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On 10 January 2010, the Australian Government announced a new satellite service to deliver digital television and radio channels to Australian viewers who reside in remote and rural areas, or who can't obtain adequate television signal in an existing metropolitan or regional terrestrial broadcast area, commonly referred to as being in a black spot.
The 01471 prefix is the ten-digit replacement for the previous, nine-digit ITERRA satellite phone code 0071 (followed by 5 numbers). Prior to its use for ITERRA (and other satellite services). These numbers were allocated in March 1999. Numbers beginning by 0145 are used for services utilised on the Optus network in Australia. This is ...
A digital satellite transmission of CDT's channels is available free-to-view on the VAST service in all states and territories of Australia, except Western Australia. 10 Bold Central is broadcast as a single high definition channel to all viewers, while 10 Central and 10 Peach Central are each split into two separate standard-definition channels.
A number of subscription television services in Australia have become defunct or are no longer supported in Australia: Austar previously delivered an analogue MMDS service into selected regional areas, however the system was dumped in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Austar also briefly tested a digital MMDS service on the Gold Coast.
The Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) was launched in 2010, [2] as a replacement for Optus Aurora, and now provides a full range of digital channels. Aurora ceased transmission in December 2013, [ 3 ] with the last Aurora uplink taking place during February 2014.
Partially funded by the Australian Government (Defence Department) - Optus C1's use is shared between Defence and Telecommunications, in particular the supply of Television services to Australia. Mitsubishi Electric was the prime contractor responsible for manufacturing all the Optus C1 communications systems.
NXE Australia Pty Ltd, trading as the Foxtel Group, is an Australian pay television company that operates cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, [ 2 ] superseding an earlier company from 1995.
Within Australia, the ABC as of 2021 operates five television stations within four channels, all of them non-commercial. These services are available nationally through digital terrestrial television, and all the digital TV services are also available through the VAST free-to-air satellite service. [citation needed]