digital tv

  • Ask LH: Why Isn’t The State Of Origin In HD?

    anguskidman

    31

    Dear Lifehacker, Looking at the TV guide, I see that once again there is no high-definition (HD) broadcast for the State of Origin on Channel Nine. I will again have no other option but to watch a standard definition (SD) presentation of the game on my HD-ready plasma TV. What I can’t understand is why?

  • Heaps Of Australian TV Still Comes From New Zealand

    anguskidman

    2

    Australian content quotas are designed to ensure that our TV screens aren’t entirely filled with overseas imports and repeats. In the last year, the major commercial networks met their targets — but in some cases only because they’re also allowed to utilise shows from New Zealand and Australian movies to make up the numbers.

  • Olympics Free For Foxtel Sports Subscribers

    anguskidman

    5

    We already knew that Foxtel was planning eight Olympics-only channels and that Nine will offer HD simulcasts of its broadcasts for the London 2012 Olympics. While Foxtel has previously charged extra for its souped-up sporting broadcasts, the London option will be free to customers who already have a sports package with the pay TV broadcaster.

  • How Should We Subsidise Digital TV?

    anguskidman

    15

    Claims that providing set-top boxes to pensioners and the disabled is costing the Federal government $700 a head have kicked off a wave of controversy. Do the numbers actually add up? And what is the best way to ensure that everyone gets access to digital TV when the analogue network gets switched off? Lifehacker and…