ADDITIONAL DARWIN DIGITAL TV CHANNELS

CHANNEL NINE DARWIN SET TO BRING 2 NEW DIGITAL CHANNELS TO DARWIN ON OCTOBER 18 2010

Following the launch of GEM, a new HD channel from Nine, Channel Nine Darwin has announced that GEM will be arriving to Darwin on the October 18, 22 days after the national launch of GEM.

Also Channel Nine Darwin is introducing another channel in SD mode called GO! GO! together with GEM will be up and operating in Darwin by October 18.

To receive those channels everybody must retune their set top boxes and TV with HD tuner to receive these channels. Channel Nine Darwin is found on UHF 31 on the set top boxes and TV with HD tuners.

LCN of channels are as below:

GEM (replacement of NINE HD) on LCN 90

GO! on LCN 99

Nine SD will operate as normal on LCN 9

7MATE ALSO COMING TO DARWIN ON OCTOBER 24 2010

Also Southern Cross has announced it is bringing 7Mate to Darwin on October 24 2010. It will replace SC HD and will be a HD channel on LCN 70.  Southern Cross digital is found on UHF 32.

CHANNEL ELEVEN TO ARRIVE IN DARWIN ON MAY 3, 2011

Darwin Digital Television is set to provide Channel 11, a new SD channel for youth on May 3, 2011.  It will probably be found on LCN 11 on UHF 33, so a rescan of set top boxes and digital TV may be required.

Channel Network Channel No LCN SD / HD
GO! Darwin Nine Darwin UHF 31 99 SD
GEM Darwin Nine Darwin UHF 31 90 HD
7MATE Darwin SCTV Darwin UHF 32 70 HD
Eleven Darwin Digital Television UHF 33 11 SD

I'm pleased to announce those new digital channels Nine Darwin and Southern Cross Darwin is going to launch in October 2010 together with Darwin Digital TV launching another new channel in May 3, 2011.

William Walker

Northern Territory Digital TV Spokeman