Digital TV News: Digital Switchover Taskforce

Ocean Blue Talking TV Software Benefits Thousands In Australia As Part Of Government Help-Box Scheme
Apr 4, 2012 – Ocean Blue has partnered with Hills Antenna & TV System to release the first of its kind 'Talking' set-top box in Australia. The Talking Set Top Box, Hills HD94003G, was developed with the assistance of the Australian Government and Vision Australia.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Hills Antenna, Australia, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box

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

Digital TV now in 74% of Australian homes
Aug 6, 2010 – Australia's Digital Switchover Taskforce has released the latest summary of figures from its Digital Tracker survey for the second quarter of 2010. About three in four Australian households have now converted to digital television (74%).
News categories: Digital Switchover Taskforce, Australia, Market Research, Terrestrial

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

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

Australia releases 3rd Digital Tracker Survey
Nov 20, 2009 – Australia's Digital Switchover Taskforce has announced the publication of the 3rd Digital Tracker Survey, a quarterly analysis of national digital television take-up, awareness and attitudes.
News categories: Digital Switchover Taskforce, DBCDE, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Australia passes key digital TV milestone
Aug 28, 2009 – More than half of all Australian households have now made the switch to digital television, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has announced.
News categories: Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Australia releases Digital Tracker survey report
May 22, 2009 – The Digital Tracker Survey measures the national uptake of digital television and Australians' awareness and attitudes towards the switchover to digital TV.
News categories: Digital Switchover Taskforce, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial