DTD (TV station)

DTD

Darwin, Northern Territory
Branding	Ten Darwin
Slogan	Seriously Ten
Channels	Digital: 33 (UHF) 10 (TEN) 576i 01 (ONE) 1080i 7 MHz
Affiliations	Ten Southern Cross Ten
Network	Ten
Owner	Macquarie Media Group and Nine Entertainment (Darwin Digital Television Pty Ltd)
First air date	April 28, 2008
Call letters' meaning	Digital Television Darwin
Transmitter power	85.5 kW
Height	147.0 m[1]
Transmitter coordinates	12°24′52″S 130°58′9″E / 12.41444°S 130.96917°E / -12.41444; 130.96917 (DTD)
Website	www.tendarwin.com.au

Darwin Digital Television (DTD/DDT TEN) is a digital television station in Darwin, Northern Territory. It is jointly owned by Nine Entertainment (owner of Nine Darwin) and the Macquarie Media Group (owner of Southern Cross Darwin).^[2]

History

The licence to operate Darwin's third commercial television station was allocated to Darwin Digital Television Pty Ltd, a joint venture with the two existing commercial television broadcasting licensees in the Darwin area, Regional Television Pty Ltd (Southern Cross Darwin) and Territory Television Pty Ltd (NTD Nine) in early 2007.^[2]

The channel was due to launch in late 2007 but was delayed when the channel started test transmitting a test pattern on 21 April 2008 at 6.00p.m. ACST^[3] The channel started transmitting television programs on 28 April 2008 as part of a testing period ahead of the official launch.

Programming

DTD rebroadcasts a direct feed of Melbourne's ATV-10, except for sports channel ONE HD.

From its initial broadcast in 2008, DTD showed a direct feed of ATV-10 in Melbourne. Imparja Television dropped Network Ten programs from 2008, Imparja as of 2008 does not show any Ten programming, except for AFL telecasts, and is almost fully aligned with Nine. However, Ten's AFL coverage will rebroadcast on Southern Cross Central, Southern Cross Darwin & Southern Cross Tasmania.

News

Further information: Ten News

Darwin Digital Television simulcasts the Melbourne edition of Ten News at Five from ATV-10, alongside the national Early News, Morning News and Late News bulletins from TEN-10 in Sydney.

• Ten Early News (6:00am - 7:00am) (from TEN-10)
• Ten Morning News (9:00am - 10:00am) (from TEN-10)
• Ten News at Five: Melbourne (5:00pm - 6:30pm)
• Ten Late News (Monday-Thursday 10:30pm - 11:15pm, Fridays 10:30pm - 11:00pm) (from TEN-10)

Availability

The station is available only on digital television as an affiliate of Network Ten & Southern Cross Ten. It broadcasts on UHF channel 33.^[2] It's signal is rebroadcast via Tasmanian Digital Television in Hobart.

One HD

On 22 April 2010, Darwin Digital Television began broadcasting "One HD", a sports-only High-definition channel, owned by Network Ten. Network Ten recently altered the channel`s format to include documentaries, dramas and comedy aimed at male audiences between 4pm and 10.30pm, commencing from May 2011.

Eleven

On 3 May 2011, Darwin Digital Television commenced transmission of "Eleven", a general entertainment channel aimed at "distinctly youthful" viewers between the ages of 13 and 29, with programs such as Neighbours and The Simpsons returning to Darwin Free-To-Air TV screens on the new channel.

See also

• Mildura Digital Television (Victoria)
• Tasmanian Digital Television (Hobart)
• Southern Cross Ten (ACT)
• Television broadcasting in Australia

References

1. ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
2. ^ ^{a b c} "New digital commercial television service for Darwin" (Press release). ACMA. 2007-05-18. http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_310217. Retrieved 2007-06-29. 
3. ^ "DTC set to start next week". MediaSpy. 2008-04-20. http://report.mediaspy.org/blog/2008/04/20/dtd-set-to-start-tests-next-week/. Retrieved 2008-05-04. 

External links

• Official Website
• Media release on the license purchase