CDT is an Australian digital television station broadcasting in remote central and eastern Australia. It is jointly owned by

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(owner of Southern Cross Central) and Imparja Television Pty Ltd (owner of

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) and operates under the company name ''Central Digital Television''. The station is available via satellite and terrestrial platforms and

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on a number of digital terrestrial transmitters, in remote areas of Australia. The station is similar to other joint venture services already available in

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, Mildura, Darwin and

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. Officially, the service's call sign is CDT in the Remote Central and Eastern Australia TV2 licence areas, and IDQ in the Mount Isa TV1 licence area (reflecting the status of existing

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station ITQ).

History

Central Digital Television began broadcasting Ten Central, One HD and One SD as digital satellite channels on 30 June 2010, the same day as the Viewer Access Satellite Television service was partially launched. Southern Cross Central and Imparja Television also commenced broadcasting digital satellite channels on the same day. The launch of the commercial digital channels coincided with the first analog television transmitter switch off in

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. This was so viewers in the area who lost adequate television coverage were able to utilise VAST as an alternative source. On 10 December 2010, VAST officially launched and began granting access to viewers in the Remote Central and Eastern Australia licence areas. This brought digital television to satellite viewers in the Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia for the first time. Digital terrestrial transmissions began in Alice Springs, Northern Territory and Mount Isa, Queensland on 2 May 2011, with other areas launching between 2012 and 2013.

Programming

CDT is affiliated to Network 10, but sources programming from two stations. ''10 Central North'' is sourced from TVQ

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, and airs '' 10 News First: Queensland'' nightly at 5pm, as well as sports and events live in the Brisbane market. ''10 Central South'' is sourced from ATV

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, including '' 10 News First: Victoria'' nightly at 5pm and live Melbourne-based sports and events, especially during the winter months. ''10 Central South'' is sourced from TEN

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, including '' 10 News First: New South Wales'' nightly at 5pm and live Sydney-based sports and events, especially during the summer months. ''10 Bold Central'' and ''10 Peach Central South'' are also sourced from ATV Melbourne (during the winter months) and TEN Sydney (during the summer months), while ''10 Peach Central North'' is from TVQ Brisbane (during the winter and summer months). Previously they broadcast Network 10 programming across their primary and multi channels, through 10 Central North relaying the Melbourne feed of ATV while 10 Central South continued to relay the Adelaide feed of ADS, the stations had also carried the Melbourne and Adelaide schedules of Eleven and

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through their secondary services.

News and current affairs

CDT simulcasts the weekday edition of ''10 News First'' from TVQ-10 in Brisbane (north) and TEN-10 in Sydney (south), along with the weekend edition from TEN-10 in Sydney. *'' 10 News First: New South Wales and Queensland'' (Monday to Friday 5:00pm – 6:30pm for both north and south remote viewers) (from TEN-10 and TVQ-10) *'' 10 News First: Weekend'' (Saturday 5:00pm – 6:00pm and Sunday 5:00pm – 6:30pm for both north and south remote viewers) (from TEN-10)

Availability

Terrestrial

Central Digital Television broadcasts

digital television channels ''10 Central'', ''10 Peach Comedy'' and ''10 Bold Drama'' via terrestrial transmissions in many regional cities and towns. The service is licensed to broadcast within the Remote Central and Eastern Australia TV2 and Mt Isa TV1 licence areas, which include Alice Springs, Bourke, Ceduna, Charleville, Coober Pedy, Cooktown,

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, Longreach, Mount Isa, Roma and

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, as well as others.

Satellite

A digital satellite transmission of CDT's channels is available free-to-view on the VAST service in all states and territories of Australia, except Western Australia. ''10 Bold Drama'' is broadcast as a single channel to all viewers, while ''10 Central'' and ''10 Peach Comedy'' are each split into two separate channels. ''10 Central North'' and ''10 Peach Comedy North'' are broadcast in Australian Eastern Standard Time for viewers in

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and

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(Northern Australia TV3 licence area), and ''10 Central South'' and ''10 Peach Comedy South'' in Australian Eastern Summer Time for viewers in

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, Victoria,

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and

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(South Eastern Australia TV3 licence area). ''10 Central North'' and ''10 Central South'' are broadcast in

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References

External links

Central Digital Television

Southern Cross Austereo
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