Neighbourhood Cable

Neighbourhood Cable was a telecommunications provider based in regional Victoria, Australia. Being part of TransACT, Neighbourhood Cable owned and operated Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) cable networks in three Victorian regional cities:

The company delivered cable television, broadband internet and telephony services via these cable networks. It also offered internet services via Telstra's copper network and wireless equipment. It was one of the few companies in Australia selling non-Telstra local-loop services, and also one of only very few with active HFC networks.

History

Neighbourhood Cable commenced the rollout of its hybrid fiber Optic/Coaxial network in Mildura on 1 March 1996, with the rollout to two thirds of homes and 90% of businesses in Mildura completed in two years.[1]

By 2001, the company had run 900 kilometres worth of hybrid fibre coaxial cable past 38,000 homes in Mildura and Ballarat, with planned rollouts in Bendigo, Geelong, Shepparton and Albury-Wodonga.[2]

A number of subscription TV channels have solely or were first seen in Australia on their network. It was the only place in Australia where the US ESPN2 could be viewed, and was the first place some Discovery Channel variants and CNN Headline News were available.

The company was delisted from the ASX in July 2005,[3] after a string of events starting with a request for a further 5 million dollars to continue operation. The company's venture capitalist, TVG, subsequently acquired all shares in the company.[3]

In 2007, it was announced that rival telecommunications company TransACT would take control of Neighbourhood Cable from 1 January 2008.[4][5] The operations of Neighbourhood Cable were rebranded as TransACT three years later, in June 2011.[6]

Channels

TransACT Victoria (formerly Neighbourhood Cable) defines a virtual channel order that groups channels by their content.

Channels include MTV, MTV Classic, MCM Top, Cartoon Network, Sky Racing 1, ESPN, Sky News, CNN, BBC World News, Bloomberg, CNBC, Now TV, Australian Christian Channel, Fashion TV, Boomerang, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, TCM, Universal Channel, National Geographic Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo, TLC and Discovery Home and Health.

References

  1. ↑ Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts archive website: "Neighborhood Cable Limited - Industry Development Plan"
  2. ↑ Whirlpool News: Neighborhood Cable lights up regional Victoria - 2001-Apr-18, 2:15 am
  3. 1 2 deListed: NEIGHBOURHOOD CABLE LIMITED (NCA)
  4. ↑ Downie, Graham (19 December 2007). "TransACT in Vic move". Canberra Times. p. 6.
  5. ↑ TransACT website: TransACT announces acquisition of Neighbourhood Cable - Tuesday 18 December 2007
  6. ↑ Stephen Withers (8 June 2011). "iTWire - Neighbourhood Cable rebrands as TransACT". itwire.com. Retrieved 26 December 2011.

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