 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Regional QLD
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71
6 Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD
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7twoHD 72 Foreign/nationally produced Regional QLD
62 Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD
7mateHD 74 Regional QLD
64 Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD
7Bravo 75 Reality and true crime, foreign/nationally produced Regional QLD
65 Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD
7flix 76 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Movies and entertainment, foreign/nationally produced Regional QLD
66 Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD
TVSN 77 Datacast, infomercial Regional QLD
67 Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD
Racing.com 78 Datacast, horse racing Regional QLD
68 Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD

STQ Regional QLD services broadcast on 6x LCNs where signal overlap with BTQ Brisbane occurs.

7 Regional
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
7HD 6 24 hours 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura VIC/Sunraysia
60
7twoHD 62 Foreign/nationally produced
7mateHD 64
7Bravo 65 Reality and true crime, foreign/nationally produced
7flix 66 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Movies and Entertainment, Foreign/nationally produced
TVSN 67 Datacast, infomercial
Racing.com 68 Datacast, horse racing
7 Regional WA
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
7HD 6 24 hours 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Remote/Regional WA
7two 62 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Foreign/nationally produced
7mate 63 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4)
TVSN 67 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Datacast, infomercial
Racing.com 68 Datacast, horse racing

Seven West Media also co-owns 10 affiliate WDT, and horse racing channel Racing.com (joint ventures with WIN Corporation and Racing Victoria respectively). TVSN is owned by Direct Group.

Nine Entertainment

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DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
Channel 9 9 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin
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9HD 90 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of Channel 9, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
9Gem 92 576i SDTV Foreign/nationally produced, movies and sports
9Go! 93 Foreign/nationally produced, children, movies
9Life 94 Lifestyle, foreign/nationally produced
9GemHD 95 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of 9Gem, foreign/nationally produced, movies and sport
9Rush 96 576i SDTV Foreign/nationally produced Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
Extra 97 Datacast, infomercial Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin
9Go!HD 99 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of 9Go!, foreign/nationally produced, children, movies
9 Northern NSW
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
Channel 9 8 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD
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9HD 80 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of Channel 9, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
9Gem 82 576i SDTV Foreign/nationally produced, movies and sport
9Go! 83 Foreign/nationally produced, children, movies
9Life 84 Lifestyle, foreign/nationally produced
9GemHD 85 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of 9Gem, foreign/nationally produced, movies and sport
Extra 87 576i SDTV Datacast, infomercial
9Go!HD 88 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of 9Go!, foreign/nationally produced, children, movies

Nine Entertainment also co-owns Ten affiliate DTD in Darwin, and adventure channel 9Rush (joint ventures with Southern Cross Austereo and Warner Bros. Discovery respectively).

Paramount Australia & New Zealand

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DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
10 10 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
10 HD 1 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of 10, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
15
10 Peach Comedy 11 576i SDTV Foreign/nationally produced
10 Bold Drama 12 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4)
Nickelodeon 13 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4)
you.tv 16 Datacast, infomercial
gecko 17

Regional and remote area commercial broadcasters

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WIN Corporation (Primary Nine affiliate)

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DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
9HD 8 24 hours 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura VIC/Sunraysia, Tasmania, Mount Gambier/Riverland, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
80
9Gem 81 Foreign/nationally produced
9Go! 82
9Life 83 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4)
Coming Soon 84 TBA
Gold 85 Datacast, infomercial
9 Western Australia
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
9HD 8 24 hours 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Remote/Regional WA
80
9Gem 81 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Foreign/nationally produced
9Go! 82
Coming Soon 84 TBA
9Life 85 Foreign/nationally produced
10 Northern NSW
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
10 HD 5 24 hours 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD
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10 Bold Drama 51 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Foreign/nationally produced
10 Peach Comedy 52
Sky News Regional 53 News bulletins
gecko 54 Datacast, infomercial
Gold 55
you.tv 56
Mount Gambier/Riverland and Griffith monopoly stations[a]
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
7HD SA 6 24 hours 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Mount Gambier/Riverland
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7HD Griffith 6 Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
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7two 62 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Foreign/nationally produced, news bulletins Mount Gambier/Riverland, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
7mate 63
10 HD SA 5 24 hours 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Mount Gambier/Riverland
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10 HD Griffith 5 Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
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10 Bold Drama 51 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Foreign/nationally produced Mount Gambier/Riverland, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
10 Peach Comedy 52

WIN Corporation also co-owns 10 affiliates WDT, and TDT (joint ventures with Seven West Media and Southern Cross Austereo respectively).

Imparja Television (Remote Nine affiliate)

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DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
Imparja 9 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Remote Central/Eastern Australia
9Gem 90 1080i HDTV Foreign/nationally produced
9Go! 99 576i SDTV

Imparja Television also co-owns 10 affiliate CDT (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo).

Southern Cross Austereo (Primary 10 and remote Seven affiliates)

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10 Regional
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
10 5 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC
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10 HD 50 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of 10, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
10 Peach Comedy 52 576i SDTV Foreign/nationally produced
10 Bold Drama 53
Nickelodeon 54 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4)
SBN 55 Datacast, religious
Sky News Regional 56 Datacast, news bulletins
gecko 57 Datacast, infomercial
you.tv 58
7 Tasmania and 7 Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
Channel 7 6 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
61 Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
7HD 60 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of Channel 7, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
6 Tasmania
7two 62 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4 in Tasmania) 		Foreign/nationally produced Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
7mate 63
SBN 64 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Datacast, religious Tasmania
TVSN 65 Datacast, infomercial Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
you.tv 66 Tasmania
gecko 67
Racing.com 68 Datacast, horse racing Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
7 Darwin
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
7 Darwin 7 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Darwin
71
7HD 70 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of Channel 7, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
7two 72 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Foreign/nationally produced
7mate 73
SBN 74 Datacast, religious
TVSN 75 Datacast, infomercial
you.tv 76
gecko 77
Racing.com 78 Datacast, horse racing
7 Central
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
7 Central 7 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Remote Central/Eastern Australia
7mate 70 1080i HDTV Foreign/nationally produced
7two 72 576i SDTV
Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill monopoly stations[a]
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
9 8 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
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9HD 80 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of Channel 9, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
9Gem 82 576i SDTV Foreign/nationally produced
9Go! 83
9Life 84 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4)
10 5 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
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10 HD 50 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of 10, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
10 Bold Drama 52 576i SDTV Foreign/nationally produced
10 Peach Comedy 53
SBN 54 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Datacast, religious
gecko 57 Datacast, infomercial
you.tv 58

Southern Cross Austereo also co-owns 10 affiliates TDT, CDT and DTD (joint ventures with WIN Corporation, Imparja Television and Nine Entertainment respectively).

Joint venture stations

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West Digital Television (10 affiliate)
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
10 HD 5 24 hours 1080i HDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Remote/Regional WA
10 Bold Drama 50 576i SDTV Foreign/nationally produced
Ch-54 54 Scenic loop
10 Peach Comedy 55 Foreign/nationally produced

West Digital Television is co-owned by Seven West Media and Nine affiliate WIN Corporation.

Tasmanian Digital Television (10 affiliate)
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
10 HD 5 24 hours 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of 10, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Tasmania
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10 Tasmania 51 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
10 Peach Comedy 52 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Foreign/nationally produced
10 Bold Drama 53
Nickelodeon 54

Tasmanian Digital Television is co-owned by Seven affiliate Southern Cross Austereo and Nine affiliate WIN Corporation.

Central Digital Television (10 affiliate)
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
10 Central 10 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Remote Central/Eastern Australia
10 Bold Drama 1 1080i HDTV Foreign/nationally produced
10 Peach Comedy 11 576i SDTV

Central Digital Television is co-owned by Seven affiliate Southern Cross Austereo and Nine affiliate Imparja Television.

Darwin Digital Television (10 affiliate)
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
10 Darwin 1 24 hours 576i SDTV Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced Darwin
11
10 HD 10 1080i HDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Simulcast of 10, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced
10 Bold Drama 12 576i SDTV Foreign/nationally produced
10 Peach Comedy 13

Darwin Digital Television is co-owned by Nine Entertainment and Seven affiliate Southern Cross Austereo.

Local broadcasters

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Open narrowcasting services

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First Nations Broadcasting Australia
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
First Nations TV 4 24 hours 720p
(MPEG-4) 		Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content, locally produced Darwin
Darwin TV 41 576i SDTV News and entertainment, locally produced
Tourism TV 42 576i SDTV
(MPEG-4) 		Tourism, locally produced
Business TV 43 576i SDTV Education, locally produced
First Nations Radio 401 Stereo audio Music radio
Darwin FM 402
First Nations National Radio 403 Music and news radio
Palmerston FM88 404 Music radio
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
PAKAM Radio 44 Music radio
Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
Ngaarda TV 40 24 hours 576i SDTV Locally produced Roebourne WA and surrounding areas
Snowy Mountains Television
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
SMTV HD 350 24 hours 1080i HDTV Locally produced Jindabyne NSW
SMTV 351 576i SDTV

Community television

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C44 Adelaide
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
Channel 44 44 24 hours 576i SDTV Locally produced, news bulletins Adelaide and surrounding areas
Melbourne Community Television Consortium
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
C31 Melbourne 44 24 hours 576i SDTV Locally produced, news bulletins Melbourne, Geelong and surrounding areas

VAST satellite services

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Indigenous Community Television
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
ICTV 41 24 hours 576i SDTV Locally produced, Indigenous Alice Springs, Broome
601 Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia

ICTV is available via terrestrial television in Alice Springs and Broome, and via VAST in other areas.

Three Angels Broadcasting Network
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
3ABN Australia 109 24 hours 576i SDTV Foreign/locally produced, religious Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
603
Angel Christian Television Trust
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
GOD TV 101 24 hours 576i SDTV Foreign/locally produced, religious Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
677
Trinity Broadcasting Network
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
TBN Pacific 104 24 hours 576i SDTV Foreign/locally produced, religious Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
624
TBN Inspire 105
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Jimmy Swaggart Ministries
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
SBN 106 24 hours 576i SDTV Foreign produced, religious Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
616
Angel Broadcasting Network
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
Angel TV 107 24 hours 576i SDTV Foreign/locally produced, religious Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
617
Seventh-day Adventist Church
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
Hope Channel 110 24 hours 576i SDTV Foreign produced, religious Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
610
Amazing Discoveries Ministries
DVB name LCN Broadcast hours Format Programming content Availability
ADTV 111 24 hours 576i SDTV Foreign/locally produced, religious Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
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Discontinued channels

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DVB name LCN Launch date Discontinued date Notes
ABC Kids 21 1 August 2001 30 June 2003 Youth focused sister channels. ABC Kids aired 6am to 6pm, Fly TV aired 6pm to 6am. Axed due to budget cuts. Replaced by ABC2 in 2005 (now ABC Family).
Fly TV 1 November 2001
SBS Essential 31 14 October 2002 25 January 2007 Program guide channel.
Ten Guide 11 1 July 2004 20 November 2007 Program guide channel. Replaced by Ten SD2 on channel 11, channel 100 simply went blank and this LCN number was not used again for a future channel.
100
ABC Guide 20 30 May 2006 8 February 2008 Program guide channel aired during off-air periods of ABC HD and ABC2 (now ABC Family).
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MyTalk 55 13 April 2007 25 February 2008 Program guide channel in regional Southern Cross Media (now Southern Cross Austereo) areas. LCN 55 was used again for Eleven in Southern Cross Ten areas in 2011 and Yesshop in 2016. LCN 66 was used again for Aspire TV in Tasmania (Southern Cross Television) in 2013. LCN 77 was never used by Southern Cross ever again, until gecko launched in Darwin on 1 July 2023.
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Seven Guide 77 6 September 2002 4 July 2008 Program guide channel.
Nine Guide 99 21 August 2001 13 November 2008 Program guide channel. Replaced by a simulcast of Nine[1] until 5 August 2009, when it was replaced by GO! (now 9Go!).
Ten SD2 11 16 December 2007 25 March 2009 SD simulcast of Ten HD. Replaced by One SD in 2009.
SBS World News Channel 32 12 June 2002 1 June 2009 Broadcast on LCN 33 until 29 January 2009. Replaced by SBS Two (now SBS Viceland).
One SD 12 26 March 2009 15 December 2010 SD simulcast of One HD (now One). Replaced by a HD simulcast of One HD (previously on LCN 11, replaced by Eleven).
3D trials 40 19 May 2010 19 July 2010 Shared 3D broadcasts of the 2010 State of Origin series by Nine Network (and affiliates WIN Television and NBN Television) and SBS Television. Available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth (for Nine and SBS's 3D trials), Newcastle (for NBN's 3D trial), Wollongong (for WIN's 3D trial).
25 September 2010 3D broadcast of the 2010 AFL Grand Final by the Seven Network. Available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
95 16 July 2012 23 August 2012 3D highlights broadcast of Nine's coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Gold Coast. Replaced by Extra 2 in 2013. It is currently 9Gem HD since 2019.
Gold 2 92 13 July 2013 30 September 2013 Five-hour timeshift of Gold. Replaced by Extra (later moved to LCN 85). In Perth, Nine Entertainment took control of STW, which was the only non-regional station to carry Gold 2, on 30 September 2013, so Nine's second infomercial channel Extra 2 (on LCN 95) replaced Gold 2 in Perth.
82 19 January 2016
Rural Health Channel 600 21 May 2012 January 2014 VAST channel.
Fresh Ideas TV 78 23 November 2013 1 December 2014 Infomercial datacast broadcast by Seven in metropolitan markets and its Regional Queensland station. Replaced by Racing.com in 2015. It is still Racing.com to this day.
68
Aspire TV 66 21 May 2013 29 August 2015 Infomercial datacast broadcast by Southern Cross Austereo. Replaced by and currently Racing.com in Southern Cross Television areas.
76
56 1 July 2016 Infomercial datacast broadcast by Southern Cross Austereo. Replaced by and currently Sky News Regional in Southern Cross 10 areas. In the Broken Hill and Spencer Gulf areas, this channel was broadcast on SGS/SCN, this channel ceased to broadcast in those areas on 1 July 2016 and this channel was not replaced in those areas. This is also the case in Northern NSW, because Southern Cross' Northern NSW station NRN was acquired by rival regional television network WIN Television on 31 May 2017, so Aspire TV ceased to broadcast in Northern NSW on 31 August 2017.
31 August 2017
1 August 2021
Extra 2 95 28 March 2013 26 November 2015 Five-hour timeshift of Extra. Replaced by Extra (moved from LCN 94 and 84 respectively). It is currently 9Gem HD since 2019.
85 1 March 2016
4ME 64 18 September 2011 30 April 2016 Infomercial datacast. Replaced by a simulcast of ishop TV, discontinued June 2016.
74 December 2011 19 May 2016 Infomercial datacast. Prime Media Group and Brand New Media datacast channel broadcast by Seven into metropolitan markets and its regional Queensland station. Replaced by 7food network in 2018 and currently a HD version of 7mate.
64
Yesshop 55 1 August 2016 30 September 2016 Infomercial datacast. New Zealand-based channel broadcast by Southern Cross Austereo. NZ owner folded due to company losses and lack of funds. Replaced by SBN in 2017.
64
74
54
Westlink 602 1992 January 2018 VAST channel.
Your Money 95 1 October 2018 17 May 2019 Business news joint-venture between Australian News Channel and Nine Entertainment Co. Replaced by an HD simulcast of 9Gem.
85
7food network 74 1 December 2018 29 December 2019 Food channel broadcast by Seven West Media. Replaced by a HD simulcast of 7mate.
64
Sky News on WIN 83 2 September 2018 1 August 2021 News channel co-owned by Australian News Channel and WIN Corporation. Replaced by 9Life in WIN Nine areas.
85
53 News channel co-owned by Australian News Channel and WIN Corporation. Replaced by Sky News Regional in WIN 10 areas.
Open Shop 75 1 August 2019 7 September 2021 Infomercial datacast co-owned by Seven West Media and Hyundai Home Shopping[2] and broadcast in metropolitan markets and regional Queensland. Replaced by 7Bravo in 2023.
65
Spree TV 17 17 September 2013 12 August 2022 Infomercial datacast co-owned by Ten Network Holdings and Brand Developers. Replaced by Gecko.
ishop TV 67 30 April 2013 1 April 2024 Infomercial datacast co-owned by Seven West Media and Brand Developers. Broadcast in Southern NSW/ACT, Northern NSW, Regional Victoria and Mildura. Replaced by TVSN.
10 Mildura 5 1 January 2006 30 June 2024 Affiliate of Network 10 for most of its history from its inception in 2006 until 2016; affiliate of the Nine Network from 2016 until 2021; and again affiliated with 10 from 2021 until its closure in 2024, serving the Mildura region. Co-owned by Seven West Media and WIN Corporation. Closed due to continued financial losses.
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Digital Forty Four

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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 April 2010 Video program guide for free-to-air and D44 channels.
NITV 40 27 October 2008 30 April 2010 Existing subscription channel added to D44 service. Remains available on subscription satellite and cable television. Available free-to-air on LCN 34 via SBS since 12 December 2012.
ABC News, Sport and Weather 41 17 March 2004 30 April 2010 Text only.
D44 Homepage 42 17 March 2004 30 April 2010 Broadcast on LCN 44 prior to addition of TVS in March 2010.
Television Sydney 44 March 2010 30 April 2010 Existing digital community television channel added to D44 service.
Teachers TV 45 3 November 2008 30 April 2010 Broadcast on LCN 47 (shared with House of Representatives channel) until 30 June 2009.
Australian Christian Channel 46 2004 30 April 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 March 2004 30 April 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 to 2009 (broadcast when the House was not in session).
Federal Parliament Senate 48 17 March 2004 30 April 2010 Live video/audio feed of Senate sessions. Broadcast on LCN 402 until 3 November 2008.
Expo 49 2006 30 April 2010 Existing subscription shopping channel added to D44 service. Still available on Foxtel subscription television.

Community television

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Main article: Community television in Australia

The following channels were community-based broadcasters that were available on digital television in the metropolitan cities. Some remain available via online video on demand services.

DVB name LCN Launch date Discontinued date Notes
Television Sydney 44 20 February 2006 20 December 2015 Broadcast in Sydney, Southern Highlands, Blue Mountains and Central Coast.
31 Digital 31 July 1994 28 February 2017 Broadcast in Brisbane and surrounding areas. Reinvented as online streaming service Hitchhike TV.
West TV 10 April 2010 20 February 2020 Broadcast in Perth and surrounding areas.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b One company has a monopoly in this area, as the Australian Communications and Media Authority believes it cannot support more than one commercial television company, but can support multiple commercial television services.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Costello, Michael (9 June 2009). Digital TV Scan – Melbourne, Australia (June 2009) (Arista DVB-HD720 DVB-T). Melbourne: VideBus. Retrieved 24 February 2024 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Kim, Da-sol (4 July 2019). "Hyundai Home Shopping to launch 24/7 channel in Australia". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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