channels digital 11 vhf affiliations nine owner southern cross austereo win corporation tasmanian digital television pty ltd first air date 22 december 2003 call letters meaning tasmanian digital television former affiliations ten 2003 2016 website www.tdtv.com.au tdt is a digital television station in tasmania australia . it is jointly owned by win corporation and southern cross austereo . contents 1 history 2 programming 2.1 news 3 availability 3.1 main transmitters 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit in australia the major capital cities and a majority of the regional areas are served by three commercial broadcasters . however some less populated areas are only granted two licences and until the early 2000s one in some cases because there is not enough advertising revenue in some areas to keep three separate commercial broadcasters afloat . in 2002 win television who had a nine network affiliation in tasmania and southern cross broadcasting now southern cross austereo who had a seven network affiliation in tasmania in combination with a network ten affiliation in other regions lodged a joint application under the broadcasting services act 1992 to establish a third commercial broadcaster in tasmania . the application was successful with tdt launching on 22 december 2003 on lcn 5 . the station was available in hobart from its launch date and to north eastern tasmania including launceston in august 2004 and in 2006 kelcey tier devonport . rollout continued across the state over the following years including the rest of the north west coast the west coast and the east coast before the digital switchover in 2013 . logo as a network ten affiliate tdt was the first digital only commercial channel in australia . tdt s effect on the digital television market in tasmania was widely anticipated as success or failure would strongly guide the digital plans of other broadcasters . as part of the joint venture southern cross broadcasting is responsible for handling playout from their canberra facility and transmits this signal via satellite to win television transmission facilities in tasmania . win television handle the business administration and advertising sales for tdt . in may 2016 win television announced it was taking up a network ten affiliation across its stations from 1 july 2016 affecting its tasmanian station tvt . 1 with tdt s number two rating ten content being taken by win the nine network would have to sign a new deal with tdt to ensure its content continued to be seen by tasmanians . following intense negotiations which lasted until the last day 30 june 2 a deal was made for tdt to become a nine network affiliate . as a result tdt nine rebroadcasts the nine melbourne feed supplemented with local advertising . programming edit following significant public speculation about how programming would be carried by the new station one of two options were suggested southern cross would drop one of its affiliations either seven or ten and tdt would pick it up ; or tdt would also become a dual seven and ten affiliate and carry the programs that southern cross opted not to broadcast . southern cross did not want to disrupt its existing market leading program line up so the agreement tdt signed with ten allowed southern cross to have first pick of ten programming . if both networks wanted to broadcast a program southern cross had to broadcast it at the same time as tdt . if southern cross wanted to broadcast a ten program at a different time tdt would usually broadcast an alternative program . examples of this included thank god you re here the bold and the beautiful and the wedge . huey s cooking adventures was an exception with both networks screening it at different times . from its initial broadcast in late december 2003 to late january 2004 tdt showed a direct feed of atv 10 in melbourne . as access to the tdt ten broadcast gradually spread across the state in the following years southern cross agreed to progressively drop ten programs from its line up . southern cross dropped rove live and totally wild in 2004 big brother in 2006 the bold and the beautiful in 2007 huey s cooking adventures australian idol and thank god you re here in 2008 though it returned in 2009 with the program s move to seven and neighbours and the simpsons in 2009 . in 2009 the only ten content broadcast by southern cross was afl . during the afl season tdt simulcast the ten news melbourne bulletin presented by george donikian and broadcast to melbourne adelaide and perth on saturday nights at 6 00pm which complemented ten s saturday afl coverage . on sundays ten s national bulletin presented by natarsha belling from sydney was broadcast . tdt broadcast ten s 2010 commonwealth games coverage in full . since 1 july 2016 tdt rebroadcasts the nine melbourne feed supplemented with local advertising . news edit in 2012 the station began airing short local news updates produced from southern cross austereo s studio in canberra rather than either tnt or tvt s studio . the segments draw on the resources of southern cross austereo . as a nine network affiliate tdt simulcasts the hour long nine news melbourne from gtv 9 presented weekdays by peter hitchener as well as their weekend bulletins . availability edit tdt is simulcast in digital standard definition and 1080p high definition 9hd . tdt is broadcast in most areas across tasmania . tdt is an affiliate of nine network and carries their branding and most programs . main transmitters edit region served city channels first air date erp haat1 transmitter coordinates transmitter location southern tasmania hobart 11 vhf 22 december 2003 50 kw 1004 m 42 53 42 s 147 14 10 e 42.89500 s 147.23611 e 42.89500 ; 147.23611 tdt mount wellington northern tasmania launceston 52 uhf august 2004 1250 kw 839 m 41 23 27 s 147 25 28 e 41.39083 s 147.42444 e 41.39083 ; 147.42444 tdt mount barrow notes 1 . haat estimated from http www.itu.int srtm3 using ehaat . see also edit darwin digital television mildura digital television southern cross television southern cross nine television broadcasting in australia references edit win free to air tv shake up a big deal for regions tasmanian manager says . abc news . retrieved 2 july 2016 . dead air one day away in tasmania as nine network and tdt tv deal remains in limbo . the mercury . retrieved 2 july 2016 . external links edit tasmanian digital television southern cross austereo v t e southern cross austereo television southern cross nine southern new south wales australian capital territory regional victoria regional queensland spencer gulf broken hill southern cross ten northern new south wales spencer gulf broken hill southern cross television seven affiliate remote eastern and central australia darwin spencer gulf broken hill tasmania multichannels aspire tv yesshop joint ventures central digital television darwin digital television tasmanian digital television radio queensland stations hit network hit 105 brisbane 97.9 hot fm atherton 103.5 hot fm cairns 94.7 hot fm emerald 100.3 hot fm mackay 102.5 hot fm mount isa 107.9 hot fm rockhampton 95.1 hot fm roma 103.1 hot fm townsville 93.1 sea fm bundaberg 90.9 sea fm gold coast 89.1 hot fm kingaroy 101.9 sea fm maryborough 100.7 hot fm toowoomba 91.9 sea fm sunshine coast triple m local works 104.5 triple m brisbane 92.5 gold fm gold coast 103.5 mix fm maryborough 864 4gr toowoomba 102.3 4to townsville 99.5 sea fm cairns 98.7 sea fm mackay 101.5 sea fm rockhampton 92.7 mix fm sunshine coast new south wales stations hit network 2day fm sydney 106.9 nxfm newcastle 101.3 sea fm gosford central coast 104.9 star fm albury 105.5 star fm coffs harbour 93.5 star fm dubbo 99.7 star fm griffith 105.1 102.3 star fm kempsey port macquarie 105.1 star fm orange 93.1 star fm wagga wagga triple m local works 104.9 triple m sydney 102.9 kofm newcastle 105.7 the river albury 106.3 2cs coffs harbour 107.7 2go gosford central coast 2rg 963 griffith 106.7 100.7 2mc kempsey port macquarie 105.9 2gz orange 1152 2wg wagga wagga victorian stations hit network fox fm melbourne 91.9 star fm bendigo 99.5 star fm mildura 96.9 star fm shepparton 94.3 97.9 star fm warragul gippsland triple m local works 105.1 triple m melbourne 93.5 3bo bendigo 97.9 sun fm mildura 95.3 3sr fm shepparton south australian stations southern cross austereo hit 107 adelaide 104.7 triple m adelaide 963 5se mount gambier 96.1 star fm mount gambier western australian stations hit network hit 92.9 perth 106.5 hot fm albany 100.5 hot fm bridgetown 95.7 hot fm bunbury 97.9 hot fm kalgoorlie 94.9 hot fm katanning 105.1 hot fm merredin 100.5 hot fm narrogin 96.5 hot fm northam triple m local works mix 94.5 perth radiowest 783 albany radiowest 900 bridgetown radiowest 963 bunbury radiowest 981 kalgoorlie radiowest 1071 katanning radiowest 1098 merredin radiowest 918 narrogin radiowest 864 northam other stations tasmanian stations hit 100.9 hobart heart 107.3 hobart joint venture stations hit 104.7 canberra mix 106.3 canberra digital only stations buddha radio national loveland national stardust national triple m classic rock digital sydney melbourne and brisbane triple m modern rock digital adelaide and perth previous digital stations triple m perth perth only radar music national barry national the main stage national choose the hits national high voltage radio national radio gaga national caravan radio national i see red national u20 national v t e win corporation television win television southern nsw act griffith seven griffith nine griffith ten griffith victoria mildura queensland tasmania eastern south australia seven sa nine sa ten sa western australia multichannels win hd gold joint ventures mildura digital television tasmania digital television west digital television other assets i98 c91 .3 crawford productions selectv see also win news v t e television in tasmania tasmania abt abc tnt sctv tdt nine tas tvt win sbs remote areas 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