Australian TV via Satellite
The Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) service is now available. This new satellite service will be available to viewers who are unable to receive adequate digital television services from existing terrestrial transmitters. It will also be available to viewers in remote Australia, who currently rely on the Remote Area Broadcasting Service (RABS/Aurora).
For the first time, all free-to-air digital television services, including the original three commercial and two national channels, and the new digital services such as ABC2, ABC3, SBS TWO, GO!, 7TWO and ONE HD, will be available to all Australians, no matter where they live.
The VAST service will provide regional viewers with access to the local news currently broadcast in their TV license area through a dedicated local news channel. It will also provide viewers with access to the ABCÕs new 24-hour news high definition multi-channel, which will be launched later this year.
More information is available on the digitalready government website.