Talk:Television broadcasting in Australia

message: What do the things in the parentheses mean? Originally I think they listed the owners of the stations. Now it looks like people have just added any old thing they want about the stations, like alternate names, locations etc. These parantheses need some coherent cleanup. - Randwicked Alex B 01:56, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I second that matturn 02:19, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The table 

message: I notice the update tag - anyone have any idea what it is that needs to be updated?  If not, I'll remove it. -- Chuq 10:44, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Update tag

message: Do people want to offer any suggestions to the style of these maps before I complete them for all broadcasters/networks and add them to individual pages? 
Image:Australia television market regions.png|All regions
Image:Australian television coverage Seven.png|Seven Network
Image:Australian television coverage SCB.png|Southern Cross Broadcasting
Image:Australian television coverage PBL.png|Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd
Image:Australian television coverage Prime.png|Prime Television
Image:Australian television coverage WIN.png|WIN Television
-- Chuq 07:42, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not immediately clear what the subdivisions are, and which areas are covered and which aren't. I'm assuming that white areas aren't covered and the coloured subdivisions are the aggregated market areas. Perhaps just keep one tone for the covered areas to avoid confusion (but keep the borders). Other than that they are nice maps. Thanks. - Randwicked Alex B 10:35, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Now I see the key. Could you add it to every image? - Randwicked Alex B 10:37, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Adding it to every image would be easy to do (its just another group of layers I need to make visible) but because each of the individual broadcaster maps only cover a few areas out of total number, the key would have several colours that weren't on the map, which may confuse people.  I could make the coloured parts of the individual ones all the same colour, or perhaps colour according to what network's programming is carried?  (I'll do up an example in the next hour or so.) -- Chuq 04:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

text: I have now created an SVG version of the map :Image:Australia television market regions.svg. Stickeylabel 13:05, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coverage maps 

message: Should we have a list of what channels are used in a location?
<BR>For example,
===Brisbane===
Channel	Name 	
2      	ABC  	Analog
6      	Seven	Digital
7      	Seven	Analog
8      	Nine 	Digital
9      	Nine 	Analog
10     	Ten  	Analog
11     	Ten  	Digital
12     	ABC  	Digital
28     	SBS  	Analog
36     	SBS  	Digital
Brisbane digital channels
<P>
or maybe
<P>
===Analog===
Network	Brisbane	Sydney	...
ABC    	2       	      	
ABC2   	-       	      	
Seven  	7       	      	
etc    	        	      	
===Digital===
--RobBrisbane 01:55, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably a link to the relevant document on the ACMA site would be best than a huge table of numbers on here. -- Chuq 12:29, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you seen the way the US is done? We could do that for Oz.matturn 12:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really. It works difference from there to here. Each Channel Nine affiliate (including NBN, WIN, Southern Cross, etc.) will show almost exactly the same programming, bar time differences, local programming, sport or or factors, while a majority of time on American networks is free, so that, excluding primetime, each NBC affiliate is free to syndicate any show they can get at any time. In short, in America, each station is different, but here, the differences are not as major to warrant separate articles for each, say, WIN broadcaster. (At least, that’s what I feel, looking at the American TV pages.) ZanderSchubert 04:43, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Channel number list 

message: --RobBrisbane 01:55, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably a link to the relevant document on the ACMA site would be best than a huge table of numbers on here. -- Chuq 12:29, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you seen the way the US is done? We could do that for Oz.matturn 12:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really. It works difference from there to here. Each Channel Nine affiliate (including NBN, WIN, Southern Cross, etc.) will show almost exactly the same programming, bar time differences, local programming, sport or or factors, while a majority of time on American networks is free, so that, excluding primetime, each NBC affiliate is free to syndicate any show they can get at any time. In short, in America, each station is different, but here, the differences are not as major to warrant separate articles for each, say, WIN broadcaster. (At least, that’s what I feel, looking at the American TV pages.) ZanderSchubert 04:43, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Digital

message: Could someone explain why the national commercial broadcast networks in Australia are numbered 7, 9 and 10? Does the Seven Network appear on VHF Channel 7 in every market? -- Mwalcoff 02:43, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Only the capital cities, but those hold the majority of Australia's population. They amalgamated with the stations on the same frequencies when networking came along. I guess this was for user convenience, as a few channels had to switch (like TVQ in Brisbane, which went from 0 to 10). - ҉ Randwicked ҉ 03:13, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: TVQ shifting had little to do with networking - The network was known as the 0/10 Network at the time. It moved because channel 0 is subject to interference, and a station on the nearby Darling Downs was forced to move frequency because it was seen as less important. Now the case of 7 and 10 in Adelaide swapping networks, that was due to networking... matturn 12:32, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Another answer is "Yes", with minor exceptions. The 7, 9 and 10 networks only operate in the capital cities, though affiliate networks operate in other areas. There are some infill repeaters on other frequencies in the capitals though, and some affiliate networks use very similar names (like "Seven Queensland") matturn 12:32, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numbers for networks? 

message: i think the name of the article should be changed to something like "list of australian television networks and channels".it seems contradictory for the name to be List of Australian television channels when it also lists networks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.238.240.20 (talk) 18:55, 22 August 2006
:I think Television in Australia would be more suitable, as it a lot more than a list now.  (Television in Australia currently redirects to this article). -- Chuq 11:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a good point - I'll have a think about the best way to go about adding some of those in (Pay and Digital are two that could do with expansion). timgraham 01:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  name change 

message: Okay, the aggregation disambig page doesn't help me a lot.  I know that "aggregation" was used in Australia in terms of the regions each station is allowed to broadcast in, but it still doesn't make sense to me.  Is it similar to the "markets" we have in the US - for example, the Chicago market, or the Boston market? -Daniel Blanchette 20:25, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Basically there used to be heaps of regional markets, each with a single broadcaster. The government, in an effort to increase support from regional voters, implemented aggregation. It basically meant merging license areas into big ones, and instead of an independant broadcaster in each market there would be three broadcasters (each affiliated to a metropolitan network). Now on the east coast there are only a bunch of license areas (Queensland, Northern NSW, Soutern NSW and Victoria are the main ones). A better link to find out more about regional television would be Regional television in Australia. It includes a section about aggregation. Tntnnbltn 06:10, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

text: To put it more succinctly, Australia had small commercial TV markets in rural areas in the 1980's. Each was a monopoly. By the mid-1990's most of these markets were merged into larger markets with three commercial licences (or two in Tasmania), while a few were left monopolies. This merging was called "aggregation". Since then, more mergers and new licences have changed things. The terms "aggregated" and "non-aggregated" markets have only historical value, despite what certain Wikipedia articles may suggest. matturn 12:25, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Someone please explain aggregation to this Yank 

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replies: text: Thanks for reviewing the article. I have listed the article at Wikipedia:Good articles under the appropriate section and I have updated the GA Number accordingly. Thanks. Stickeylabel 09:41, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good Article Review 

message: According to the table in the article, Nine is not available in Melbourne or regional Victoria...   what the?!  Someone fix this please. Davez621 15:41, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. timgraham 01:37, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nine not available in Melbourne?? 

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message: The table in PAL#Countries that have ceased using PAL says PAL broadcasting ceased in December 2013. Can this article be updated to confirm this or state where analogue broadcasting (apart from amateur TV) is still used? John a s (talk) 12:22, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  PAL Analogue broadcasts / digital switch-over 

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message: I would like to rename this article to Television services in Australia. The current name implied that this article was about television in general, including what was being broadcast, and I was going to complain about having two articles that were seemingly redundant. After reading this article though, I thought a new name would be better, so to make it clearer to readers that this article is about who provides television, and how it gets to the viewer. MicedVolvo 03:47, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
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