Broadcast Australia News

Broadcasting breakthrough uses onsite-generated green power

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:09:32 +1000

Broadcast Australia has commissioned its first broadcast transmission site to be majority-powered by renewable energy. The Mount Owen site near Queenstown in Tasmania has been recently upgraded to use site-generated wind and solar power, which are together expected to reliably meet the site’s 8kW power needs for 80 to 90 per cent of the time.

Digital Radio Trial in Darwin

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:12:26 +1000

Many Darwin residents can now listen to DAB+, courtesy of a new trial bro

Green Light for Wireless Communications In New York City Subway Stations

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:57:46 +1000

Critical infrastructure provider Broadcast Australia has signed a deal with US business Transit Wireless to roll out wireless communications infrastructure across the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s subway system.

3D or not 3D: The road ahead for TV - White Paper

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:07:06 +1000

Broadcast transmission specialist, Broadcast Australia, has today released a white paper which explores the challenge of establishing Australia’s new 3D TV environment, and highlights the importance of laying the foundations to ensure the country’s free-to-air broadcasting infrastructure is ready to deliver new and unique digital content.

The metamorphosis of television

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:56:09 +1000

The advent of digital technologies has redefined the media landscape, not least our concept of television. As consumers embrace content across multiple platforms, industry stakeholders must continue innovating to stay in the game. - Brett Savill, Strategy and Corporate Development Director, Broadcast Australia

Brisbane Community TV Goes Digital

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:47:09 +1000

Brisbane’s Community TV watchers have this week joined the digital age with their local station 31 commencing a retransmission of their analogue signal in digital. Leading broadcast transmission provider Broadcast Australia is working with 31 to deliver this service to Brisbane’s metropolitan area.

Broadcast Australia talks DSO and SFNs at BroadcastAsia 2010

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:14:30 +1000

Broadcast Australia will discuss the challenges of digital switchover, digital radio and meeting the coverage demands of portable TV devices at the forthcoming BroadcastAsia 2010 exhibition in Singapore.

World’s first 3D TV terrestrial transmission is on air

Tue, 18 May 2010 14:50:28 +1000

Broadcast transmission specialist Broadcast Australia has today become the first to broadcast three-dimensional television (3D TV) signals terrestrially over the air. The trial 3D TV service was switched-on in Sydney by Broadcast Australia and in Brisbane by TX Australia at 00:00 this morning.

Digital Radio Trial for Canberra

Wed, 05 May 2010 14:53:02 +1000

Broadcast Australia will be supporting an upcoming digital radio trial in Canberra. The trial, which has today been announced by Commercial Radio Australia, will give residents of the nation’s capital an opportunity to experience the benefits of this new technology.

Sydney niche DTV trial ends

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:17:54 +1000

Broadcast Australia will today switch off its Digital FORTY FOUR niche digital television (DTV) services, following a January 2010 decision by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to end the trial licence. Although disappointed that Sydney television viewers will no longer benefit from these popular services, the company hopes this decision will lead to the announcement of key decisions on future broadcast spectrum policy.

Broadcast Australia's Response to the Federal Government's Green Paper

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:05:49 +1000

Broadcast Australia’s Digital Dividend Green Paper response highlights potential risks to Australia’s ability to introduce emerging technologies such as 3D TV or to make digital radio nationally available if the 126 MHz “digital dividend” is allocated only to mobile telephony.

Broadcast Australia pioneers digital service for community channel TVS

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:39:20 +1100

Broadcast Australia, has assisted Television Sydney (TVS) to become the first community television service in Australia to broadcast in digital. Delivering the fully managed TVS transmission service from its Gore Hill site, Broadcast Australia is now providing coverage of the new digital program to the metropolitan Sydney area. The TVS transmission can be found on digital channel 44.

Broadcast Australia shares expertise at ABU Symposium

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:38:09 +1100

At the 2010 Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Digital Broadcasting Symposium in March, leading broadcast transmission services provider and the symposium’s principal sponsor, Broadcast Australia, highlighted the advantages that can be enjoyed from the emerging digital broadcasting landscape. Broadcast Australia drew on its wealth of technical expertise and experience to provide some of the region’s key broadcast industry stakeholders with valuable insights into the opportunities presented by emerging digital technology.

First Australian Community TV Station Goes Digital

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:07:39 +1100

Broadcast Australia congratulates Sydney’s Community TV station TVS on being the first of Australia’s community television services to start broadcasting in digital.

Malaysia learns from Australia’s digital experience

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:52:04 +1100

Digital broadcast specialist, Broadcast Australia, recently assisted the Australian Trade Commission in organising a one-day seminar in Kuala Lumpur. The event provided a forum for key stakeholders in the Malaysian broadcast industry to learn from the Australian digital experience. Broadcast Australia also co-sponsored the event, and further delivered a presentation detailing the challenges associated with upgrading transmission infrastructure to meet digital broadcasting requirements.

New Broadcast Australia white paper on the NBN TV question

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:10:52 +1100

Digital network specialist Broadcast Australia has today released a white paper assessing the merit of digital television delivery via Australia's planned fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) National Broadband Network (NBN), compared with proven terrestrial broadcast infrastructure.

Niche Television Services to Cease Broadcasting in Sydney

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:51:50 +1100

Broadcast Australia has today received notification of a final extension of the Sydney market niche digital television channel trial licence known as Digital FORTY FOUR to 30 April 2010, but is disappointed that the Australian Communications and Media Authority has announced its intention not to renew the trial licence beyond this date.

Broadcast Australia has the country covered

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:34:23 +1100

Amid energetic discussions surrounding the Australian Government’s proposed National Broadband Network (NBN), Broadcast Australia says its countrywide network of wireless transmission sites are ideally placed to support this ambitious rollout. The company currently operates from a national network of approximately 600 sites, providing TV coverage to 98 per cent of the population, and has the engineering expertise and resources to extend its portfolio of more than 2,300 services.

High-density SFNs the future of TV, says Broadcast Australia

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:59:38 +1100

The phenomenal growth of mobile wireless broadband services will propel digital broadcasting into a new era, says network specialist Broadcast Australia. Driven largely by popular consumer devices such as the Apple iPhone, consumer expectation for next-generation services—including television—on portable and mobile devices will prompt savvy broadcasters to re-examine network design and operation.

Broadcast Australia to supply TVS digital transmission services

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:25:30 +1100

Following the Federal Government's recent decision to allocate digital spectrum and funding for the transition of Community Television to digital, TVS (Television Sydney) today announced that Broadcast Australia has been appointed as its digital transmission services provider.