Datacasting

Datacasting provides content owners with a cost effective way of widely distributing information in an easily accessible format that is receivable through the household digital television or set top box.

Working with trial partners, Broadcast Australia has developed the first Australian datacasting service in Sydney providing six video and six audio streams of digital content not seen on standard free-to-air channels.

Using the DVB-T platform, Broadcast Australia has been demonstrating how Digital Television can deliver alternative video, audio and text datacasting services and interactive (iTV) content to the mass market.