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Media Releases
Please direct all media enquiries to:
Samantha Kelliher
Media and Public Relations Co-ordinator
t: +61 (0) 2 8113 4709
m: +61 (0) 423 291 734
e: samantha.kelliher@broadcastaustralia.com.au
2010 Press Releases
Broadcasting breakthrough uses onsite-generated green power
26 August 2010: 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.
Green Light for Wireless Communications In New York City Subway Stations
30 July 2010: 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
13 July 2010: 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
13 July 2010: 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
09 June 2010: 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
07 June 2010: 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
19 May 2010: 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
05 May 2010: 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
30 April 2010: 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
29 March 2010: 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 shares expertise at ABU Symposium
19 March 2010: 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.
Broadcast Australia pioneers digital service for community channel TVS
10 March 2010: 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.
First Australian Community TV Station Goes Digital
03 March 2010: 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
26 February 2010: 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
11 February 2010: 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
29 January 2010: 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
28 January 2010: 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
18 January 2010: 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.
2009 Press Releases
Broadcast Australia to supply TVS digital transmission services
23 December 2009: 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.
Further Opportunities for use of Digital Spectrum
11 November 2009: Broadcast Australia, Australia’s leading broadcast transmission provider, has raised questions regarding the long term use of vacant spectrum, previously known as Channel A, which has been temporarily allocated to the community television broadcasting sector.
Big plans for Broadcast Australia at BroadcastAsia 2009
01 June 2009: Digital broadcast specialist Broadcast Australia is looking forward to sharing its unique digital network insights with visitors to June's BroadcastAsia exhibition. The company, which offers network consulting services, has spent a number of years gaining an unsurpassed understanding of key digital network deployment issues, via several planning projects and field trials.
2008 Press Releases
New Digital Content on Sydney Television Trial
27 October 2008: Broadcast solutions provider Broadcast Australia has added two new services, NITV and Teachers TV, to its Sydney infocasting and open narrowcasting trial, DIGITAL FORTY FOUR. DIGITAL FORTY FOUR is a trial service available to free-to-air digital television enabled households across the Sydney metropolitan area.
New-age broadcast demands better network view says Broadcast Australia
30 September 2008: Sweeping changes to core broadcast technologies and business models are creating demand from Asian broadcasters for a better "view" of their transmission network performance, according to broadcast transmission services provider, Broadcast Australia.
Broadcast Australia chalks up 500th DTTB service
23 September 2008: In a "world's firs" achievement, leading broadcast transmission provider, Broadcast Australia, has successfully deployed its 500th digital terrestrial television broadcast (DTTB) transmitter. Located at Broadcast Australia's recently upgraded Mt Read site on Tasmania's western coast, the company's latest facility transmits digital video broadcastingterrestrial (DVB-T) services to local surrounds and beyond.
Broadcast Australia contributes expertise to Beijing Games
29 August 2008: Broadcast transmission services provider, Broadcast Australia, has contributed its broadcasting expertise to the world's biggest sporting event. Through a consultancy agreement with Host Broadcaster, Beijing Olympic Broadcasting (BOB), Broadcast Australia assigned Vice President of Technology-International, Peter Kepreotes, to provide consulting services to BOB for the duration of the Beijing Games.
Broadcast Australia Principal Sponsor of ABU Digital Symposium 2009
11 August 2008: Broadcast Australia will be a Principal Sponsor of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union's (ABU) Digital Broadcasting Symposium 2009, to be held in Kuala Lumpur on 9-12 March.
Broadcast Australia teams with PGK Media to form Singapore mobile TV services joint-venture
09 June 2008: Leading broadcast transmission service provider, Broadcast Australia, has inked an important joint-venture agreement in Singapore, targeting the company's involvement in the city state's emerging mobile TV sector.
Broadcast Australia in consulting mode at BroadcastAsia 2008
24 April 2008: Broadcast Australia will showcase its extensive and growing portfolio of consulting services available to Asian telecommunications and broadcast industry groups at the 2008 BroadcastAsia exhibition.
Hostworks acquisition finalised
10 March 2008: Broadcast Australia has today completed its acquisition of critical application and hosting provider Hostworks Group Limited (Hostworks).
Digital Success: Planning is the Key
20 February 2008: Drawing on its technical expertise and experiece in servicing some of the region's key broadcast stakeholders, Broadcast Australia will highlight the importance of digital planning at the 2008 Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Digital broadcasting Symposium in March.
2007 Press Releases
Broadcast Australia to acquire 100% of Hostworks Group Limited
07 December 2007: Broadcast Australia has today entered into an agreement to acquire all the shares of Hostworks.
Broadcast Australia acquires HK confined Coverage Engineering Group
02 October 2007: Broadcast Australia has acquired a majority share in a Hong Kong-based business specialising in indoor and confined space coverage, with the view to delivering indoor mobile TV solutions.
Broadcast Australia guides Thailands DTV switchover
21 September 2007: Broadcast Australia delivered a series of informative presentations at the recent "Transition to Digital" Television seminar in Bangkok.
Australian collaboration acknowledged for contribution to Digital Radio
19 July 2007: Three key players in the Australian radio broadcasting industry have been honoured for their technological developments.
Broadcast Australia hosts new DVB-H trial
21 May 2007: Leading broadcast transmission services provider, Broadcast Australia, is providing the transmission system and integration services for a new trial of broadcast mobile TV services at its Gore Hill site in Sydney.
International Team expands at Broadcast Australia
27 April 2007: Leading broadcast services provider, Broadcast Australia, has recruited well-known industry figure Mike Dallimore to its expanding international team.
Broadcast Australia to focus on the business of digital broadcasting
24 April 2007: At this year’s BroadcastAsia exhibition, visitors are invited to convene with leading broadcast transmission services provider, Broadcast Australia, to discuss the business of digital broadcasting.
2006 Press Releases
Sydney Movemedia trial reveals strong consumer interest in Mobile TV
29 June 2006: Final results from the unique, high powered Sydney Mobile TV trial of 16 television services to mobile handsets, have revealed a high level of consumer interest in a commercial Mobile TV service in Australia reflected by a significant majority of trial participants expressing an interest in subscribing for such a commercial service.
THLA signs new BA contract
11 May 2006: THL Australia (THLA) and Broadcast Australia (BA) have today announced the signing of a multi-million dollar Repair and Maintenance contract, adopting a new, simplified structure to manage BA’s network of broadcast infrastructure and equipment across Australia.
