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Digital Switchover in Australia Presentation at the Matchmaster event 7 March2011
Barry Melville
Manager
Housing and Property
Digital Switchover Taskforce
Get Ready for Digital
Regional Qld in the switchover timetable
Antenna Installer Endorsement Scheme (AIES)
Training Resources
Searchable online facilities: ASeT (Antenna Systems eToolkit) for Multi-dwelling Units; and MySwitch an area-by-area reception checking tool
VAST (Viewer Access Satellite Television) a new national direct to home, free-to-air digital TV satellite platform
Issues for Strata and Property Managers
Government Assistance
Progress with switchover • The switchover to digital TV is being measured using a ‘Digital Tracker'
to assess public awareness of digital switchover, household intention to
convert and actual conversion rates.
• Results from the fourth quarter 2010 – 95% of Australians are aware of
switchover and 77% are watching digital channels.
• In Regional Queensland 79% of the 506 000 households have
converted to digital (106 000 yet to convert).
• In Brisbane which is due to switch around mid 2013, 78% of the 1 114
000 households have converted to digital (245 000 yet to covert).
Antenna Installer Endorsement Scheme
• Online technical skills assessment
• Questions based on Cert II & III in
Telecommunications Digital Reception
Technology
• Endorsement granted to individual installers
upon successful completion of assessment
Accredited Qualifications
• Accredited training qualifications will be
recognised under the scheme
• Accredited training will allow installers to
bypass the online assessment.
• Proof of these qualifications will be required
prior to endorsement
Levels of Endorsement
• Separate levels of
endorsement:
○ Domestic
○ Commercial
○ Satellite
Topic Areas covered… • Domestic
– Working Safely
– Coaxial Cabling
– Installing Antennas
– Installing Equipment
• Commercial
– Install Complex Systems
– Alter and Troubleshoot Complex Systems
• Satellite
- Satellite FTA installation
Endorsement Scheme - Registration
• Industry experience – 1 year
• Business registration, or current employment in a
business
• Referees
• Digital signal meter details
• Sufficient public liability insurance
Endorsement Scheme - Businesses
• Businesses employing at least one endorsed
antenna installer can apply to use the Get Ready
logo in advertising and promotion.
Training resources for the antenna
installation industry
MySwitch is an online tool that provides information of the reception
of digital TV services.
The Antenna Systems eToolkit (ASeT) for Multi-dwelling Units
provides a tool to assess digital TV systems for buildings, identify
reception issues and provide options for becoming digital ready
Both tools are available through the digital ready website;
www.digitalready.gov.au
Searchable online facilities
Myswitch - information about television services in your area
Handbooks
Important step toward
establishing new guidelines
Available for download from
the Digital Ready website
VAST Service
Viewer
Access
Satellite
Television
Accessing VAST • VAST commenced in eastern Australia in December 2010
and is expected to be available in Western Australia in 2011
or 2012.
• VAST will serve existing direct-to-home satellite TV viewers
in the remote TV licence areas and viewers who are unable
to receive their local digital terrestrial signals.
• Viewers in regional licence areas who are unable to obtain
their terrestrial digital TV services can apply to access VAST
six months before switchover occurs in their area.
Channels
available on
VAST
Issues for strata and property managers
• Master Antenna TV systems (MATV)
• Owners corporations are responsible for the antenna
systems in MDUs
• Potential problems with an antenna system: cabling and
signal reception, e.g. resulting from the ‘digital cliff’ effect
• Limitations on tenants’ ability to upgrade antenna
Advice to all Strata and Property Managers
• Without appropriate attention some occupiers and tenants in MDUs could be left without TV after switchover
• Landlords and owner occupiers of MDUs need to collaborate to arrive at effective technical solutions
• There may be tax deductions for upgrades to rental property
• Digital readiness is a market expectation
• The Taskforce is working closely with property sector groups to share information and develop strategies for switchover
Government Assistance Assistance is available for people who need help getting
ready for digital TV.
The Australian Government recognises some people may find
it difficult to make the switch to digital TV. To address this
issue, two schemes have been developed.
The Household Assistance Scheme (HAS)
&
The Satellite Subsidy Scheme (SSS)
For more information
• More information about switchover is available on
our website.
• Email [email protected] or call
1800 20 10 13.
• If you have any questions about the endorsement
scheme you can send an email to
Questions?