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This is a list of the current channels available on digital terrestrial television in Australia.
The commercial channels available to viewers depend on location and station ownership. The process of aggregation during the late 80s to mid 90s saw regional stations take on affiliations with metropolitan channels for programming, a practice that has continued into digital television with affiliated stations carrying various multichannels from their metropolitan counterparts.
Metropolitan in this list therefore refers to the capitals of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, where stations are owned and operated by the network rather than affiliates. Regional in this list therefore refers to the capitals of Canberra, Hobart and Darwin, where stations are owned and operated by the network affiliates.
In areas not covered by terrestrial transmissions, the digital channels are provided by the free-to-view VAST satellite platform. The television channels on this platform are all encoded in H.264 and subject to a MPEG-LA controlled transmission patent licensing tax which is included in the VAST broadcaster cost and varies on viewership figures. The terrestrial transmissions still use H.262, which doesn't incur any additional transmission costs, but select channels are broadcast terrestrially in H.264.
Broadcaster availability | ||
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Nationwide | Metropolitan | Regional/remote |
Government funded broadcasters
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
DVB name | LCN | Broadcast hours | Format | Programming content | Availability |
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ABC TV | 2 | 24 hours | 576i SDTV | Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced | Nationwide, except Tasmania |
21 | Nationwide | ||||
ABC TV HD | 20 | 1080i HDTV (MPEG-4) |
Simulcast of ABC TV, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced | ||
2 | Tasmania | ||||
ABC Family | 22 | 19:30 – 05:00 | 576i SDTV | Foreign/nationally produced | Nationwide |
ABC Kids | 05:00 – 19:30 | Children, foreign/nationally produced | |||
ABC Entertains | 23 | 05:00 – 04:00 | Youth, foreign/nationally produced | ||
ABC News | 24 | 24 hours | News bulletins |
ABC Radio | |||||
DVB name | LCN | Broadcast hours | Format | Programming content | Availability |
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ABC Local Radio | 25 | 24 hours | Stereo audio | Talk radio | Nationwide |
ABC RN | 26 | ||||
ABC Classic | 27 | Music radio | |||
triple j | 28 | ||||
triple j Unearthed | 29 | ||||
Double J | 200 | ||||
ABC Jazz | 201 | ||||
ABC KIDS listen | 202 | Children's radio | |||
ABC Country | 203 | Music radio | |||
ABC NewsRadio | 204 | News radio |
Special Broadcasting Service
DVB name | LCN | Broadcast hours | Format | Programming content | Availability |
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SBS | 3 | 24 hours | 576i SDTV | Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced | Nationwide, except Tasmania |
30 | Tasmania | ||||
SBS HD | 1080i HDTV (MPEG-4) |
Simulcast of SBS, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced | Nationwide, except Tasmania | ||
3 | Tasmania | ||||
SBS Viceland | 31 | Foreign/nationally produced | Nationwide | ||
SBS World Movies | 32 | Movies and entertainment, foreign/nationally produced | |||
SBS Food | 33 | 576i SDTV (MPEG-4) |
Lifestyle, foreign/nationally produced | ||
NITV HD | 34 | 1080i HDTV (MPEG-4) |
Simulcast of NITV, Indigenous, foreign/nationally produced | ||
SBS WorldWatch | 35 | 576i SDTV (MPEG-4) |
World news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced | ||
NITV | 36 | 576i SDTV | Indigenous, foreign/nationally produced |
SBS Radio | |||||
DVB name | LCN | Broadcast hours | Format | Programming content | Availability |
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SBS Radio 1 | 301 | 24 hours | Stereo audio | News radio | Nationwide |
SBS Radio 2 | 302 | ||||
SBS Radio 3 | 303 | ||||
SBS Arabic24 | 304 | ||||
SBS PopDesi | 305 | Music radio | |||
SBS Chill | 306 | ||||
SBS PopAsia | 307 |
Metropolitan commercial broadcasters
Seven West Media
DVB name | LCN | Broadcast hours | Format | Programming content | Availability |
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Channel 7 | 7 | 24 hours | 576i SDTV | Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth |
71 | |||||
7HD | 70 | 1080i HDTV (MPEG-4) |
Simulcast of Channel 7, primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced | ||
7two | 72 | 576i SDTV | Foreign/nationally produced | ||
7mateHD | 74 | 1080i HDTV (MPEG-4) | |||
7Bravo | 75 | Reality and true crime, foreign/nationally produced | |||
7flix | 76 | 576i SDTV (MPEG-4) |
Movies and entertainment, foreign/nationally produced | ||
TVSN (starting from 1 July 2024)[1] | 77 | Datacast, infomercial | |||
Racing.com | 78 | Datacast, horse racing |
DVB name | LCN | Broadcast hours | Format | Programming content | Availability |
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Channel 7 | 7 | 24 hours | 1080i HDTV | Primary channel, news bulletins, foreign/nationally produced | Regional QLD |
70 | |||||
71 | |||||
6 | Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD | ||||
60 | |||||
61 | |||||
7twoHD | 72 | 1080i HDTV (MPEG-4) |
Foreign/nationally produced | Regional QLD | |
62 | Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD | ||||
7mateHD | 74 | Regional QLD | |||
64 | Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD | ||||
7Bravo | 75 | Reality and true crime, foreign/nationally produced | Regional QLD | ||
65 | Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD | ||||
7flix | 76 | 576i SDTV (MPEG-4) |
Movies and entertainment, foreign/nationally produced | Regional QLD | |
66 | Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD | ||||
TVSN (starting from 1 July 2024)[1] | 77 | Datacast, infomercial | Regional QLD | ||
67 | Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD | ||||
Racing.com | 78 | Datacast, horse racing | Regional QLD | ||
68 | Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD |
STQ Regional QLD services broadcast on 6x LCNs where signal overlap with BTQ Brisbane occurs.