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Nine HD is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n television channel, owned by PBL Media
PBL Media

PBL Media is a joint venture between Consolidated Media Holdings and CVC Capital Partners.Originally ownership of the joint venture was 50/50, however in June 2007, PBL announced that it would sell a further 25% to CVC for $AUD 515 million....
, that launched on March 17, 2008. The channel is available to high definition
High-definition television

High-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher than traditional television systems . HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television signals are used, requiring less Bandwidth due to digital video compression....
 digital television viewers in metropolitan areas through a number of owned-and-operated
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
 and affiliate stations. Nine HD simulcasts blocks of programming from the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
, in addition to time-shifted news, movies, drama and entertainment programs.

HD was officially announced on September 27, 2007, to replace the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
's existing high definition
High-definition television

High-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher than traditional television systems . HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television signals are used, requiring less Bandwidth due to digital video compression....
 service, a simulcast
Simulcast

Simulcast is a portmanteau of "simultaneous broadcast", and refers to programs or events Broadcasting across more than one Mass media, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time....
 of its standard definition
Standard-definition television

Standard-definition television refers to television systems that have a resolution that meets standards but not considered either Enhanced-definition television or High-definition television....
 and analogue
Analog television

Analog television encodes television picture and sound information and transmits it as an analog signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast Signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal....
 services, through the use of an amendment to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 in 2006.






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Nine HD is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n television channel, owned by PBL Media
PBL Media

PBL Media is a joint venture between Consolidated Media Holdings and CVC Capital Partners.Originally ownership of the joint venture was 50/50, however in June 2007, PBL announced that it would sell a further 25% to CVC for $AUD 515 million....
, that launched on March 17, 2008. The channel is available to high definition
High-definition television

High-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher than traditional television systems . HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television signals are used, requiring less Bandwidth due to digital video compression....
 digital television viewers in metropolitan areas through a number of owned-and-operated
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
 and affiliate stations. Nine HD simulcasts blocks of programming from the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
, in addition to time-shifted news, movies, drama and entertainment programs.

History


The beginning

Nine HD was officially announced on September 27, 2007, to replace the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
's existing high definition
High-definition television

High-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher than traditional television systems . HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television signals are used, requiring less Bandwidth due to digital video compression....
 service, a simulcast
Simulcast

Simulcast is a portmanteau of "simultaneous broadcast", and refers to programs or events Broadcasting across more than one Mass media, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time....
 of its standard definition
Standard-definition television

Standard-definition television refers to television systems that have a resolution that meets standards but not considered either Enhanced-definition television or High-definition television....
 and analogue
Analog television

Analog television encodes television picture and sound information and transmits it as an analog signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast Signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal....
 services, through the use of an amendment to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 in 2006. The Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital television
Digital television

Digital television is the sending and receiving of moving images and sound by Discrete signal signals, in contrast to the Analog television used by analog TV....
) Act 2006 permitted television network
Television network

A television network is a distribution wiktionary:Network for television content whereby a central operation provides television program for many television stations....
s to launch digital multichannels, provided that they are broadcast exclusively in high definition
High-definition television

High-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher than traditional television systems . HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television signals are used, requiring less Bandwidth due to digital video compression....
.

Although originally expected to be the first free-to-air
Free-to-air

Free-to-air television and radio broadcasts are sent Encryption and may be received via any suitable receiver:Free-to-view is, generally, available without subscription but is digitally encrypted and may be restricted geographically....
 commercial television
Commercial broadcasting

Commercial broadcasting is the practice of broadcasting for profit. This is normally achieved by interrupting normal programming to air advertisements, also commonly called "commercials" in this context....
 channel introduced to metropolitan areas since 1988, the surprise launch of rival Seven HD
Seven HD

Seven HD is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia, owned by the Seven Media Group, that launched on October 15, 2007. The channel is available to High-definition television Digital terrestrial television in Australia viewers in metropolitan areas and Regional Queensland through a number of owned-and-operated stations, as well as...
, on October 15, 2007, one month before transmissions were scheduled to begin meant that Nine HD was not the first high definition
High-definition television

High-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher than traditional television systems . HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television signals are used, requiring less Bandwidth due to digital video compression....
 multichannel in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. Following this, plans for a November launch in 2007 were postponed until 2008. On March 10, 2008, PBL Media
PBL Media

PBL Media is a joint venture between Consolidated Media Holdings and CVC Capital Partners.Originally ownership of the joint venture was 50/50, however in June 2007, PBL announced that it would sell a further 25% to CVC for $AUD 515 million....
 announced that it would launch the channel on March 17, 2008 at 10:30pm, with its first program, the now-shelved Nightline.

Opening night

Nine HD officially commenced transmission on March 17, 2008 from PBL Media
PBL Media

PBL Media is a joint venture between Consolidated Media Holdings and CVC Capital Partners.Originally ownership of the joint venture was 50/50, however in June 2007, PBL announced that it would sell a further 25% to CVC for $AUD 515 million....
's four metropolitan owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
s, TCN
TCN

TCN stands for:* Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto North Campus, a private Hebrew high school in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Ontario, Canada* TCN-9, a Sydney television station...
 Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
, GTV Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, QTQ Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
 and NTD Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the List of Australian capital cities of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 120,900, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely peopled Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities....
, in addition to WIN Corporation
WIN Corporation

WIN Corporation is an Australian based media corporation, that owns the WIN Television network, NWS, and STW in Australia....
's two metropolitan stations NWS
NWS

NWS is the Nine Network television station in Adelaide, South Australia.NWS may also refer to:*N.W.S/ N.W is a collective of MC's, rappers and producers from the North West of England...
 Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
, and STW
STW

STW may refer to:*Stop the War Coalition, an anti-war group in the United Kingdom*STW-9, a television station in Perth, Australia*Super Tourenwagen Cup, the German Supertouring car championship ...
 Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
 as well as on its regional stations RTQ
RTQ

RTQ is an Australian television station broadcasting in regional Queensland in Australia. The network was owned by Star Television, before being purchased by the WIN Corporation on October 5, 1988....
 Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, WIN
WIN Television

WIN Television is an Australian Australian television broadcasting owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia....
 southern New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, VTV
VTV (TV station)

VTV is an Australian television station broadcasting in regional Victoria in Australia. The network was owned by ENT Ltd., before being purchased by the WIN Corporation....
 Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
 and TVT Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
. The first official program on launch night began at 10:30pm, National Nine News
National Nine News

Nine News is the news service of the Australia Nine Network. Previously known as National Nine News, it has traditionally been the most popular service in the country, however in recent years, the Seven Network's Seven News has become the highest rating evening news service on a national basis....
's now-defunct late-night news program Nightline. This was followed by military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
 drama
Drama

Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....
 E-Ring
E-Ring

E-Ring is a television military Drama , created by Ken Robinson and David McKenna and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, that premiered on NBC on September 21, 2005....
 at 11:00pm, with the movie Unanswered Questions marking the end of the first night of exclusive transmission for Nine HD after its conclusion at 2am.

Programming

Nine HD simulcast
Simulcast

Simulcast is a portmanteau of "simultaneous broadcast", and refers to programs or events Broadcasting across more than one Mass media, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time....
s most programming from the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
. Current exclusive programming includes The War at Home
The War at Home (TV series)

The War at Home was an United States situation comedy that ran from September 11, 2005 to April 22, 2007 on Fox Broadcasting Company. It followed the antics of a largely dysfunctional and bitter Long Island family....
, Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck is an United States Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning television series medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks....
 and The Nine. During the AFL season, Nine HD simulcasts The AFL Footy Show
The AFL Footy Show

The AFL Footy Show is a Logie Award winning Australian sports television program, shown on the Nine Network and its affiliates.This show is the original of the two versions of the program, which is dedicated to the Australian Football League and Australian rules football....
 and Footy Classified
Footy Classified

Footy Classified , is an Australian television program broadcast on the Nine Network which discusses pressing issues relating to Australian Football League Australian rules football....
 live in all markets were Nine HD is available.

Past exclusive programming has included E-Ring
E-Ring

E-Ring is a television military Drama , created by Ken Robinson and David McKenna and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, that premiered on NBC on September 21, 2005....
, The Mountain
The Mountain

The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly....
, Related
Related

Related is an United States comedy-drama series that aired on The WB network during the 2005-2006 television season. It revolved around the lives of four close-knit sisters - of Italian people descent, raised in Brooklyn - living in New York City....
, Invasion
Invasion

An invasion is a Offensive consisting of all, or large parts of the armed forces of one geopolitics entity aggressively entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of either conquering, liberating or re-establishing control or authority over a territory, altering the established government or gaining c...
, Four Kings
Four Kings

Four Kings is a sitcom introduced as a part of NBC's Winter 2006 programming but cancelled before the end of the season. It aired at Must See TV....
, The Comeback
The Comeback

Comeback may refer to:*Comeback , a song by Kelly Rowland from Ms. Kelly*"Come Back ", a song by Pearl Jam from Pearl Jam*Come Back , on One by One...
, Big Day
Big Day

Big Day is an American situation comedy that first aired on American Broadcasting Company from November 28, 2006 to January 30, 2007. The series was co-produced by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa and directed by Michael Spiller for Sony Pictures Television....
, Twenty Good Years
Twenty Good Years

Twenty Good Years is a short-lived National Broadcasting Company situation comedy starring Jeffrey Tambor, John Lithgow, Heather Burns and Jake Sandvig that ran from October 11 2006 until November 1 2006...
, Hot Properties
Hot Properties

Hot Properties is an ensemble American Broadcasting Company comedy featuring four women working together in a Manhattan real estate office. It was first aired on October 7, 2005....
, Happy Hour
Happy hour

"Happy hour" is a marketing term for a period of time in which a restaurant or bar offers discounts on alcoholic drinks, such as beer, wine and cocktails....
 and Kidnapped
Kidnapped

Kidnapped may refer to:* the crime of kidnappingIn books:* Kidnapped , a book by Robert Louis Stevenson which has been adapted a number of times in different media...
.

Availability

Nine HD is available exclusively in 1080i
1080i

1080i is the shorthand name of a format of high-definition video modes. 1080 denotes the number of horizontal scan lines - also known as vertical resolution - and the letter i stands for interlaced....
 high definition
High-definition television

High-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher than traditional television systems . HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television signals are used, requiring less Bandwidth due to digital video compression....
 from PBL Media
PBL Media

PBL Media is a joint venture between Consolidated Media Holdings and CVC Capital Partners.Originally ownership of the joint venture was 50/50, however in June 2007, PBL announced that it would sell a further 25% to CVC for $AUD 515 million....
's four metropolitan owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
s, TCN
TCN

TCN stands for:* Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto North Campus, a private Hebrew high school in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Ontario, Canada* TCN-9, a Sydney television station...
 Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
, GTV Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, QTQ Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
 and NTD Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the List of Australian capital cities of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 120,900, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely peopled Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities....
. Nine HD programming is also carried via WIN Corporation
WIN Corporation

WIN Corporation is an Australian based media corporation, that owns the WIN Television network, NWS, and STW in Australia....
's two metropolitan stations NWS
NWS

NWS is the Nine Network television station in Adelaide, South Australia.NWS may also refer to:*N.W.S/ N.W is a collective of MC's, rappers and producers from the North West of England...
 Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
, and STW
STW

STW may refer to:*Stop the War Coalition, an anti-war group in the United Kingdom*STW-9, a television station in Perth, Australia*Super Tourenwagen Cup, the German Supertouring car championship ...
 Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
 as well as on its regional stations RTQ
RTQ

RTQ is an Australian television station broadcasting in regional Queensland in Australia. The network was owned by Star Television, before being purchased by the WIN Corporation on October 5, 1988....
 Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, WIN
WIN Television

WIN Television is an Australian Australian television broadcasting owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia....
 southern New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, VTV
VTV (TV station)

VTV is an Australian television station broadcasting in regional Victoria in Australia. The network was owned by ENT Ltd., before being purchased by the WIN Corporation....
 Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
 and TVT Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
. It is not known whether the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
's other regional
Regional television in Australia

Regional television is a term given to local television services in areas outside of the five main Australian cities .History1960s...
 affiliates, NBN Television
NBN Television

For Philippine TV Network. see National Broadcasting NetworkNBN Television is a television station based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia....
, Imparja Television
Imparja Television

Imparja Television is an Australian List of Australian television channels servicing remote eastern and central Australia, that began broadcasting on January 2, 1988....
 or WIN Television in Western Australia, will carry the new multichannel.

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