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=== '''Television''' ===

'''===Public'''===

There are three public networks: the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC, not to be confused with the American [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and National Indigenous Television (NITV), all of which are funded by the government.

* '''[[The ABC]]''' has a wide variety of programmes in order to fulfill its obligations as a public broadcaster, with news, current affairs, religious services and programming for indigenous Australians and rural viewers. Although it has a low budget, it has created many quality programmes, such as ''Four Corners'', ''[[Good Game]]'', ''Collectors'', ''[[Kath and Kim]]'', ''[[The Chasers War On Everything|The Chaser's War on Everything]]'', ''Gardening Australia'', ''[[Spicks and Specks]]'', ''[[Media Watch]]'', ''[[The Gruen Transfer]]'' and many children's programmes; it's generally held in high esteem for the quality of its journalism and news programs. The ABC also imports popular programmes from Britain, like ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Life On Mars]]'', ''[[The Bill]]'' and Channel 4 comedies. ABC has four TV channels broadcast in digital, available nationwide: three are in Standard Definition, one in High Definition. The broadcasting type and LCN for each channel is noted below in brackets (one has multiple LCNs).

** ABC also has two audio-only digital channels: '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120406082843/http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/digmusic/digmusic.m3u ABC DiG Radio]''' and '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120406082847/http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/jazz/jazz.m3u ABC DiG Jazz]'''.

* '''[[SBS]]''' was originally created to provide programming to Australians who have English as a second language. However, due to budget concerns, the problems catering to such a broad audience, and the rise of foreign-language pay TV services, the SBS has had to supplement its income through advertising. These days, SBS has a range of alternative programmes, including documentaries (both from Australia and the overseas market), sports (''especially'' [[The Beautiful Game|soccer]]), foreign-language series such as Austria's ''Inspector Rex'' and Denmark's ''Unit One'', foreign language films, a block of American imports such as ''[[Big Love]]'' and ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', foreign news programs, and a tradition of at least one hour of sex-related viewing, documentary or [[Porn Withwith Plot|other]][[Porn Without Plot|wise]], every Friday night. (This mix has led to the [[Memetic Mutation|commonly-used]] [[Fun Withwith Acronyms|backronym]] "Sex and Bloody Soccer".) SBS has two channels broadcast in digital available nationwide, and is the only network to still simulcast its main channel in Standard and High Definition. The broadcasting type and LCN for each channel is noted below in brackets (one has multiple LCNs).

** '''SBS ONE''' (SD, 3 & 33 & 34;<ref>The latter two are placeholders for future channels; they are labelled "SBS 3" and "SBS 4" but currently just run duplicate broadcasts of SBS ONE</ref>; HD, 30), a "general" channel (if it can be called that), also broadcast in analogue on channel 28.

* '''NITV''', Australia's National Indigenous Television service, [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|airs national content for Indigenous Australians]]. It was launched in July 2007. Its programming is funded by the Commonwealth of Australia, produced in Sydney and broadcast over Imparja Television's existing satellite capacity -- whichcapacity—which is ''not'' nationwide. Used to be broadcast in Sydney on free-to-air digital channel 40, but this ended when community station Channel 31 (see below) began broadcasting. Plans have been floated to merge NITV with SBS.

'''===Commercial'''===

There are three commercial networks in Australia, called Seven, Nine and Ten. Each one broadcasts three channels -- twochannels—two in Standard Definition and one in High Definition, which is the legal limit. The "main" eponymous channels are all broadcast in SD, to ensure maximum viewers -- theyviewers—they used to be simulcast in HD until certain legal restrictions against commercial-network multichannelling were relaxed. The broadcast type and LCN of each channel is indicated below in brackets (some channels have multiple LCNs).

* The '''[[Nine Network]]''', established in 1956, has traditionally been the most popular network, having the catchphrase "Still the One" (originally from the American [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]) for decades. However, in the past few years, a lack of quality local productions and the loss of quality American shows to Seven or Ten has caused Nine has dropped to second place behind Seven. Its main rural affiliate is WIN Corporation.

** '''GO!''' (SD, 99), supposedly a "youth-oriented channel". In practice, it acts as a spill-over channel much like 7TWO, as Nine is notoriously [[Screwed Byby the Network|cancel-happy]] with new programming; the two are virtually synonymous. In the daytime tends to show old programs from its archives -- sitcomsarchives—sitcoms, cartoons, movies, and (interestingly) ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]''.

** '''GEM''' (HD, 90), the newest channel, is targeted towards women... except when the Nine Network wants to broadcast particularly important games of sport, apparently. The name is supposedly an acronym for "General Entertainment & Movies". In practice, it also feels like a spillover channel; it mainly consists of 90s sitcoms, soaps and shows which have a dominant female cast. Every evening it broadcasts at least two hours of ''[[Friends]]''; [[Adored Byby the Network|no exceptions]].

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