Delivery Methods

There are three ways to receive Pay TV in Australia Cable Pay TV Cable TV is mostly Coax Cabling. Cable is made up of a combination of Optical Fibre and Coaxial Cable. This system is called Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC). Optical Fibre is used at the exchange end and coax at the customer end.  Cable providers in Australia; Optus Television (Formerly Optus Vision), uses overhead cabling via Power Poles. It is reported it costs Optus $9 per pole per annum. FOXTEL, uses an underground cabling, via Telstra AUSTAR supplies Darwin with cable because of climate & Locality Neighbourhood Cable supplies some regional Victorian cities with a Cable Service TransACT use phone cable Telstra ran a service called LaserCast in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns ADVANTAGES OF CABLE TV Allows up to 200-500 Video Channels Allows full Interactivity like internet & telephony Resistance to the elements and surroundings DISADVANTAGES OF CABLE TV  Cost Of Cable  Rollout is Labour Intensive Slow Process Pay TV via satellite AUSTAR, FOXTEL, SelecTV, UBI, Optus Aurora provide Satellite television. Also known as DTH or Direct To Home A Dish between 65cm and 1.2m is required The system used is KU Band based (12 Ghz) Encryption with IRDETO 2 or NDS VideoGuard Encryption Security System can only be used with an authorized smartcard Available to most of Australia Pay TV via Multipoint Distribution System (MDS) ***[PHASED OUT]***  Also known Wireless Cable This method of delivery is now not common by Australian subscription television providers. AUSTAR used this method for service in certain areas of Tasmania. Galaxy used this service when it launched MDS is used where a Transmitter is set up, this is a cost effective way of providing Pay TV to people where the population is high and terrain makes satellite hard to utilize