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Television in Australia began on the 16th of September, 1956 in Sydney and has since grown to cover the entire country. Local programming, over the years, has included a broad range comedy, sport, and in particular drama series, in addition to news and current affairs. The industry is regulated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

In most areas there is a choice of three free-to-air commercial broadcasters in addition to the television services of the two national public broadcasters, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Special Broadcasting Service. A third, recently-established, National Indigenous Television service is available in many remote areas.

The new medium was introduced by Bruce Gyngell with the words 'Good evening, and welcome to television', and has since seen the introduction of colour, as well as the impending changeover to digital television, set to take place 2012.

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Oct 15: The Seven Media Group launch Seven HD, a high definition multichannel.
Sep 27: Nine HD, a new high-definition multichannel, is announced to launch in November 2007.
Sep 23: The Australian Liberal Party and Labor Party endorse a proposal, submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority, to launch a free-to-air children's channel, ABC3 in the lead up to the 2007 Australian federal election.
Sep 14: Ten HD is officially announced to commence in December 2007.

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...that television did not arrive in Darwin until NTD-8 commenced transmissions in 1971?
...the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (pictured) was originally a group of radio stations?
...that the original television stations in Melbourne and Sydney were established by November, 1956 in order to cover the 1956 Summer Olympics?
...all television stations were required to convert to colour on March 1, 1975?
...that TCN-9 Sydney was Australia's first television station?
...it was not until 1977 that the VFL Grand Final was telecast live?
...community television was introduced with C31 Melbourne in 1994?
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