News on the digital switchover
Media releases
Local help for Broken Hill to get ready for digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced residents in Broken Hill would have a local source of information and advice on switching to digital TV.
Local help for Mt Gambier and the South East to get ready for digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced residents in the Mount Gambier and South East areas would have a local source of information and advice on switching to digital TV.
Local help for the Eastern Spencer Gulf to get ready for digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced residents in the Easter Spencer Gulf region of South Australia would have a local source of information and advice on switching to digital TV.
Mildura / Sunraysia switches to digital television
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today gave the signal for the historic commencement of digital-only television in Australia.
Digital switchover legislation passed
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has welcomed the passage through Parliament yesterday of the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010.
Size and location of the Digital Dividend
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced the Australian Government has decided to release 126 Megahertz of broadcasting spectrum as a digital dividend.
Local help for the Western Spencer Gulf to get ready for digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced residents in the western Spencer Gulf region of South Australia would have a local source of information and advice on switching to digital TV.
Digital TV assistance for households in regional South Australia and Broken Hill
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced the successful contractors to install and demonstrate digital set top boxes for eligible households in regional South Australia and Broken Hill as part of the switchover to digital TV.
Local help for the Riverland to get ready for digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced residents in the Riverland region of South Australia would have a local source of information and advice on switching to digital TV.
Work begins on new TV tower at Para Escarpment
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today marked the start of construction of the $500,000 Para Escarpment digital television facility.
Digital Television Switchover
The Rudd Government will invest $375.4 million over twelve years to provide transmission of digital free-to-air television services from a new satellite platform – the Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) service.
2000 households in Mildura helped to make the switch to digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced that the 2000th eligible household in Mildura had received help converting to digital TV under the Government’s Household Assistance Scheme.
More Australians going digital
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today released the latest summary figures from the Digital Tracker survey for the first quarter of 2010.
Landmark agreement to deliver Digital TV to Remote, Regional and Blackspot viewers
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy today announced a landmark agreement that will provide digital TV services to viewers in eastern Australia who cannot receive terrestrial digital TV.
100 days to digital switchover in Mildura Sunraysia
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy today officially launched the 100 day countdown to digital switchover in the Mildura Sunraysia region.
Satellite service to deliver digital TV nation-wide
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy said legislation was today introduced to ensure all Australians would be able to receive the full suite of digital television channels.
Regional South Australia to switch to digital TV
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today confirmed that regional South Australia and Broken Hill would switch to digital-only television on 15 December 2010.
TVS a welcome arrival to digital television
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today welcomed the launch of digital broadcasting by TVS, Sydney’s Community Television station.
More Australians making the switch to digital TV
The number of Australians who have converted to digital television grew steadily during 2009 according to the latest results of the Digital Tracker survey, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced today.
Digital TV assistance for Mildura households
The Australian Government’s Digital Switchover Taskforce today announced the successful contractor to install and demonstrate set-top boxes for eligible households getting ready for digital television switchover.
Mildura leads the way into digital TV future The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today confirmed that Mildura and the Sunraysia region will switch to digital-only television on 30 June 2010. Executive Director of the Government’s Digital Switchover Taskforce, Andy Townend, also announced the publication of the 3rd Digital Tracker Survey, a quarterly analysis of national digital television take-up, awareness and attitudes. (20 November 2009)
Local help for digital TV switchover The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced Mildura and the Sunraysia region now have a locally-based officer to help get ready for digital TV. (20 November 2009)
Assistance for households switching to digital TV The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced further steps to assist eligible households in the Mildura/Sunraysia region of Victoria to make the switch to digital television. (3 June 2009)
More Australians enjoying digital TV The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced the release of the digital tracker survey which shows the progress to date on the switch to digital television. (22 May 2009)
Budget 2009: Getting ready for digital TV The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced additional funding of almost $140 million over three years will help Australians get ready for digital television. (12 May 2009)
TV suppliers and retailers sign-up for digital switchover The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced major television suppliers and retailers have thrown their weight behind Australia's get 'Get Ready for Digital TV' campaign. (8 May 2009)
Community experts join 'Get Ready for Digital TV' campaign The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced an expert body of community groups and advocates will assist Australia to get ready for digital television switchover. (7 May 2009)
Get Ready for Digital TV The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today launched the campaign to get Australia ready for digital television. (30 March 2009)
Get Ready for Digital TV Conference The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced Australia’s switch to digital television will be a milestone event, and the Get Ready for Digital TV Conference will be an opportunity to bring together the entire broadcasting industry to discuss future opportunities and challenges. (19 March 2009)
Package to drive digital television transition The Rudd Government today announced a pilot package to drive the availability of improved television services as Australia makes the transition to digital. (29 January 2009)
Christmas the ideal time to switch-on to digital TV The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, encouraged Australians to enjoy a 'Digital TV Christmas'. (12 December 2008)
Conroy sets Digital TV switchover timetable The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has kicked off the countdown to the end of analog TV in Australia. (19 October 2008)
Apartment and townhouse residents to benefit from Digital TV Survey The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced apartment and townhouse residents in Canberra, Gold Coast, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney can take advantage of the technical survey on digital television readiness. (14 October 2008)
Legislation and research to advance digital switchover The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced milestones in Australia's digital television revolution. A Bill allowing a rolling switchover has been introduced to Parliament and research programs vital to the free-to-air digital TV transition are now underway. (24 September 2008)
Handbook on digital TV antenna systems The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced that the Australian Building Codes Board has published 
Digital TV Antenna Systems Free-to-Air digital TV in buildings with shared antenna systems. (16 July 2008).
Digital television switchover discussion paper The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced the release of a discussion paper covering a legislative framework for the digital television switchover. (4 June 2008)
Industry and Government charting digital TV switchover The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, met with the Industry Advisory Group, charting the transition to digital television. (9 April 2008)
$37.9 million boost to digital TV The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced a $37.9 million strategy to drive Australia's transition to digital TV. (26 March 2008)
Digital switchover date confirmed The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today confirmed that the first firm steps had been taken on the road to completing switchover by the end of 2013. (18 December 2007)
Documents
Digital broadcasting regulatory framework
Digital broadcasting policy reviews
Digital conversion of self-help television retransmission sites: discussion paper (26 June 2007)
Archived
Ready, Get Set, Go Digital A Digital Action Plan for Australia (23 November 2006)
