Ten HD
| Ten HD | |
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| Launched | 16 December 2007 – 25 March 2009 16 December 2007 – 1 January 2009 (breakaway) 2 March 2016 (revival) |
| Network | Network Ten |
| Owned by | Ten Network Holdings |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 16:9 |
| Slogan | Turn on 10 |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Northern NSW |
| Replaced | Ten (HD simulcast) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Ten Eleven One TVSN Spree TV |
| Website | tenplay.com.au |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview Ten metro (virtual) | 13 |
| Freeview WIN regional (virtual) | 80 |
| Freeview SC10 regional (virtual) | 52 |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel (virtual) | 210 |
Ten HD (stylised as TEN HD) is an Australian free-to-air television channel that was originally launched on 16 December 2007 on channel 1. The channel was available to high definition digital television viewers through Network Ten owned-and-operated stations. The multichannel broadcast live sport, entertainment, films, documentaries, science fiction and news. The channel ceased broadcasting on 25 March 2009, and the following day was replaced by One. Following the government's decision to remove the SD Primary Channel limitations, the channel returned as a HD simulcast on 2 March 2016 on channel 13.
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.
Ten HD was officially announced on 14 September 2007, to replace Network Ten's existing high definition service, a simulcast of its standard definition and analogue services, through the use of an amendment to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 in 2006. The Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Act 2006 permitted television networks to launch digital multichannels, provided that they are broadcast exclusively in high definition.
Although originally expected to be the first free-to-air commercial television channel introduced to metropolitan areas since 1988, the surprise launch of Seven Media Group's HD offering, 7HD, on 15 October 2007, two months before transmissions were scheduled to begin, meant that Ten HD was launched as the second high-definition multichannel in Australia. PBL Media announced the creation of a similar multichannel, 9HD, on 27 September, which was launched on 17 March 2008.
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