| DTD | |
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| 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 PBL Media Holdings Pty Ltd (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 |
| 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 the PBL Media owner of Nine Darwin and the Macquarie Media Group owner of Southern Cross Darwin TND.[2]
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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 later 2007 but was delayed when the channel started test transmitting a Test-Pattern on Monday April 21, 2008 at 6.00pm.[3] The channel started transmitting Television Programs on Monday April 28, 2008 at 6.00am as part of a testing period ahead of the official launch.
High definition of DDT HD part of TEN HD started test transmissions on May 25, 2008 at 6.00am in 720p. Full transmission of DDT HD 1080i is due by December 25, 2008.
Programming
News Sports and Current Affairs
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.
- Ten Early News (6:00am - 7:00am) (from TEN-10)
- Ten Morning News (11:00am - 12:00pm) (from TEN-10)
- Ten News at Five: Melbourne (5:00pm - 6:00pm)
- 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] its signal comes through Tasmanian Digital Television Hobart
DDT HD
Darwin Digital Television will use Southern Cross Ten and will commence retransmission of Ten HD in the beginning of 2009.
References
- ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- ^ a b c ACMA (2007-05-18). "New digital commercial television service for Darwin". Press release. http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_310217. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
- ^ "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.
See also
- Mildura Digital Television Victoria
- Tasmanian Digital Television Hobart
- Southern Cross Ten ACT..
- Television broadcasting in Australia
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