Australian Television

It seems like the Australian News thread in the newsroom has been doubling as a place to talk about non-news Australian TV, and the old thread is buried somewhere, so I've made a new one.

First of all, as announced a few days ago, Nine has announced that it will overhaul its multichannel platform on November 26. Nine's catch-up service, 9JumpIn, is to rebranded 9Now. Nine will recommence an HD simulcast of its main channel. A new lifestyle channel named 9Life will be launched on the same day, while both of the existing secondary channels (GO! and GEM) will be rebadged as 9GO! and 9GEM (with the iconic 9 dots appearing on their logos).

More info here: http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/10/nine-upfronts-2016-nine-goes-hd-new-lifestyle-channel-and-daryl-somers-returns.html

Here is an ad for the new HD service:

Here is an ad for the new 9Life channel:


Also making news, a few weeks ago it was announced that SBS would be launching a new free-to-air Food channel:


Also, an example of ABC continuity from a few days ago. What does everyone think of ABC's presentation, in comparison to BBC One?

Clean, simple, and understated - the way a public broadcaster should be (unless you're a marketing wonk)

Woah, these new entertainment channels seem like a good idea, I wonder who should be doing this...

*cough*
Channel 5
*cough*

Been there, done that in regards to 5Life (or Five Life as was back then!)

9HD and 9Life are now also available in WIN Television and NBN. As result, NBN is now 9NBN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLlX29Vq7ew

Ten also launched Ten HD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc04SZnp4ls

Seven will temporarily switch ther main channel into HD in some market to cover Olympics in HD.
http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/07/seven-to-switch-olympics-to-hd.html