Digital television channel


Seven’s new digital channel: “Channel Mate”

Details of Seven’s second digital channel have leaked after the network filed trademark applications this week for its new logo. It looks like it will be called “Channel Mate” or just “Mate”, with “sonic waves” or a “stylised silhouette of a man” as its logo.

Freeview TV: a lesson in how not to market

The marketing arm for Australia’s free to air television industry has been caught out in giving false information, writes Margaret Simons.

A-pac hits the airwaves, beats ABC to the punch

The ABC and pay television are going head to head in a battle for access to that most valuable of natural resources, the broadcasting spectrum, writes Margaret Simons.

Freeview, digital and analogue teevee: commercial station’s big temper tantrum

So what’s Freeview? Well, it’s not like the UK Freeview. In fact it’s not clear what it is, because it’s not a new service of any kind, writes Bernard Keane.

ABC digital: 12 hours of kids TV

ABC Managing Director Mark Scott has flagged the establishment of a C-SPAN-like public affairs channel and a dedicated children’s channel, writes Bernard Keane.

Stephen Conroy hearts Free-TV

Stephen Conroy is shaping up as the biggest friend of the free-to-air networks in ages – and given the track record of both sides of politics, that is saying something, writes Bernard Keane.

What’s on the ABC’s election wishlist?

We know funding for a digital only children’s television channel is top of the ABC’s wishlist, but what else might be announced during the campaign? asks Margaret Simons.