Despite the fact that Channel 10 seem to persistently run behind Seven and Nine in the ratings, they are the leading Australian network when it comes to HD programming. But, those of you who have been enjoying watching your favourite programs in HD on 10 are going to be bitterly disappointed come March 26 when the network switches their HD programming to cover sport and sport alone.According to TV Tonight, the 24-hour HD sports channel will kick off at 7:30 pm on Thursday March 26, and lead into a massive weekend of HD sports, including live first round AFL action, the swimming Australia SKINS event, and the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.
If you’re not a sports fan, well, then you’ll probably be spending a bit less time with 10, because they’ll also be using their second SD channel to broadcast the exact same content as HD. While that may be frustrating for some viewers, it does make a lot of sense for the television network, considering how much talk there is about a lack of TV advertising dollars.
And if you are a sports fan… well, enjoy. I just hope 10 get the rights to rebroadcast the Super 14 – rugby union is seriously neglected by the FTA networks in this country…
Cam
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 2:14 PMWell i guess i’ll be download the shows they used to show in HD then. No way would i pay for a HD TV and a HD tuner only to watch things in SD. My media centre PC will play HD content nicely.
hugh
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 3:00 PMi thought the sensible thing would be to have drama/news in HD then HD sport the rest of the time. why the hell have they bothered buy all the hd cameras to make rove and neighbors if there not going to brad cast it?
while im anger at channel ten when will your country cousins southern cross ten STOP PLAYING YOUR STUPID HD DEMONSTRATION AND PLAY SOME SHOWS . AND GET SOME ADS TO PLAY IN THE BREAKS YOU HAVE ONLY HAD A YEAR TO GET IT RIGHT
poedgirl
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 3:12 PMWhat about channel 12? That’s always been Ten HD. From what I understood, One HD was a new channel along side channel 12 (Ten HD).
wilus
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 3:43 PMWill Southern Cross 10 be doing the same?
Nathan
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 4:00 PMI’d have to say this post is slightly presumptuous. I’m looking forward to a dedicated free to air sports channel. Even if it comes at expense of “my favourite programs”.
bw
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 4:21 PMPLEASE gizmodo, get your facts correct. You do not have the correct story. Please update the story with corrections….
A simple check at freeview.com.au will show you 10SD and 10HD will both still be around, with their additional channel being 24 hour sports, called ONE. They are the only channel doing a “concept” channel (the concept being sport) – and from the state of play in the industry, I feel this is a very good move.
Nick Broughall
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 4:33 PM@bw – actually, our facts are correct. Each network has the legal ability (from Jan 1 this year) to broadcast 3 digital channels – one HD and two SD. Ten has decided to use their HD channel to broadcast HD sports 24/7 on Channel 1. Their current digital SD channel (channel 10) will remain the same, and their second SD channel (channel 12) will broadcast the same content as their HD channel, but in SD. You can find all that information in their press release from this morning at: http://tencorporate.com.au/library/documents/ONE%20to%20launch%20on%2026%20March%202009.pdf (it’s a pdf file)
hugh
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 5:13 PMwell i read that pdf and it looks like there will be some other non sport shows on it. but saying that freeview.com.au says that channel 10 will have channel ten, tenHD and oneHD. does that mean sport on 0ne and normal programing on tenhd?
RC
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 6:34 PMI just emailed the contact on the press release and they confirmed this. 10HD is being replaced by ONE, which contradicts what the channel matrix on FreeView website shows. I’ll just go back to watching their shows on SD I guess, ONE will never see the light of day in our household. Maybe we need a POLL to see who here wants 24 hour sports channel instead of normal HD programming? I know a lot of people love sport, I’m just not one of them.
Hirsty
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 11:11 PMCheers to 10 (and the ABC, may it never, ever die) for at least having the vision for a channel.
Nick Broughall
Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 9:54 AM@hugh – the non-sports programming is programming about sports, like Sports Tonight. There’ won’t be any regular programming on One HD.
As a side note, don’t pay attention to the freeview website. As I mentioned earlier, Freeview is a confusing clusterf*(k that would be better ignored than embraced, at least until they can actually start telling people what they are without confusing the hell out of people…
scoobjay
Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 5:23 PMGot an email from iinet saying super 14 matches will be available through freezone from feb 13th, then later SA and NZ domestic. Freezone just keeps getting better
peter
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 9:51 PMwhen is ch 9,7,sbs3,abc3,a-pac starting
Graham Trenrry
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 8:25 PMI am an avid AFL supporter, and currently watching the Collingwood vs Essendon on One HD. I can hardly hear the football commentary, while the commercials are excessively loud. Could you please improve the sound balance between the two so that I don’t have to mute the commercials.
Regards,
Graham Trenerry.
Peter
Monday, March 23, 2009 at 2:44 AMLooks like as usual sport rules in this country when it comes to TV programming. Take off anything else that might be good and put sport on instead. Channel 10 has pretty much lost me as a viewer with this move to sport only on their single HD channel where before i could watch some half decent stuff.
Anita Wood
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 3:48 PMLive in Launceston, in Tassie.Currently get channel ten as TDT (digital) Been told that we will not get OneHD. Am furious that you keep advertising this channel if you will not provide service to us in Tassie.
anonymous
Friday, March 27, 2009 at 5:53 PMHow do we access this?
Ray
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 12:55 PMWhen is Southern Cross 10 goinig to pick up the new Channel 1 sports. Would appear once again that the Country viewers are missing out on great sports events.
Derek
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 4:43 PMCome on Southern Cross Ten.. I want sports!!!! I’m never going to change from this channel.
Jeff Black
Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 6:45 PMHave just returned from Canada. It’s the height of their Hockey play off season. Extremely popular and a great TV sport. Is there any possibility this extremely exciting sport could be broadcast on OneHD? I reckon you would get a lot of followers.
Hope the Channel continues to add new sport coverage (Like Superbike racing etc)
Ron
Monday, April 27, 2009 at 6:42 AMWill Melbourne horse racing be included in the free-to-air cover?
crusty jiblets
Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 6:08 PMwhy does it take so long for you to do anything out side of the city? can you atleast post dates as to when each area will get the new sports chanel, so at least we will know when we can watch something else other than the same crap played every day at the same time every day. ABC and SBS dont do that, they have diferent shows every day not the same shows all day every day like you ch10.
Neil Page
Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 9:38 AMFor the 3rd time in 3 weeks, I have got up early to watch Major League Baseball (as advdertised) only to be disappointed yet again!! Still advertised this morniong was MLB, however it was replaced with a sports update programme AND THEN more of the IPL which was in actual fact only hilited replays from past matches!! When will Baseball fans get a fair go on HD11/12??
Neil Page (former National Player)
Lesley Meuphy
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 7:29 PMI live on the east coast of Tasmania at a place called St Helens. Can someone tell me and the rest of our population in this coastal town just when we will get Digital TV, let alone get the fabulous 24/7 1HD TV. I believe that Tasmania (according to the news today) will be accessing 1HD TV in approximately 2 weeks.
david fry
Friday, November 13, 2009 at 2:43 AMI believe that Wendal Sailor is of solomon island descent (ask big mal) and so is ineligible for selection for the indigenous team.