digital tv

  • Free To Air TV Still Struggling With The New Digital Era

    The latest submission by mainstream commercial TV channels to the government’s review of media convergence unearths some new ways free-to-air TV would like to irritate us: even less commitment to timeslots and a reduced obligation to provide children’s programming. But I am sympathetic to their desire for local content rules to spread across multiple channels.


  • Will Ten Avoid Repeating Mistakes On 11?

    It was announced last August and has been in non-stop promo since late December, but Ten’s third digital channel 11 finally launches today (11am on 11/01/11). Ten has promised a different approach to the other commercial networks when it comes to programming repeats from its main channel, but will that strategy last?