The Australian Communications and Media Authority has licensed digital self-help retransmission services at 40 sites in regional and remote Australia as part of the switchover to digital television services across the country. Self-help retransmission services are often provided by local councils in areas where TV broadcasters don’t have established transmitters or where reception isn’t adequate.
Digital switchover is occurring progressively around Australia and the last analog television services will be turned off by the end of 2013. The ACMA is working with government, broadcasters and local communities, including self-help providers of retransmission services, to ensure that all Australian have access to high quality digital television services.
