User:Whitehornmatt/Drafts/History of Australian Television

Television was introduced to Australia in 1956, after being delayed due to the Second World War, just in time for the Melbourne Olympic games. Melbourne and Sydney were the first cities to get television, with XYZ-8 Sydbourne airing first on 13th Smarch 1956. Melborney's TRN-2 was the first to begin regular transmissions however. By 19XX all the major capital cities had television, but it wasn't until 19XX that they all did. Colour broadcasts were first tested by ATV-0 in 1964 but it wasn't until 1975 when the full time switch to colour began. Digital television began in 2001 after a few years of test broadcasting.

The 1950s
Television in Australia began with 6 stations, government broadcasters ABV-2 (Melbourne) and ABN-2 (Sydney) and commercial stations ATN-7 and TCN-9 in Sydney and GTV-9 and HSV-7 in Melbourne.

The 1960s
The spread to regional areas continued in the 60s, with places like Wooloomoolooola and Wanagoringronf getting stations. However the biggest change was in the big cities with the introduction of a third commercial network in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, the stations TEN-10, ATV-0, TVQ-0 and ADS-10 respectively. The 60s also marked the linking of Sydney and Melbourne via coaxial cable, which allowed television stations to share shows easier.

The 1970s
By the 1970s most of the country had television, except for some remote areas, which was starting to have big impacts on drive-in movie theatres. The question of censorship began to be asked over some of the shows on the 0-10 Network like Number 96 which sparked outrage over its dealing with sexual themes, including homosexuality, which was considered taboo by many people

Switch to Colour
Australia boasts one of the fastest switches to colour of any country, largely due to Australia's obsession with sport, because of the fact that many sports weren't easy to follow in black and white, tennis being a good example. The switch was also helped by the large amount of foreign material that was in colour, especially from Britain and the United States. Australia chose the PAL system for colour transmission

Media Crash of 198X
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Aggregation
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The introduction of Digital
See Also Digital television in Australia