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Imparja


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Last updated 30 October 2022

Terrestrial:
Analogue Tuned to various frequencies
SD Digital Channel 8

Satellite:
Optus C1 Transponder 6
Optus D1 Transponder 15
HiTRON (Papua New Guinea) Channel 5


Imparja's programming schedule is currently based on the Nine Network schedule for Brisbane (based on Eastern Standard Time). Prior to February 2008, scheduling was generally based on Central Standard Time, reflecting its Alice Springs-based heritage. As a result, programs are now broadcast half an hour earlier than they previously would have been under the previous arrangement.


Imparja Television broadcasts throughout most of the Northern Territory, and also to some remote parts of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Norfolk Island. It is generally available by satellite on the VAST or Optus Aurora platforms, though in some locations it is broadcast terrestrially. Imparja Television has the largest geographic range of any commercial television network in Australia. Imparja is also received on the Spirit of Tasmania Bass Strait Ferries.

It was previously available in New Zealand until March 2008 when the New Zealand government pressured the Australian government to remove the service from the satellite footprint that includes New Zealand.

The total population serviced by Imparja Television is over 700,000 people, boasting the largest footprint in the southern hemisphere. Imparja is also available in Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea though the HiTRON subscription television service.

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