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16 September: Australian Television's 50th anniversary. 2007. 13 March: Channels are reserved for the introduction of digital television to remote areas such as Alice Springs, Mount Isa, and regional Western Australia. [76] 28 March: The Australian Communications and Media Authority extends Digital Forty Four's trial datacast licence. [68]
In 1954, the Menzies Government formally announced the introduction of the new two-tiered TV system—a government-funded service run by the ABC, and two commercial services in Sydney and Melbourne, with the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne being a major driving force behind the introduction of television to Australia. [26]
ABC Television is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, established in 1956. ABC TV, ABC Family, ABC Entertains and ABC News are available nationally, in addition to ABC Australia (Southeast Asian TV channel), focused at the Asia Pacific region.
This list should not be interpreted to mean the whole of a country had television service by the specified date. For example, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the former Soviet Union all had operational television stations and a limited number of viewers by 1939. Very few cities in each country had television service.
It promotes the introduction of Australian television in colour. 1 March – " C-Day " in Australia; full-time colour broadcasting takes effect (except in Darwin). 1 March – Australian music program Countdown arrives [ citation needed ] on to the scene with a bang by becoming the first program on ABC to be broadcast in colour with Johnny ...
In the 1960s and 1970s, the network was also referred to as ABC National Television, or ABC Television. Until the introduction of digital television in 2001, the network was the only domestic television service broadcast by the ABC. On 8 February 2008, the channel was renamed ABC1, before being rebranded as ABC TV on 20 July 2014.
Television in Australia by year (74 C, 2 P) Pages in category "History of television in Australia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Internet television in Australia is the digital distribution of movies and television content via the Internet. In Australia, paid internet television is provided by a number of generalist streaming service providers, in addition to several niche providers that focus on specific genres. Major providers of streaming services in Australia include: