Digital TV News: Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

Australian Government releases talking set-top box
Sep 22, 2011 – Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has announced the commercial release of talking set-top boxes to help people who are vision impaired make the switch to digital-only television.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Australian households embrace digital TV
Sep 1, 2011 – An average of 82 per cent of households across the nation are already converted to digital TV, Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has said.
News categories: Australia, Market Research, Terrestrial

Australia releases Q4 2010 Digital Tracker survey
Mar 4, 2011 – Across Australia, 77 per cent of households had converted to digital TV during the quarter. Darwin and Tasmania lead the nation in the take-up of digital TV, with a conversion rate of 88 per cent by the end of 2010.
News categories: Australia, Market Research, Terrestrial

Australia Passes Digital Switchover Legislation
Jun 25, 2010 – 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.
News categories: Australia, Regulation, Terrestrial

Australia releases National Broadband Network Implementation Study
May 6, 2010 – The Australian Government has released the National Broadband Network Implementation Study. The NBN will expand the possibilities for service providers to deliver video services to end users.
News categories: DBCDE, Australia, Content Distribution, IPTV, Regulation, Streaming

More Australians going digital
Apr 23, 2010 – Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has released the latest summary figures from the Digital Tracker survey for the first quarter of 2010.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial

UEC set-top boxes for Eastern Australia satellite TV in-fill service
Apr 14, 2010 – The Australian Government has announced that VAST, a Southern Cross Media and Imparja joint venture, will provide digital TV services to viewers in eastern Australia who cannot receive DTT. Altech UEC will be the initial supplier of set top boxes.
News categories: Southern Cross Media, Imparja, Altech UEC, Australia, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box

Satellite Service to Deliver Digital TV Australia-wide
Mar 18, 2010 – Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy has said that legislation has been introduced to ensure all Australians will be able to receive the full suite of digital television channels.
News categories: Australia, Regulation, Satellite

More Australians making the switch to digital TV
Feb 25, 2010 – The number of Australians who have converted to digital television grew steadily during 2009. The latest results of the Digital Tracker survey found 61 per cent of Australian households had converted to digital TV by the end of 2009.
News categories: Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial