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.
jisk
Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 11:18 AMIt’s good they’re moving forward and all (I guess), but what’s the huge benefit of cutting off analogue?
edaw
Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 4:56 PMis this the same digital we were going to switch over to in 2010?