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Australian Television
A timeline of important events in Television history -
Experimental Television Broadcasts
Experimental TV broadcasts began as early as 1929 in Melbourne on stations 3DB and 3UZ using the Radiovision system by Gilbert Miles and Donal McDonald. -
Introduction of television in Australia
Plans to launch an ABC channel station in Sydney -
TEN
TEN 10 Sydney starts transmission -
ABS - 2 Adelaide Launch
11 March: ABS-2 Adelaide launches.
7 May: ABW-2 Perth begins transmission.
23 May: TVT-6 Hobart opens, bringing television to Tasmania.
4 June: ABT-2 Hobart commences broadcasting. -
Colour testing
Colour test transmisssion began on Australian television -
Colour television introduced
At midnight, colour was introduced to Australian television.
Main networks celebrated with their own uniue slogan, 'Come to Colout' (ABC TV), Seven Colours Your World (Seven Network), Living Colour (Nine Network), and 0 - First in Colour (0-10) -
60 Minutes
Current Affairs program, 60 minutes, debutes on Nine network -
ATV-10
Melbournes ATV-0 converted to ATV-10 -
Advertising
SBS TV is permitted by the government to broadcast five minutes of advertising per hour, as a form of additional funding. -
Subscription
Galaxy launches Australia's first subscription television service on MMDS -
Optus Vision
Australia's first cable TV provider, Optus Vision, begins broadcasting. -
Foxtell
Foxtell was founded and introduced to Australia -
Ownership movement
Ownership of Australia Television International moves from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to the Seven Network. -
Olympics Opening Ceremony
The 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony is broadcast by the Seven Network - one of the highest-rating programs ever shown on Australian television. -
Audienences
Digital terrestrial television is introduced to audiences in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth -
Sports
Ten's sports channel One HD launches - the first commercial digital-only network in Australia.
