List of digital television channels in Australia

This is a list of the current channels available on digital terrestrial television in Australia.

The commercial channels available to viewers depend on location and station ownership. The process of aggregation during the late 80s to mid 90s saw regional stations take on affiliations with metropolitan channels for programming, a practice that has continued into digital television with affiliated stations carrying various multichannels from their metropolitan counterparts.

Metropolitan in this list therefore refers to the capitals of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, where stations are owned and operated by the network rather than affiliates. Regional in this list therefore refers to the capitals of Canberra, Hobart and Darwin, where stations are owned and operated by the network affiliates.

In areas not covered by terrestrial transmissions, the digital channels are provided by the free-to-view VAST satellite platform. The television channels on this platform are all encoded in H.264 and subject to a MPEG-LA controlled transmission patent licensing tax which is included in the VAST broadcaster cost and varies on viewership figures. The terrestrial transmissions still use H.262, which doesn't incur any additional transmission costs, but select channels are broadcast terrestrially in H.264.

Broadcaster availability
Nationwide	Metropolitan	Regional/remote

Government funded broadcasters

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
ABC TV	2	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Nationwide, except Tasmania
	21				Nationwide
ABCTV HD	20		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
	2				Tasmania
ABC TV Plus	22	19:30 – 02:00	576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced	Nationwide
ABC Kids		05:00 – 19:30		Children, Foreign/Nationally Produced
ABC Me	23	06:00 – 22:30		Youth, Foreign/Nationally Produced
ABC News	24	24 hours		News Bulletins

ABC Radio
DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
ABC Local Radio	25	24 hours	Stereo audio	Talk Radio	Nationwide
ABC RN	26
ABC Classic	27			Music Radio
triple j	28
triple j Unearthed	29
Double J	200
ABC Jazz	201
ABC KIDS listen	202			Children's Radio
ABC Country	203			Music Radio
ABC NewsRadio	204			News Radio

Special Broadcasting Service

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SBS	3	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Nationwide, except Tasmania
	30				Tasmania
SBS HD			1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Nationwide, except Tasmania
	3				Tasmania
SBS Viceland	31			Foreign/Nationally Produced	Nationwide
SBS World Movies	32			Movies and Entertainment, Foreign/Nationally Produced
SBS Food	33		576i SDTV	Lifestyle, Foreign/Nationally Produced
NITV	34			Indigenous, Foreign/Nationally Produced
SBS WorldWatch	35		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	World News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced

SBS Radio
DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SBS Radio 1	37	24 hours	Stereo audio	News Radio	Nationwide
	301
SBS Radio 2	38
	302
SBS Radio 3	303
SBS Arabic24	36
	304
SBS PopDesi	305			Music Radio
SBS Chill	39
	306
SBS PopAsia	307

Metropolitan commercial broadcasters

Seven West Media

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Channel 7	7	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
	71
7HD	70		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
7two	72		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
7mateHD	74		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)
7Bravo	75			Reality and True Crime, Foreign/Nationally Produced
7flix	76		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Movies and Entertainment, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Racing.com	78			Datacast, Horse Racing

7 Queensland

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Channel 7	7	24 hours	1080i HDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD
	70
	71
	6				Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD
	60
	61
7twoHD	72		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD
	62				Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD
7mateHD	74				Regional QLD
	64				Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD
7Bravo	75			Reality and True Crime, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD
	65				Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD
7flix	76		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Movies and Entertainment, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD
	66				Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD
Racing.com	78			Datacast, Horse Racing	Regional QLD
	68				Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba QLD

STQ Regional QLD services broadcast on 6x LCNs where signal overlap with BTQ Brisbane occurs.

7 Regional

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Channel 7	6	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura VIC/Sunraysia
	61
7HD	60		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
7two	62		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
7mateHD	64		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)
7Bravo	65			Reality and True Crime, Foreign/Nationally Produced
7flix	66		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Movies and Entertainment, Foreign/Nationally Produced
ishop TV	67			Datacast, Infomercial
Racing.com	68			Datacast, Horse Racing

7 Regional WA

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Channel 7	6	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Remote/Regional WA
7two	62			Foreign/Nationally Produced
7mate	63		1080i HDTV
ishop TV	67		576i SDTV	Datacast, Infomercial
Racing.com	68			Datacast, Horse Racing

Racing.com is a joint venture with Racing Victoria. Seven West Media also co-owns 10 affiliates WDT and MDV (joint ventures with WIN Corporation). ishop TV is a joint venture with Brand Developers.

Nine Entertainment

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Channel 9	9	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin
	91
9HD	90		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Gem	92		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!	93
	99
9Life	94			Lifestyle, Foreign/Nationally Produced
9GemHD	95		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Rush	96		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
Extra	97			Datacast, Infomercial	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin

9 Northern NSW

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Channel 9	8	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD
	81
9HD	80		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Gem	82		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!	83
	88
9Life	84			Lifestyle, Foreign/Nationally Produced
9GemHD	85		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Foreign/Nationally Produced
Extra	87		576i SDTV	Datacast, Infomercial

9Rush is a joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery. Nine Entertainment also co-owns Ten affiliate DTD (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo) in Darwin.

Paramount Networks ANZ

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
10	10	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
10 HD	1		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
	15
10 Peach	11		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Bold	12		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)
Nickelodeon	13		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)
TVSN	16			Datacast, Infomercial
gecko	17

TVSN is owned by Direct Group.

Regional and remote area commercial broadcasters

WIN Corporation (Primary Nine affiliate)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Channel 9	8	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura VIC/Sunraysia, Mount Gambier/Riverland, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
	88				Tasmania
9HD	80		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura VIC/Sunraysia, Tasmania, Mount Gambier/Riverland, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
	8				Tasmania
9Gem	81			Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC, Mildura VIC/Sunraysia, Tasmania, Mount Gambier/Riverland, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
9Go!	82		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)
9Life	83
TVSN	84			Datacast, Infomercial
GOLD	85

9 Western Australia

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Channel 9	8	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Remote/Regional WA
9HD	80		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Gem	81		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!	82
TVSN	84			Datacast, Infomercial
9Life	85		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Foreign/Nationally Produced

10 Northern NSW

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
10	5	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD
10 HD	50		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Bold	51		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Peach	52
Sky News Regional	53		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	News Bulletins
TVSN	54			Datacast, Infomercial
Gold	55

Mount Gambier/Riverland and Griffith monopoly stations^[a]

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
7HD SA	6	24 hours	1080i HDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Mount Gambier/Riverland
	60
7HD Griffith	6				Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
	60
7two	62		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced, News Bulletins	Mount Gambier/Riverland, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
7mate	63
10HD SA	5	24 hours	1080i HDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Mount Gambier/Riverland
	50
10HD Griffith	5				Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
	50
10 Bold	51		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced	Mount Gambier/Riverland, Griffith NSW/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
10 Peach	52
Sky News Regional	53		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	News Bulletins

WIN Corporation also co-owns 10 affiliates MDV, WDT (joint ventures with Seven West Media), and TDT (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo).

Imparja Television (Remote Nine affiliate)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Imparja	9	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Remote Central/Eastern Australia
9Gem	90		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!	99		576i SDTV

Imparja Television also co-owns 10 affiliate CDT (joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo).

Southern Cross Austereo (Primary 10 and remote Seven affiliates)

10 Regional

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
10	5	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional VIC
	51
10 HD	50		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Peach	52		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Bold	53
Nickelodeon	54		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)
SBN	55			Datacast, Religious
Sky News Regional	56			Datacast, News Bulletins
gecko	57			Datacast, Infomercial

7 Tasmania and 7 Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Channel 7	6	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
	61				Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
7HD	60		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
	6				Tasmania
7two	62		576i SDTV (MPEG-4 in Tasmania)	Foreign/Nationally Produced	Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
7mate	63
SBN	64		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Datacast, Religious	Tasmania
gecko	67			Datacast, Infomercial
Racing.com	68			Datacast, Horse Racing	Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW

7 Darwin

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
7 Darwin	7	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Darwin
	71
7HD	70		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
7two	72		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
7mate	73
SBN	74		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Datacast, Religious
TVSN	75			Datacast, Infomercial
Racing.com	78			Datacast, Horse Racing

7 Central

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
7 Central	7	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Remote Central/Eastern Australia
7mate	70		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
7two	72		576i SDTV

Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill monopoly stations^[a]

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
9	8	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
	81
9HD	80		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Gem	82		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
9Go!	83
9Life	84		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)
10	5	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW
	51
10 HD	50		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Bold	52		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Peach	53
SBN	54		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Datacast, Religious
gecko	57			Datacast, Infomercial

Southern Cross Austereo also co-owns 10 affiliates TDT (joint venture with WIN Corporation), CDT and DTD (joint ventures with Imparja Television and Nine Entertainment Co. respectively).

Joint venture stations

Mildura Digital Television (10 affiliate)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
10 HD Mildura	5	24 hours	1080i HDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Mildura VIC/Sunraysia
	50
10 Bold	51		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Peach	52

West Digital Television (10 affiliate)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
10 HD	5	24 hours	1080i HDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Remote/Regional WA
10 Bold	50		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
Ch-54	54			Scenic loop
10 Peach	55			Foreign/Nationally Produced

Mildura Digital Television and West Digital Television are co-owned by Seven West Media and Nine affiliate WIN Corporation.

Tasmanian Digital Television (10 affiliate)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
10 HD Tas	5	24 hours	1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Tasmania
	50
10 Tasmania	51		576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Peach	52		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Bold	53
Nickelodeon	54

Tasmanian Digital Television is co-owned by Seven affiliate Southern Cross Austereo and Nine affiliate WIN Corporation.

Central Digital Television (10 affiliate)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
10 Central	10	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Remote Central/Eastern Australia
10 Bold	1		1080i HDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Peach	11		576i SDTV

Central Digital Television is co-owned by Seven affiliate Southern Cross Austereo and Nine affiliate Imparja Television.

Darwin Digital Television (10 affiliate)

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
10 Darwin	1	24 hours	576i SDTV	Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced	Darwin
	11
10HD	10		1080i HDTV (MPEG-4)	Simulcast, Primary Channel, News Bulletins, Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Bold	12		576i SDTV	Foreign/Nationally Produced
10 Peach	13

Darwin Digital Television is co-owned by Nine Entertainment Co. and Seven affiliate Southern Cross Austereo.

Local broadcasters

Open narrowcasting services

First Nations Broadcasting Australia

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
First Nations TV	4	24 hours	720p (MPEG-4)	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Content, Locally Produced	Darwin
Darwin TV	41		576i SDTV	News and Entertainment, Locally Produced
Tourism TV	42		576i SDTV (MPEG-4)	Tourism, Locally Produced
Business TV	43		576i SDTV	Education, Locally Produced
First Nations Radio	401		Stereo audio	Music Radio
Darwin FM	402
First Nations National Radio	403			Music and News Radio
Palmerston FM88	404			Music Radio

Goolarri Media Enterprises

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
GTV	40	24 hours	576i SDTV	Locally Produced	Broome
Nurlu	41
GTV HD	42		1080i HDTV
Radio Goolari	43		Stereo audio	Music and News Radio
PAKAM Radio	44			Music Radio

Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Ngarda TV	40	24 hours	576i SDTV	Locally Produced	Roebourne WA and surrounding areas

Snowy Mountains Television

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SMTV HD	350	24 hours	1080i HDTV	Locally Produced	Jindabyne NSW
SMTV	351		576i SDTV

Community television

Main article: Community television in Australia

C44 Adelaide

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Channel 44	44	24 hours	576i SDTV	Locally Produced, News Bulletins	Adelaide and surrounding areas

Melbourne Community Television Consortium

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
C31 Melbourne	44	24 hours	576i SDTV	Locally Produced, News Bulletins	Melbourne, Geelong and surrounding areas

VAST satellite services

Indigenous Community Television

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
ICTV	41	24 hours	576i SDTV	Locally Produced	Alice Springs, Broome
	601				Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia

ICTV is available via terrestrial television in Alice Springs and Broome, and via VAST in other areas.

Three Angels Broadcasting Network

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
3ABN Australia	109	24 hours	576i SDTV	Foreign/Locally Produced	Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
	603

Angel Christian Television Trust

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
GOD TV	101	24 hours	576i SDTV	Foreign/Locally Produced	Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
	677

Trinity Broadcasting Network

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
TBN Pacific	104	24 hours	576i SDTV	Foreign/Locally Produced	Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
	624
TBN Inspire	105
	625

Jimmy Swaggart Ministries

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
SBN	106	24 hours	576i SDTV	Foreign Produced	Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
	616

Angel Broadcasting Network

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Angel TV	107	24 hours	576i SDTV	Foreign/Locally Produced	Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
	617

Seventh-day Adventist Church

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
Hope Channel	110	24 hours	576i SDTV	Foreign Produced	Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
	610

Amazing Discoveries Ministries

DVB name	LCN	Broadcast hours	Format	Programming content	Availability
ADTV	111	24 hours	576i SDTV	Foreign/Locally Produced	Remote/Regional WA, Remote Central/Eastern Australia
	611

Discontinued channels

DVB name	LCN	Launch date	Discontinued date	Notes
ABC Kids	21	1 August 2001	30 June 2003	Youth focused sister channels. ABC Kids aired 6am to 6pm, Fly TV aired 6pm to 6am. Axed due to budget cuts. Replaced by ABC2 in 2005 (now ABC TV Plus) on LCN 22.
Fly TV		1 November 2001
SBS Essential	31	14 October 2002	25 January 2007	Program guide channel.
Ten Guide	11	1 July 2004	20 November 2007	Program guide channel. Replaced by Ten SD2 on channel 11, channel 100 simply went blank and this LCN number was not used again for a future channel.
	100
ABC Guide	20	30 May 2006	8 February 2008	Program guide channel aired during off-air periods of ABC HD and ABC2 (now ABC TV Plus).
	21
MyTalk	55	13 April 2007	25 February 2008	Program guide channel in regional Southern Cross Media (now Southern Cross Austereo) areas. LCN 55 was used again for Eleven in Southern Cross Ten areas in 2011 and Yesshop in 2016. LCN 66 was used again for Aspire TV in Tasmania (Southern Cross Television) in 2013. LCN 77 was never used by Southern Cross ever again. LCN 55 is currently SBN in former Southern Cross Ten areas since 2017, LCN 66 is currently vacant in Tasmania since 2015, so is LCN 77 in Darwin since this channel's discontinuation.
	66
	77
Seven Guide	77	6 September 2002	4 July 2008	Program guide channel.
Nine Guide	99	21 August 2001	13 November 2008	Program guide channel. Replaced by a simulcast of Nine^[1] until 5 August 2009, when it was replaced by GO! (now 9Go!).
Ten SD2	11	16 December 2007	25 March 2009	SD simulcast of Ten HD. Replaced by One SD in 2009.
SBS World News Channel	32	12 June 2002	1 June 2009	Broadcast on LCN 33 until 29 January 2009. Replaced by SBS Two (now SBS Viceland).
One SD	12	26 March 2009	15 December 2010	SD simulcast of One HD (now One). Replaced by a HD simulcast of One HD (previously on LCN 11, replaced by Eleven).
3D trials	40	19 May 2010	19 July 2010	Shared 3D broadcasts of the 2010 State of Origin series by Nine Network (and affiliates WIN Television and NBN Television) and SBS Television. Available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth (for Nine and SBS's 3D trials), Newcastle (for NBN's 3D trial), Wollongong (for WIN's 3D trial).
		25 September 2010		3D broadcast of the 2010 AFL Grand Final by the Seven Network. Available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
	95	16 July 2012	23 August 2012	3D highlights broadcast of Nine's coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Gold Coast. Replaced by Extra 2 in 2013. It is currently 9Gem HD since 2019.
Gold 2	92	13 July 2013	30 September 2013	Five-hour timeshift of Gold. Replaced by Extra (later moved to LCN 85). In Perth, Nine Entertainment took control of STW, which was the only non-regional station to carry Gold 2, on 30 September 2013, so Nine’s second infomercial channel Extra 2 (on LCN 95) replaced Gold 2 in Perth.
	82		19 January 2016
Rural Health Channel	600	21 May 2012	January 2014	VAST channel.
Fresh Ideas TV	78	23 November 2013	1 December 2014	Infomercial datacast broadcast by Seven in metropolitan markets and its Regional Queensland station. Replaced by Racing.com in 2015. It is still Racing.com to this day.
	68
Aspire TV	66	21 May 2013	29 August 2015	Infomercial datacast broadcast by Southern Cross Austereo. Replaced by and currently Racing.com in Southern Cross Television areas.
	76
	56		1 July 2016	Infomercial datacast broadcast by Southern Cross Austereo. Replaced by and currently Sky News Regional in Southern Cross 10 areas. In the Broken Hill and Spencer Gulf areas, this channel was broadcast on SGS/SCN, this channel ceased to broadcast in those areas on 1 July 2016 and this channel was not replaced in those areas. This is also the case in Northern NSW, because Southern Cross' Northern NSW station NRN was acquired by rival regional television network WIN Television on 31 May 2017, so Aspire TV ceased to broadcast in Northern NSW on 31 August 2017.
			31 August 2017
			1 August 2021
Extra 2	95	28 March 2013	26 November 2015	Five-hour timeshift of Extra. Replaced by Extra (moved from LCN 94 and 84 respectively). It is currently 9Gem HD since 2019.
	85		1 March 2016
4ME	64	18 September 2011	30 April 2016	Infomercial datacast. Replaced by a simulcast of ishop TV, discontinued June 2016.
	74	December 2011	19 May 2016	Infomercial datacast. Prime Media Group and Brand New Media datacast channel broadcast by Seven into metropolitan markets and its regional Queensland station. Replaced by 7food network in 2018 and currently a HD version of 7mate.
	64
Yesshop	55	1 August 2016	30 September 2016	Infomercial datacast. New Zealand-based channel broadcast by Southern Cross Austereo. NZ owner folded due to company losses and lack of funds. Replaced by SBN in 2017.
	64
	74
	54
Westlink	602	1992	January 2018	VAST channel.
Your Money	95	1 October 2018	17 May 2019	Business news joint-venture between Australian News Channel and Nine Entertainment Co. Replaced by an HD simulcast of 9Gem.
	85
7food network	74	1 December 2018	29 December 2019	Food channel broadcast by Seven West Media. Replaced by an HD simulcast of 7mate.
	64
Sky News on WIN	83	2 September 2018	1 August 2021	News channel co-owned by Australian News Channel and WIN Corporation. Replaced by 9Life in WIN Nine areas.
	85
	53			News channel co-owned by Australian News Channel and WIN Corporation. Replaced by Sky News Regional in WIN 10 areas.
Open Shop	75	1 August 2019	7 September 2021	Infomercial datacast co-owned by Seven West Media and Hyundai Home Shopping^[2] and broadcast in metropolitan markets and regional Queensland. Replaced by 7Bravo in 2023.
	65
Spree TV	17	17 September 2013	12 August 2022	Infomercial datacast co-owned by Ten Network Holdings and Brand Developers. Replaced by Gecko.

Digital Forty Four

Main article: Digital Forty Four

The following channels were only available in Sydney as the Digital Forty Four suite of channels. The datacast trial began on 17 March 2004 and ended on 30 April 2010.

Channel lineup prior to trial end

DVB name	LCN	Launch date	Discontinued date	Notes
Channel 4	4	2008	30 April 2010	Video program guide for free-to-air and D44 channels.
NITV	40	27 October 2008	30 April 2010	Existing subscription channel added to D44 service. Remains available on subscription satellite and cable television. Available free-to-air on LCN 34 via SBS since 12 December 2012.
ABC News, Sport and Weather	41	17 March 2004	30 April 2010	Text only.
D44 Homepage	42	17 March 2004	30 April 2010	Broadcast on LCN 44 prior to addition of TVS in March 2010.
Television Sydney	44	March 2010	30 April 2010	Existing digital community television channel added to D44 service.
Teachers TV	45	3 November 2008	30 April 2010	Broadcast on LCN 47 (shared with House of Representatives channel) until 30 June 2009.
Australian Christian Channel	46	2004	30 April 2010	Existing subscription channel added to D44 service. Still available on subscription satellite and cable television. Broadcast on LCN 47 (shared with House of Representatives channel) until 30 June 2009.
Federal Parliament House of Representatives	47	17 March 2004	30 April 2010	Live video/audio feed of House of Representatives sessions. Broadcast on LCN 401 until 3 November 2008, LCN 47 shared with Teachers TV from 2008 to 2009 (broadcast when the House was not in session).
Federal Parliament Senate	48	17 March 2004	30 April 2010	Live video/audio feed of Senate sessions. Broadcast on LCN 402 until 3 November 2008.
Expo	49	2006	30 April 2010	Existing subscription shopping channel added to D44 service. Still available on Foxtel subscription television.

Community television

Main article: Community television in Australia

The following channels were community-based broadcasters that were available on digital television in the metropolitan cities. Some remain available via online video on demand services.

DVB name	LCN	Launch date	Discontinued date	Notes
Television Sydney	44	20 February 2006	20 December 2015	Broadcast in Sydney, Southern Highlands, Blue Mountains and Central Coast.
31 Digital		31 July 1994	28 February 2017	Broadcast in Brisbane and surrounding areas. Reinvented as online streaming service Hitchhike TV.
West TV		10 April 2010	20 February 2020	Broadcast in Perth and surrounding areas.

Notes

1. One company has a monopoly in this area, as the Australian Communications and Media Authority believes it cannot support more than one commercial television company, but can support multiple commercial television services.

See also

•  Television portal
•  Australia portal

• Australian and New Zealand television frequencies
• Digital television in Australia
• High-definition television in Australia
• Internet television in Australia
• Subscription television in Australia

References

1. "Digital TV Scan – Melbourne, Australia (June 2009) (Arista DVB-HD720 DVB-T)". YouTube.
2. "Hyundai Home Shopping to launch 24/7 channel in Australia". The Korea Herald. 4 July 2019. from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.