THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION

The information on these pages has been gathered from numerous resources over many years, a list of some of these resources is listed here

THE 2010s

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2010 April 10:  Community TV channel WTV commences transmission in Perth, replacing the previous community broadcaster, Access 31, which wound up in 2008.

May: Test transmissions in 3D TV start on Foxtel, the Nine Network and SBS.

June 30: Shutdown of analogue television services: Mildura VIC

July 22: ABC launches ABC News 24, the first 24-hour free-to-air news channel in Australia.

August 26: Network Ten announces plans to launch a new digital channel, 11, which will present a youth-focused, entertainment line-up, with prime-time to be headlined by Neighbours and US series The Simpsons.

August 27: Neighbours screens its 6000th episode

September 25: The Seven Network replaces its high-definition channel 7HD with a new channel, 7mate.

September 26: The Nine Network replaces its high-definition channel 9HD with GEM

October: Network Ten and Foxtel cover the 2010 Commonwealth Games from Delhi, India

December 15: Shutdown of analogue television services: Regional SA, Broken Hill NSW

TV Week Gold Logie Winner: Ray Meagher (Home And Away, Seven)


Neighbours


Channel 11

2011 January 11: Network Ten launches its new digital channel, Eleven.  Neighbours moves across from Ten to Eleven.

January 24:  Network Ten launches 6PM With George Negus and state-based 6.30pm news bulletins to supplement the 5.00pm news and The 7PM Project.

April 17-18:  Mini-series Paper Giants: The Birth Of Cleo draws high ratings for ABC.

April 29:  The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton is broadcast across the ABC, Seven, Nine and Ten networks as well as pay-TV channels Sky News Australia, BBC World News, E!, Fox News, UKTV and CNN.

May 5: Shutdown of analogue television services: Regional VIC

December 6: Shutdown of analogue television services: Regional QLD

TV Week Gold Logie Winner: Karl Stefanovic (Today, Nine)


Paper Giants: The
Birth of Cleo

2012

January-June: Shutdown of analogue television services: Southern NSW, Canberra ACT, Griffith NSW

July-August: Nine Network and Foxtel to cover the Games Of The XXX Olympiad from London, United Kingdom.

July-December: Shutdown of analogue television services: Northern NSW

TV Week Gold Logie Winner:

 
2013

January-June: Shutdown of analogue television services: Tasmania, Perth, Brisbane, Gold Coast QLD

July-December: Shutdown of analogue television services: Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Darwin, Regional WA, Remote Central and Eastern, Central Coast NSW

TV Week Gold Logie Winner:

 
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