List of Australian television channels

List of Australian television channels

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Seven network
• Nine network
• Ten network
• SBS

All of these are broadcast in the major capital cities with varying programs. The commercials 'Seven', 'Nine' and 'Ten', are not available on Satellite, even though for a country like Australia, such would seem like an ideal solution. Digital Television is slowly being introduced with an emphasis on quality over quantity.

Regional areas have, after the deregulation a set of varying reagional broadcasters that have strong affiliations with the capital city networks.

These include:

• WIN
• GWN
• Imparja
• Prime Television
• NBN
• Southern Cross

No new Free-to-air stations will be licensed by the Australian Broadcasting Authority until 2007, although this restriction is to be revised in 2005.

Multichanneling is also prohibited.

Broadcasters need a special license for Datacasting.

See also: Lists of television channels