9HD
| 9HD | |
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| Launched | 17 March 2008 – 26 September 2010 17 March 2008 – 3 August 2009 (breakaway) 26 November 2015 (revival) |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Owned by | Nine Entertainment Co. |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 16:9 |
| Slogan | Crystal Clear |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Northern NSW and Gold Coast, Regional QLD, ACT, Regional VIC, Tasmania |
| Replaced | Nine (HD simulcast) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Nine 9Gem 9Go! 9Life Extra |
| Website | 9now.com.au |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview Nine metro (virtual) | 90 |
| Freeview NBN regional (virtual) | 80 |
| Freeview SCA regional (virtual) | 50 |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel/Optus (virtual) | 209 |
9HD is an Australian television channel, owned by Nine Entertainment Co., originally launched on 17 March 2008 featuring unique "breakaway" programming until 2009 and a HD simulcast of the Nine Network from 2009-2010 and again since 26 November 2015. The channel is available on high definition digital television viewers in metropolitan and regional areas through a number of owned-and-operated and affiliate stations. Originally 9HD only simulcast blocks of programming from the Nine Network, and in 2008 it added time-shifted news, movies, drama and entertainment programs. Following the launch of GO! in August 2009, 9HD reverted to a HD simulcast of the Nine Network. The channel was replaced completely in 2010 and the space occupied by the newly launched multichannel GEM. Following the government's decision to remove the SD Primary Channel limitations, the channel returned as a HD simulcast on channel 90 on 26 November 2015.
Digital broadcasting proposals in the 1990s always envisioned a high-definition service for each network, and to that end, Nine Network was allocated its own entire DVB-T multiplex. However, late amendments to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 added a mandate for simulcasting in standard definition, while still promoting high definition through the use of a quota in 2003, requiring a minimum number of hours of native HDTV content.
From the launch of digital TV on 01/01/01, the Nine Network's high definition service, a simulcast of its standard definition and analogue services, was heavily simulcasting Nine's standard definition content upconverted to HD. From 2002, this was interspersed with a loop of high definition demonstration material during business hours, for viewing in the showrooms of television retailers, at the conclusion of an equivalent service by Network Ten.
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