Australian TV to go digital by 2013

By Sarah Stokely on December 20, 2007 at 9:24 AM

Australia’s finally set the date for the switchover to digital TV. The Australian reports today that new federal broadband, communications and digital economy minister Stephen Conroy has announced a 2009 deadline for free to air stations to move to only digital broadcasts, with a final nationwide switchover date by 2013. That may seem a long way in the future but Conroy said digital takeup in Australia is around 30%, so a lot of people will need to upgrade their TVs by 2013.

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  • jisk
    December 20, 2007 at 11:18 AM

    It’s good they’re moving forward and all (I guess), but what’s the huge benefit of cutting off analogue?

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  • edaw
    December 20, 2007 at 4:56 PM

    is this the same digital we were going to switch over to in 2010?

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