Arnold Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Does anyone here know why on earth in Australia we can't have a free 24/7 news channel showing australian News like Sky NEws which you have to pay for. Apart from SBS gives you world news 24/7 which is crap, where Australia we need news from Australia. Come on Seven, ABC, and Nine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasili Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Borring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 (edited) Borring. Boring for some BUT many other people will love the concept We do not have foxtel at home recently on holidays room had foxtel we spent more time watching sky news than any othert chanell (apart from kids channelks ofcourse) Edited February 14, 2009 by ger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Show me 24 hours a day of 'Australian' news, and I mean actual news. Not padding, not repeated garbage, not overseas import, Australian news. There's just not enough to do it, it'd be more like a 4 hour production repeated 6 times a day. Do we really need a channel dedicated to that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sila1999 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 you would get lots of stories like how the postman rescued mrs smith cat from the tree, and he was subsequentley rescued by the firemen. There would be insufficent news here to host such a channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwyres Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Why does it HAVE to be entirely Australian news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Worm Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Why does it HAVE to be entirely Australian news? I agree, it could be Australian News and International news from an Australian perspective. All we get when it come to news from over seas is American sensationalism and British stiff upper lip dullness (BBC News) or tabloid garbage (Sky News UK). Only the ABC can provide the News channel we need as they have the resources around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kds5pp Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I would like to have a news channel too. It will even be better if it has more finance news than the Sky News channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I agree, it could be Australian News and International news from an Australian perspective. If such a thing were to happen, it should not be could, it should be must. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hosko Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I would like to have a news channel too. It will even be better if it has more finance news than the Sky News channel. I think thats why sky started their business channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adel-Guy87 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Wait until ABC4 or A-PAC expands to FTA Digital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwyres Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Wait until ABC4 or A-PAC expands to FTA Digital Exactly...ABC4 is slated at this stage to be a news channel...24/7...they just need funding confirmation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan2007 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Exactly...ABC4 is slated at this stage to be a news channel...24/7...they just need funding confirmation. Chances of that happening? I hope it does, because I do like the Sky news channel, but wouldn't mind ABC doing their own 24/7 News service on FTA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locust Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Exactly...ABC4 is slated at this stage to be a news channel...24/7...they just need funding confirmation. ...oh, and bandwidth, because they can't fit it in their existing channel without dumping ABC-HD. Mind you, I'd be more than happy to lose all the HD channels in order to gain extra SD channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwyres Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 ...oh, and bandwidth, because they can't fit it in their existing channel without dumping ABC-HD. Mind you, I'd be more than happy to lose all the HD channels in order to gain extra SD channels. Bandwidth - there will be a lot more around than you realise. Current each network is using two channels ABC = 2 (analogue) and 12 (digital) SBS = 28 (analogue) and 29 (digital) SEVEN = 6 (digital) and 7 (analogue) NINE = 8 (digital) and 9 (analogue) TEN = 10 (analogue) and 11 (digital) Come analogue switch off time (yes, I know that's 2013) it's certainly conceivable that the channels will get to keep both sets of their frequencies for extra bandwidth. There is no suggestion at this stage that the will be doing so, but if a bit of common sense prevails, it would definitely be advantageous. Certainly the ABC and SBS would have a good case for keeping their extra channel. I could see the ABC not having 2 at all (the lower channels (0, 1, and 2) aren't favoured, particularly for digital), and 3, 4, and 5 correspond to the FM radio band, and have not been used anywhere in Australia since 1991/1992. There is a channel 6A that the ABC might be able to take up if something like this could happen. Then there will be what they call "Channel A" and "Channel B" - two channels for "other" purposes - you'll see A-PAC, and community television stations take up a slice of Channel A. Channel B is for datacasting. You could see bandwidth temporarily allocated within Channel A until the rest of the spectrum frees up after the analogue switch off. Yes - some years away, but you've gotta walk before you can run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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