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The Australian Government made commitments during the 2007 federal election to improve digital television reception in Broadford in Victoria, Currie on King Island in Tasmania and from Craigmore to Ingle Farm on the Para Escarpment in outer metropolitan Adelaide in South Australia. The Currie commitment included improving the reception of ABC Local Radio.
Broadford, Victoria
The Broadford digital television retransmission facility is located on Mt Hickey. This facility retransmits the full suite of digital television services including the ABC, SBS, WIN, Southern Cross and Prime's main channels, together with digital channels ABC2, ABC3, ABC News 24 (HD), SBS (HD), SBS 2, 7 mate (HD), 7TWO, GEM (HD), GO!, ONE (HD), 11 and NITV.
The Mitchell Shire Council commissioned the Broadford facility during June 2009. The council is operating this facility on a self‑help basis. If you have any questions about the facility, such as tuning to the digital television services, contact the Mitchell Shire Council on 03 5734 6200 or send an email to mitchell@mitchellshire.vic.gov.au
Currie, King Island, Tasmania
The Currie retransmission facility is located on Tower Hill in Currie. This facility retransmits the full suite of digital television services including the ABC, SBS, WIN, Southern Cross and Prime's main channels, together with digital channels ABC2, ABC3, ABC News 24 (HD), SBS (HD), SBS 2, 7 mate (HD), 7TWO, GEM (HD), GO!, ONE (HD), 11 and NITV plus ABC Local Radio.
The King Island Council commissioned the facility during April 2010, initially providing the ABC and SBS digital television services and ABC Local Radio. During December 2012, the Council commenced the retransmission of the commercial digital television services when the commercial broadcasters commenced at the Gentle Annie broadcaster-run site (Gentle Annie provides "off-air" signal inputs for the Currie commercial services).
The council is operating the Currie facility on a self‑help basis. If you have any questions about the facility, such as tuning to the digital television services or ABC Local Radio, you should contact the King Island Council on 03 6462 1177 or send an email to kicouncil@kingisland.tas.gov.au
Craigmore/Hillbank, Adelaide, South Australia
The Craigmore/Hillbank digital television facility is located near the corner of Uley and Adams roads in Elizabeth Downs.
This facility transmits the full suite of digital television services including the ABC, SBS, Seven, Nine and Ten's main channels, together with digital channels ABC2, ABC3, ABC News 24 (HD), SBS (HD), SBS 2, 7 mate (HD), 7TWO, GEM (HD), GO!, ONE (HD), 11 and NITV.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation commissioned the facility during June 2010 and will operate and maintain the facility on behalf of the Adelaide broadcasters.
This fact sheet has more information about the Craigmore/Hillbank digital television facility:
Fact sheet - Digital television reception in Craigmore/Hillbank (PDF, 994.1 KB)
Fact sheet - Digital television reception in Craigmore/Hillbank (RTF, 1.5 MB)
If you have any questions about the facility, such as tuning to the digital television services, you should contact the ABC's Reception Advice Line on 1300 13 9994 (local call rate) which operates 8.00 am–7.00 pm (EST) Monday–Friday.
Further information about digital television
Broadcasters may offer additional digital-only television services in the future. Further information about free-to-air digital television services is available from Freeview at www.freeview.com.au.
