Digital Switchover Info and Guide

Between 2010 and 2013 analog free-to-air TV signals are being switched off and replaced with digital-only signals. Once the switchover is complete, you will need a TV with a digital tuner built-in, or a digital set top box to watch free-to-air digital television on your existing analog television. Click on the links below to find a set top box or a TV.

For more information on the digital switchover, visit the government's Digital Switchover website: http://www.digitalready.gov.au

If you want to add digital tv to your existing analog TV:

If you want a new TV with a built-in digital tuner

Victoria Switchover Timetable

Victoria Map

Broken Hill
Mildura 1 January - 30 June 2010

Gippsland
Traralgon, Bairnsdale and Malacoota
1 January - 30 June 2011

North Central Victoria
Bendigo and Swan Hill
1 January - 30 June 2011

South West Victoria
Ballarat, Warrnambool and Horsham
1 January - 30 June 2011

Goulburn Valley / Upper Murray
Albury/Wodonga, Wangaratta and Shepparton
1 January - 30 June 2011

Melbourne
1 July - 31 December 2013

New South Wales & ACT Switchover Timetable

Mildura / Sunraysia
Mildura
1 January - 30 June 2010

Broken Hill
1 July - 31 December 2010

Griffith / Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
Griffith and Hay 1
January - 30 June 2012

South West Slopes & Eastern Riverina
Wagga Wagga and Gundagai
1 January - 30 June 2012

Illawarra and the South Coast
Wollongong, Ulladulla and Eden
1 January - 30 June 2012

Central Tablelands & Central Western Slopes
Dubbo, Orange and Mudgee
1 January - 30 June 2012

ACT & Southern Tablelands
Canberra, Thredbo and Cooma
1 January - 30 June 2012

North West Slopes & Plains
Tamworth, Armidale and Inverell
1 July - 31 December 2012

Richmond / Tweed
Byron Bay, Tenterfield and Lismore
1 July - 31 December 2012

Northern Rivers
Coffs Harbour, Forster and Grafton
1 July - 31 December 2012

Hunter
Newcastle, Port Stephens
1 July - 31 December 2012

Sydney
Sydney and Gosford
1 July - 31 December 2013

Queensland Switchover Timetable

Queensland switchover map

Wide Bay
Hervey Bay, Bundaberg and Maryborough
1 July - 31 December 2011

Capricornia
Rockhampton, Emerald and Yeppoon
1 July - 31 December 2011

Queensland Central Coast & Whitsundays
Mackay, Proserpine and Bowen
1 July - 31 December 2011

Darling Downs
Toowoomba, Warwick and Dalby
1 July - 31 December 2011

North Queensland
Townsville, Ayr and Charters Towers
1 July - 31 December 2011

Far North Queensland
Cairns, Port Douglas and Innisfail
1 July - 31 December 2011

Brisbane
Brisbane, Gold Coast and Noosa
1 January - 30 June 2013

South Australia Switchover Timetable

South Australia switchover map

Broken Hill
1 July - 31 December 2010

Riverland Renmark and Loxton
1 July - 31 December 2010

Mt Gambier / South East South Australia
Mt Gambier, Naracoorte and Bordertown
1 July - 31 December 2010

Spencer Gulf
Port Lincoln, Whyalla Port Augusta
1 July - 31 December 2010

Adelaide
1 July - 31 December 2013

Western Australia

Perth
1 January - 30 June 2013

Regional & Remote Western Australia
Kalgoorlie, Broome and Bunbury
1 July - 31 December 2013

Nothern Territory switchover timetable

Remote Central & Eastern Australia
Darwin, Alice Springs and Mt Isa
1 July - 31 December 2013

Tasmania switchover timetable

Tasmania
Hobart, Launceston and King Island
1 January - 30 June 2013

ACT switchover timetable

ACT & Southern Tablelands
Canberra, Thredbo and Cooma
1 January - 30 June 2012