What TEN are not telling you is their dirty little secret, that normal TEN HD programming will disappear to make way for the 24hr ONE HD Sport Channel. That's right, all the normal TEN HD programs are GONE. No more drama, comedy, variety shows in HD, because there is only enough bandwidth for 1 x HD channel and 1 x SD channel. Sqeezing in another SD channel will rob quality from the other two, but that's what they're planning to do. The fact is, HD on free-to-air TV in Australia NOW looks the best it's ever going to be, but when the new channels start, say goodbye to the quality, and say hello to low bitrate HD which will be a pixellated mess.
That may not be the case now re the HD channels, as the government has just modified (late december) the HD channel rules to allow 2 HD channels for each existing free to air network. By the way there are 5 free to air network divisions, all 5 have been allocated 2 HD channels now, 3 of the networks are commercial. 1) ABC and ABC 2 2) SBS, SBS News, SBS 2 3) Ten SD and Ten HD 4) Nine SD and Nine HD 5) Seven SD and Seven HD The other channels are on Fox/Austar and Optus networks. (Cable/Satellite)
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What TEN are not telling you is their dirty little secret, that normal TEN HD programming will disappear to make way for the 24hr ONE HD Sport Channel. That's right, all the normal TEN HD programs are GONE. No more drama, comedy, variety shows in HD, because there is only enough bandwidth for 1 x HD channel and 1 x SD channel. Sqeezing in another SD channel will rob quality from the other two, but that's what they're planning to do. The fact is, HD on free-to-air TV in Australia NOW looks the best it's ever going to be, but when the new channels start, say goodbye to the quality, and say hello to low bitrate HD which will be a pixellated mess.
That may not be the case now re the HD channels, as the government has just modified (late december) the HD channel rules to allow 2 HD channels for each existing free to air network.
By the way there are 5 free to air network divisions, all 5 have been allocated 2 HD channels now, 3 of the networks are commercial.
1) ABC and ABC 2
2) SBS, SBS News, SBS 2
3) Ten SD and Ten HD
4) Nine SD and Nine HD
5) Seven SD and Seven HD
The other channels are on Fox/Austar and Optus networks. (Cable/Satellite)