List of digital television channels in Australia

This is a list of the current channels available on digital terrestrial television in Australia.

The commercial channels available to viewers depend on location and station ownership. The process of aggregation during the late 80s to mid 90s saw regional stations take on affiliations with metropolitan channels for programming, a practice that has continued into digital television with affiliated stations carrying various multichannels from their metropolitan counterparts.

Metropolitan in this list therefore refers to the capitals of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, where stations are owned and operated by the network rather than affiliates.

In areas not covered by terrestrial transmissions, the digital channels are provided by the free-to-view VAST satellite platform. The television channels on this platform are all encoded in H.264 and subject to a MPEG-LA controlled transmission patent licensing tax which is included in the VAST broadcaster cost and varies on viewership figures. The terrestrial transmissions still use H.262 which doesn't incur any addition transmission costs.

Government funded broadcasters

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
ABC	2	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Nationwide
ABC	21		576i SDTV
ABC HD	20		TBA HDTV (revival June 2016)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
ABC2/ABC Kids	22	05:00 – 02:00	576i SDTV	Youth, Foreign/Nationally Produced
ABC3	23	06:00 – 22:30	576i SDTV	Youth, Foreign/Nationally Produced
ABC News 24	24	24 hours	720p HDTV (576i SDTV from June 2016)	News Bulletins
Double J	200		Stereo audio	Music Radio
ABC Jazz	201		Stereo audio	Music Radio

Special Broadcasting Service
DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SBS	3	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign Produced	Nationwide
SBS HD	30		1080i HDTV	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign Produced
SBS 2	32		576i SDTV	Foreign Produced
Food Network	33			Lifestyle, Foreign Produced
NITV	34			Indigenous, Foreign/Nationally Produced
SBS Radio 1	37		Stereo audio	News Radio
SBS Radio 2	38			News Radio
SBS Radio 3	39			Music Radio

Metropolitan commercial broadcasters

Seven West Media
DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Seven	7	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional QLD
	70
	71

	6				Sunshine Coast QLD
	60
61
7TWO	72			Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional QLD
7TWO	62		Sunshine Coast QLD
7mate	73		1080i HDTV		Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional QLD
7mate	63		1080i HDTV		Sunshine Coast QLD
4ME	74		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Datacast, Infomercial	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional QLD
4ME	64			Datacast, Infomercial	Sunshine Coast QLD
7flix	76			Movies and Entertainment	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional QLD
7flix	66			Movies and Entertainment	Sunshine Coast QLD
Racing.com	78			Datacast, Horse Racing	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional QLD
Racing.com	68			Datacast, Horse Racing	Sunshine Coast QLD

4ME Parent Companies: Prime Media Group / Brand New Media. Racing.com is a joint venture with Racing Victoria. Seven Network feed for STQ regional Queensland is sourced from the Prime Media Group. STQ services broadcast on 6x LCNs in Sunshine Coast QLD where signal overlap with BTQ Brisbane occurs.

Nine Entertainment Co.
DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Nine	9	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin
Nine	91		576i SDTV
9HD	90		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Gem	92		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!	93
9Go!	99
9Life	94			Lifestyle, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Extra	95			Datacast, Infomercial

Nine Entertainment Co. also owns DTD [Ten affiliate] (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo) in Darwin and NBN Television in Northern NSW and Gold Coast QLD.

Ten Network Holdings
DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Ten	10	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
Eleven	11			Foreign/Nationally Produced
One	1
One	12
Ten HD	13		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
TVSN	14		576i SDTV	Datacast, Infomercial
Spree TV	15		576i SDTV	Datacast, Infomercial

TVSN is owned by Direct Group. Spree TV is a joint venture with Brand Developers.

Regional and remote area commercial broadcasters

Prime Media Group (Seven affiliate)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Prime7	6	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura VIC/Sunraysia
	60
	61
GWN7	6				Regional/Remote WA
	60
	61
7TWO	62			Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins	Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura VIC/Sunraysia, Regional/Remote WA
7mate	63		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins
ishop tv	64		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Datacast, Infomercial
ishop tv	65			Datacast, Infomercial
Racing.com	68			Datacast, Horse Racing

Prime Media Group also owns WDT [Ten affiliate] and MDV [Ten affiliate] (joint ventures with WIN Corporation). Provides Seven Network feed to Seven STQ regional Queensland as well as Southern Cross TNT Tasmania, TND Darwin and QQQ remote services. ishop tv is a joint venture with Brand Developers.

WIN Corporation (Primary Nine affiliate)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
WIN	8	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura VIC/Sunraysia, Tasmania, Eastern SA, Regional/Remote WA, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
WIN	81		576i SDTV
WIN HD	80		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Gem	82		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!	83
9Go!	88
9Life	84			Lifestyle, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Extra	85			Datacast, Infomercial
Gold	86			Datacast, Infomercial

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
MGS/LRS	5	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Eastern SA
MDN	5		576i SDTV		Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
One	50		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced	Eastern SA, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
Eleven	55		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced	Eastern SA, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SES/RTS	6	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Eastern SA
	60
	61
MTN	6				Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
	60
	61
7TWO	62			Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins	Eastern SA, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
7mate	63		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins	Eastern SA, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

WIN Corporation also owns MDV and WDT [Ten affiliates] (joint ventures with Prime Media Group) and TDT [Ten affiliate] (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo).

NBN Television (Northern NSW and Gold Coast QLD Nine affiliate)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
NBN	8	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD
NBN	81		576i SDTV
9HD	80		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Gem	82		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!	83
9Go!	88
9Life	84			Lifestyle, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Extra	85			Datacast, Infomercial

NBN Television is owned by Nine Entertainment Co. and is the source of the network feed provided to the Imparja and Southern Cross remote services as well as Nine Darwin.

Imparja Television (Remote Nine affiliate)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Imparja	9	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Remote eastern/central service
Imparja	91		576i SDTV
9Gem	90		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!	99		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced

Imparja Television also owns CDT [Ten affiliate] (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo). Nine Network feed is sourced from NBN Television.

Southern Cross Austereo (Primary Ten affiliate)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SC10	5	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD, Northern NSW, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
One	50		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
TVSN	54		576i SDTV	Datacast, Infomercial
Eleven	55			Foreign/Nationally Produced
Aspire TV	56			Datacast, Infomercial

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SCTV	6	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
	61				Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
	7				Darwin, Remote eastern/central service
	71				Darwin, Remote eastern/central service
7TWO	62			Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins	Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
7TWO	72				Darwin, Remote eastern/central service
7mate	60		1080i HDTV		Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
7mate	70		1080i HDTV		Darwin, Remote eastern/central service
TVSN	64		576i SDTV	Datacast, Infomercial	Tasmania
TVSN	74				Darwin
Aspire TV	66				Tasmania
Aspire TV	76				Darwin
Racing.com	68		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Datacast, Horse Racing	Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
Racing.com	78		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Datacast, Horse Racing	Darwin

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
GDS/BDN	8	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
GDS/BDN	81		576i SDTV
9Gem	80		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!	88		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced

Post-1 July 2016 layout (as primary Nine affiliate)

On 1 July 2016, Southern Cross Austereo will change its primary affiliation from Network Ten to the Nine Network.^[1]

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SC9	8	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
SC9	81		576i SDTV
9Gem	80		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
Aspire TV	86		576i SDTV	Datacast, Infomercial
9Go!	88		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SCTV	6	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
	61				Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
	7				Darwin, Remote eastern/central service
	71				Darwin, Remote eastern/central service
7TWO	62			Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins	Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
7TWO	72				Darwin, Remote eastern/central service
7mate	60		1080i HDTV		Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
7mate	70		1080i HDTV		Darwin, Remote eastern/central service
Aspire TV	66		576i SDTV	Datacast, Infomercial	Tasmania
Aspire TV	76		576i SDTV	Datacast, Infomercial	Darwin
Racing.com	68		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Datacast, Horse Racing	Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
Racing.com	78		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Datacast, Horse Racing	Darwin

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
NRN	5	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD
SGS/SCN	5		576i SDTV		Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
One	50		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced	Northern NSW/Gold Goast QLD, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
Eleven	55		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
Aspire TV	56		576i SDTV	Datacast, Infomercial

Southern Cross Austereo also owns TDT, CDT and DTD [Ten affiliates] (joint ventures with WIN Corporation, Imparja Television and Nine Entertainment Co. respectively). Seven Network feed is sourced from the Prime Media Group and the Nine Network feed is sourced from NBN Television.

Joint venture stations (Ten affiliates)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
MDV	5	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Mildura VIC/Sunraysia
TDT					Tasmania
WDT					Regional/Remote WA
CDT	10				Remote eastern/central service
DTD	10				Darwin
One	1		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced	Remote eastern/central service, Darwin
One	50		1080i HDTV		Mildura VIC/Sunraysia, Tasmania, Regional/Remote WA
Eleven	11		576i SDTV		Remote eastern/central service, Darwin
Eleven	55		576i SDTV		Mildura VIC/Sunraysia, Tasmania, Regional/Remote WA

MDV and WDT are joint ventures between Prime Media Group and WIN Corporation. TDT is a joint venture between Southern Cross Austereo and WIN Corporation. CDT is a joint venture between Imparja Television and Southern Cross Austereo. DTD is a joint venture between Nine Entertainment Co. and Southern Cross Austereo.

Local broadcasters

Community Television
DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
C31 Melbourne	44	24 hours	576i SDTV	Locally Produced, News Bulletins	Melbourne, Geelong, surrouding areas
Channel 44					Adelaide, surrounding areas
31 Digital					Brisbane, surrounding areas
West TV					Perth, surrounding areas

Licensing for all remaining community television stations will end on 31 December 2016. Henceforth these services will only be available via their online live stream services.^[2]

Goolarri Media Enterprises
DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
GTV	40	24 hours	576i SDTV	Locally Produced	Broome
Nurlu	41		576i SDTV
GTV HD	42		1080i HDTV
Radio Goolari	43		Stereo audio	Music and News Radio

Larrakia Television
DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Aboriginal TV	41	24 hours	576i SDTV	Locally Produced	Darwin
Tourism TV	42
Education TV	43
TV NT	44
Larrakia Radio	401		Stereo audio	News Radio
National Aboriginal Radio	402			Music Radio
Darwin FM	402			News Radio

VAST miscellaneous broadcasters

Other national/state government funded
DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
ICTV	601	24 hours	576i SDTV	Community/Indigenous Produced	Regional/Remote WA, Remote eastern/central service
Westlink	602		576i SDTV	Community	Regional/Remote WA
RPH	610		Stereo audio	News Radio	Regional and Remote state localized
NIRS	611				Regional and Remote
3RPH	612
BBC World Service	613
CBAA	614

Discontinued channels

DVB name	LCN	Launch date	Discontinued date	Notes
ABC Kids/ Fly TV	21	1 Aug 2001	30 Jun 2003	Youth focused channel axed due to budget cuts. Replaced by ABC2 in 2005 (now on LCN 22).
SBS Essential	31	14 Oct 2002	25 Jan 2007
Ten Guide	11	1 Jul 2004	20 Nov 2007	EIT channel. Replaced by Ten SD2.
ABC Guide	20	30 May 2006	8 Feb 2008	EIT channel aired during off-air periods of ABC HD and ABC2.
ABC Guide	21	30 May 2006	8 Feb 2008
MyTalk	55	13 Apr 2007	25 Feb 2008	EIT channel in regional Southern Cross Austereo areas.
	66
	77
Seven Guide	77	6 Sep 2002	4 Jul 2008	EIT channel.
Nine Guide	99	21 Aug 2001	13 Nov 2008	EIT channel. Replaced by GO! (now 9Go! on LCN 93) in 2009.
Ten SD2	11	16 Dec 2007	25 Mar 2009	SD simulcast of Ten HD. Replaced by One SD in 2009.
SBS World News Channel	32	12 Jun 2002	1 Jun 2009	Broadcast on LCN 33 until 29 January 2009. Replaced by SBS Two (now SBS 2).
7HD	70	15 Oct 2007	25 Sep 2010	HD simucast of Seven. Replaced by 7mate.
Prime HD	60	15 Oct 2007	25 Sep 2010	HD simulcast of Prime Television (now Prime7). Replaced by 7mate.
One SD	12	26 Mar 2009	15 Dec 2010	SD simulcast of One HD (now One). Replaced by a HD simulcast of One HD (previously on LCN 11, replaced by Eleven).
Rural Health Channel	600	21 May 2012	Jan 2014	VAST channel.
Fresh Ideas TV	78	23 Nov 2013	1 Dec 2014	Metropolitan infomercial channel. Replaced by Racing.com in 2015.
Extra 2	95	28 Mar 2013	26 Nov 2015	Five-hour timeshift of Extra. Replaced by Extra. Broadcast on LCN 84 in NBN areas, replaced on 1 Mar 2016.
TVS	44	20 Feb 2006	20 Dec 2015	Community television channel broadcast in Sydney, Southern Highlands, Blue Mountains and Central Coast. To be relaunched online in 2016.
Gold 2	82	13 July 2013	21 January 2016	Five-hour timeshift of Gold. Replaced by 9Gem (moved from LCN 80).
4ME	64	18 Sep 2011	30 Apr 2016	Datacast channel. Broadcast on LCN 74 in metropolitan areas. Replaced by a feed of ishop tv in regional areas, currently remaining on-air in metropolitan areas only.

Digital Forty Four

Main article: Digital Forty Four

The following channels were only available in Sydney as the Digital Forty Four suite of channels. The datacast trial began on 17 March 2004 and ended on 30 April 2010.

Channel lineup prior to trial end
DVB name	LCN	Launch date	Discontinued date	Notes
Channel 4	4	2008	30 Apr 2010	Video program guide for free-to-air and D44 channels.
NITV	40	27 Oct 2008	30 Apr 2010	Available on LCN 33 via SBS since 12 December 2012.
ABC News, Sport and Weather	41	17 Mar 2004	30 Apr 2010	Text only.
D44 Homepage	42	17 Mar 2004	30 Apr 2010	Broadcast on LCN 44 prior to addition of TVS in March 2010.
TVS	44	Mar 2010	30 Apr 2010	Existing digital community television channel added to D44 service.
Teachers TV	45	3 Nov 2008	30 Apr 2010	Broadcast on LCN 47 (shared with House of Representatives channel) until 30 June 2009.
Australian Christian Channel	46		30 Apr 2010	Existing subscription channel added to D44 service. Still available on subscription satellite and cable television. Broadcast on LCN 47 (shared with House of Representatives channel) until 30 June 2009.
Federal Parliament House of Representatives	47	17 Mar 2004	30 Apr 2010	Live video/audio feed of House of Representatives sessions. Broadcast on LCN 401 until 3 November 2008, LCN 47 shared with Teachers TV from 2008-09 (broadcast when the House was not in session).
Federal Parliament Senate	48	17 Mar 2004	30 Apr 2010	Live video/audio feed of Senate sessions. Broadcast on LCN 402 until 3 November 2008.
Expo	49	2006	30 Apr 2010	Existing subscription shopping channel added to D44 service. Still available on Foxtel subscription television.

References

↑ White, Dominic (29 April 2016). "Nine and Southern Cross in multi-year affiliation deal". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
↑ Knox, David (17 September 2015). "Community TV lifeline: extended to 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

Free-to-air television channels in Australia

Public broadcasters

ABC Television (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)	ABC (HD) (revival June 2016) ABC2 / ABC Kids ABC3 ABC News 24

SBS Television (Special Broadcasting Service)	SBS (HD) SBS 2 Food Network NITV

Major metropolitan
commercial networks

Seven Network (Seven West Media)	Seven 7TWO 7mate 7flix

Nine Network (Nine Entertainment Co.)	Nine (HD) 9Gem 9Go! 9Life

Network Ten (Ten Network Holdings)	Ten (HD) Eleven One

Regional affiliate
commercial networks

Seven Network affiliates	Prime7/GWN7 Southern Cross Television

Nine Network affiliates	WIN Television (HD) (ending 30 June 2016) Southern Cross Nine (launch 1 July 2016) NBN Television (HD) Imparja Television

Network Ten affiliates	Southern Cross Ten (ending 30 June 2016) Central Digital Television Darwin Digital Television Mildura Digital Television Tasmanian Digital Television West Digital Television

Community stations

Open narrowcast services

Datacasting
licenced channels

Television platforms

Miscellaneous

Television in Australia

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