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A timeline of important events in Television history
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Experimental TV broadcasts began as early as 1929 in Melbourne on stations 3DB and 3UZ using the Radiovision system by Gilbert Miles and Donal McDonald.
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Plans to launch an ABC channel station in Sydney
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TEN 10 Sydney starts transmission
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11 March: ABS-2 Adelaide launches.
7 May: ABW-2 Perth begins transmission.
23 May: TVT-6 Hobart opens, bringing television to Tasmania.
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Colour test transmisssion began on Australian television
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At midnight, colour was introduced to Australian television.
Main networks celebrated with their own uniue slogan, 'Come to Colout' (ABC TV), Seven Colours Your World (Seven Network), Living Colour (Nine Network), and 0 - First in Colour (0-10) -
Current Affairs program, 60 minutes, debutes on Nine network
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Melbournes ATV-0 converted to ATV-10
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SBS TV is permitted by the government to broadcast five minutes of advertising per hour, as a form of additional funding.
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Galaxy launches Australia's first subscription television service on MMDS
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Australia's first cable TV provider, Optus Vision, begins broadcasting.
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Foxtell was founded and introduced to Australia
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Ownership of Australia Television International moves from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to the Seven Network.
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The 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony is broadcast by the Seven Network - one of the highest-rating programs ever shown on Australian television.
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Digital terrestrial television is introduced to audiences in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth
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Ten's sports channel One HD launches - the first commercial digital-only network in Australia.
