[dbaust] NDS News Update - Feedback sought on Digital Television Switchover
- From: Erika Webb <erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Erika Webb <erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:45:08 -0800 (PST)
NDS News Update - Feedback sought on Digital Television Switchover
Sent: Monday, 9 January, 2012 8:12 AM
From: "National Disability Services" nds@xxxxxxxxxx
Feedback sought on Digital Television Switchover - National News Update - 9
January 2012
The Australian Government continues to convert television broadcasting from
analog to digital transmission. Digital television has been transmitted in
Australia since 2001, and the switchover began in 2010 (to be completed by
2013), with all free-to-air analog television signals being progressively
turned off and replaced with digital-only signals.
The switchover is being done across the world because more programs and
services can be delivered on a digital signal. Digital tv offers higher quality
pictures, sound and cinema formats. International programs are now mostly
recorded in the digital format.
In Australia, the digital rollout has occurred in regional South Australia,
regional Victoria and regional Queensland. The next region to switch is
southern New South Wales and ACT in mid-2012 followed by the metropolitan areas
and remote WA and NT. More information is available on the Australian
Government's Digital Ready webpage.
NDS has a representative on the Government's Digital Switchover Expert Group.
If your area has already had the switch to digital television signals - which
means you either have a digital set-top box on your old television or you
purchased a digital television - NDS would like to hear from you about issues
such as:
how well the switchover has gone for people with disability in the regions
which have already switched or are in the process of switching;
any issues, such as with accessing captions;
processes that worked well;
ideas for the future roll-out in other areas; and
any other feedback.
Please provide feedback to Gabrielle Mullen by phone on 02 6283 3214 or email
by 30 January 2012.
Contact Information:
Gabrielle Mullen, Policy Adviser - Sensory Disability, NDS National, Ph 02 6283
3214, gabrielle.mullen@xxxxxxxxxx
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