DTD (TV station)
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| Darwin, Northern Territory | |
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| Channels | Digital: 33 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Ten |
| Owner |
Southern Cross Austereo and Nine Entertainment Co. (Darwin Digital Television Pty Ltd) |
| First air date | April 28, 2008 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Digital Television Darwin |
| Transmitter power | 85.5 kW |
| Height | 147.0 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 12°24′52″S 130°58′9″E / 12.41444°S 130.96917°E |
| Website | www |
DTD, also known as Ten Darwin, is a digital television station in Darwin, Northern Territory. It is jointly owned by Nine Entertainment (owner of Nine Darwin) and the Southern Cross Austereo (owner of Southern Cross Darwin).
The licence to operate Darwin's third commercial television station was allocated to Darwin Digital Television Pty Ltd, a joint venture with the two existing commercial television broadcasting licensees in the Darwin area, Regional Television Pty Ltd (TND - Southern Cross Darwin) and Territory Television Pty Ltd (NTD - Nine Darwin) in early 2007.
The channel was due to launch in late 2007 but was delayed when the channel started test transmitting a test pattern on 21 April 2008 at 6.00p.m. ACST The channel started transmitting television programs on 28 April 2008 as part of a testing period ahead of the official launch.
DTD rebroadcasts a direct feed of Melbourne's ATV-10.
DTD simulcasts the Melbourne edition of Ten Eyewitness News from ATV-10, alongside the 5pm weekend news from TEN-10 in Sydney.
The station is available only on digital television as an affiliate of Network Ten and Southern Cross Ten. It broadcasts on UHF channel 33. Its signal is rebroadcast via Tasmanian Digital Television in Hobart.
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