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  • Majority of Australians still watching analogue FTA TV

    April 9 2008 11:14am (UTC+8)  -  Article by Kevin

    Research released today by the Australian Communications and Media Authority indicates only just over two out of five Australian households - 42 per cent - are watching digital television.

    "Take-up of digital free-to-air TV has risen steadily since its introduction in 2001, but significant numbers of the community have yet to make the switch from analog", said Chris Chapman, ACMA Chairman.

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  • Kevin
    April 9 2008
    11:23am
    #1 of 4

    The previous Government has a lot to answer for with this. They should have enforced their original cut off date and banned the sale of all analogue equipment many years ago. Then we wouldn't have this problem.

  • POWERZONE
    April 9 2008
    12:03pm
    #2 of 4

    True, but then again there's a lot of areas where analogue works and digital doesn't which can be a sticking point.

    Hopefully if or when analogue does get switched off the digital signal can be improved for bad reception areas.

  • Mister Man
    April 10 2008
    11:26am
    #3 of 4

    POWERZONE said:
    True, but then again there's a lot of areas where analogue works and digital doesn't which can be a sticking point.

    Hopefully if or when analogue does get switched off the digital signal can be improved for bad reception areas.

    And who's to blame for those blackspots? The previous government were supposed to fund blackspot upgrades.

    P.S. 42% of people on digital is a pretty big achievement considering how many bogans Australia has!!!

  • POWERZONE
    April 10 2008
    12:34pm
    #4 of 4

    Mister Man said:
    And who's to blame for those blackspots? The previous government were supposed to fund blackspot upgrades.

    Yes they were, but they didn't and it pisses me off. I can't get CH7 digital but I can get CH7 analogue.

    Yes indeedee... Helen Coonon was soooooo analgoue ;)

    POWERZONE said:
    Hopefully if or when analogue does get switched off the digital signal can be improved for bad reception areas.

    By this I mean increasing the ERP output of the digital channels to improve reception. They can't do it now because it interferes with the analogue reception. So turning off analogue needs to happen soon, BUT so does the power increase for digital.

    Mister Man said:
    P.S. 42% of people on digital is a pretty big achievement considering how many bogans Australia has!!!

    Apparantly HD box sales have soared since the intro of HD channels despite some channels broadcasting non-HD material.
    Another pretty big achievement (also make good "cop-out" xmas/birthday gifts B) )


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