Norfolk Island changed from terrestrial analogue television to terrestrial MPEG-4 digital television in December 2013. It appears that very few people require a VAST box as the transmissions cover most of the island. From memory, my understanding is that the networks share the broadcast channels rather than the 5 networks having their own channels.
There is some information here:
http://www.norfolkonlinenews.com/non_legislativeassembly/page/20/
Only thing is, all UHF DTV multiplexes in NZ are 8MHz wide (VHF band 3 are same as Aus at 7MHz wide), therefore NZ can fit more channels, or higher bit rates on each channel per multiplex.
https://aloha-apartments.com/norfolk-island/travel-information/
They have all the NT channels.
I wonder how accurate that article is since they think NBN is ALL of NSW.
They might think it’s from NT because of the ads, but it could easily be the “South” feed (NSW/VIC/SA) rather than the “North” feed that QLD/NT gets. I know South still gets a lot of NT ads.
Either one, the point was that they get all the channels we do (basically), and
the networks have all their own channels.
They share the same frequencies. There are not 5 digital television channels. An explanation of their first version of digital television in 2009:
Source: The Norfolk
ISLANDER
Having said that, the Seventh-day Adventist Church appears to still own two television licences on Norfolk Island.
That story is from 2009. Is it still the case?
What does this mean exactly?
It means exactly what he’s been saying. They share the frequencies between eachother. Like ABC and SBS on the same frequency, Imparja and Seven on the same frequency. You can do that in an all-MPEG-4 setup to an extent.
This is correct. I’ve spoken to a tech guy on the island and they definitely get the South channels.
Yes, that was the advantage of starting late.
So it doesn’t actually mean the content, yeah?
7mate via Prime7 is HD tonight in Canberra, in addition to the main channel.
I dont recall seeing it in HD before now, unless i’ve missed something.
No changes in Coffs Harbour. 7Mate still in SD up here.
Still SD in Illawarra.
Interesting. Could be testing a network-wide rollout. Can you elaborate on the details? Is it MPEG-4?
Yeah, MPEG-4.
Here’s a cap and some info from VLC.
There’s no SD simulcast. Just MPEG-4 HD on LCN 63. Currently measuring bitrates to post soon.
Maybe ahead of the Olympics?
Bitrates on Prime7 in Canberra tonight:
| 6/61 | PRIME7 Canberra | 3.6 Mbps | |
| 60 | PRIME7 HD Canberra | 5.6 Mbps | MPEG 4 HD |
| 62 | 7TWO Canberra | 3.4 Mbps | |
| 63 | 7mate Canberra | 5.8 Mbps | MPEG 4 HD |
| 65 | ishoptv | 1.3 Mbps | MPEG 4 |
| 66 | 7flix | 2.2 Mbps | MPEG 4 |
| 68 | RACING.COM | 1.9 Mbps | MPEG 4 |
This lady lost the picture tonight:
Looking likely. Good news!
Maybe she doesn’t have an MPEG-4 compatible TV? That Panasonic doesn’t look very recent.
Having ‘sound but no visual’ proves she’s got an MPEG-2-only TV. The audio channel on MPEG-4 services is usually backwards compatible with older equipment.
