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On Nov 4, 2:49 pm, Harry Heidelberg <Erro...@chfile.dne> wrote:

> Don't go Digital till C31 does.
>
Pretty dumb advice, there's another 5+ channels you are missing out on.

Hello, Harry!
You wrote  on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:49:38 +1100:

 HH> About time.

 HH> As soon as it starts I'll think about buying an STB.

 HH> I knew that stimulus cash would eventually be useful.

 HH> Don't go Digital till C31 does.

 ??>> 
http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/digital_pathway_for_community_tv<

 HH> Media Release    Senator Stephen Conroy

 HH> �Community Television is an important component of the Australian media
 HH> landscape and I am very pleased that it now has a pathway to digital
 HH> transmission,� said the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the
 HH> Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy.

 HH> .......... more

Woo ho
Any techical details yet. 

"Harry Heidelberg" <Error.b@chfile.dne> wrote in message 
news:drxp1o712drd.1es2gtn2yti5f.dlg@40tude.net...
> Kev and Conroy finally extract the digit.
>
> About time.
>
> As soon as it starts I'll think about buying an STB.
>
> I knew that stimulus cash would eventually be useful.
>
> Don't go Digital till C31 does.
>

There are plenty of reasons to go digital and channel 31 isn't one of them.

On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:35:47 +0800  in
aus.tv.community,aus.tv,aus.tv.digital, Clocky posted:

> "Harry Heidelberg" <Error.b@chfile.dne> wrote in message 
> news:drxp1o712drd.1es2gtn2yti5f.dlg@40tude.net...
>> Kev and Conroy finally extract the digit.
>>
>> About time.
>>
>> As soon as it starts I'll think about buying an STB.
>>
>> I knew that stimulus cash would eventually be useful.
>>
>> Don't go Digital till C31 does.
>>
> 
> There are plenty of reasons to go digital and channel 31 isn't one of them.

That "plenty" is mainly more of the same.

1 with all sport including Poker
   C31 has them as well - not just mainstream
  
4 with repeats of what I saw when it was on before. 
   C31 has them as well - very old aka Classic.
   
5 with a mix of the above in HD
   C31 digital might get that as well.

mehh.

Community television is where the new "talent" learns and hones skills 
before they "graduate" to the networks. The lighting, camera, directorial 
etc skills as well as those like "Rove", "Hamish and Andy", "Vasily's 
Garden", "Salaam Cafe" concept of entertainment.
 
No so-called "Reality" shows either, a big plus.

Community TV gives various niche groups a place to air their issues, 
spotlight their culture, or whatever.  
The sort of thing TV used to do to promote the chance of having a future by 
nuturing what they had.
The sort of thing they valued before they chose to concentrate only on 
delivering audiences to advertisers, to the detriment of quality, 
innovative and more expensive programs, adherence to scheduling times etc.

There is a lot on Community TV that I would not watch in a fit, but there 
is also a lot that is either as good as is available on the networks, or at 
least has the germ of an original worthwhile show.
 
 YMMV, but that's the thing about range and choice.
 
Harry 
"It is in the shelter of each other that people live."
               Irish Proverb

On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:44:29 +1100  in
aus.tv.community,aus.tv,aus.tv.digital, ChrisRiley posted:

> Hello, Harry!
> You wrote  on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:49:38 +1100:
> 
>  HH> About time.
> 
>  HH> As soon as it starts I'll think about buying an STB.
> 
>  HH> I knew that stimulus cash would eventually be useful.
> 
>  HH> Don't go Digital till C31 does.
> 
>  ??>> 
> http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/digital_pathway_for_community_tv<
> 
>  HH> Media Release    Senator Stephen Conroy
> 
>  HH> �Community Television is an important component of the Australian media
>  HH> landscape and I am very pleased that it now has a pathway to digital
>  HH> transmission,� said the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the
>  HH> Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy.
> 
>  HH> .......... more
> 
> Woo ho
> Any techical details yet.

SFA in the media release,     (at the url above),
 
At least the Digit has finally been extracted so sponsors, program makers,
techs and stations have something (hopefully) more substantial to work
with, and around, than the old "trust us" from the governments of late.

That's a noice change.

Harry 
"It is in the shelter of each other that people live."
               Irish Proverb