TND

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = TND
city =
station_
station_slogan = Show Me Southern Cross
station_branding = Southern Cross
analog = 34 (UHF)
digital = 32 (UHF)
77 (SCTV)
07 (SDTV )
70 (HDTV)
other_chs =
affiliations = Seven/Ten
network = Southern Cross
founded =
airdate = March 27, 1998
location = Darwin, Northern Territory
callsign_meaning = Television
Northern
Darwin
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Macquarie Media Group
licensee = Regional Television Pty Limited
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 150 kW (analog)
85 kW (digital)
HAAT = 147 m (both) [HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.]
class =
facility_id =
coordinates = coord|12|24|52|S|130|58|9|E|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage =

TND is the call-sign for the Southern Cross Television station in Darwin, Northern Territory. The station, created in 1998 as "Seven Darwin" and broadcasting to the greater Darwin region, home to about 100,000 people, is owned by the Macquarie Media Group. Its main competitor is the incumbent Nine Network station, Nine Darwin (formerly 'Channel 8').

Programming

As "Seven Darwin", TND-34 existed as essentially a carbon copy of SCB's remote Australia satellite service Seven Central, except displaying localized ads, inserted in SCB's Townsville, Queensland studios, and delivered to Darwin via Optus Trans-continental Fibre Optic cable. News is drawn from Seven Melbourne.

Since 2005, the station holds dual affiliations with the Seven Network and Network Ten, after picking up the Ten affiliation relinquished by NTD-8 as it became Nine Darwin. At this time, Seven Darwin changed its name to "Southern Cross Darwin".

Like its Tasmanian and Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill sister stations, the Seven Network affiliation remains the primary one. The Network Ten affiliation is, in time, expected to be dropped from Southern Cross Darwin and given to a digital-only third channel (such as those found in Tasmania and Mildura), as proposed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority [Australian Communications and Media Authority (2005-12-23). [http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.131456:STANDARD:795442553:pc=PC_100396 ACMA sets a designated time for a third commercial television service in Darwin.] Retrieved on 2006-01-28.] .

Despite the change in name and affiliation of TND-34, Seven Central remains as a fully Seven Network-aligned service for remote Australia.

News

In 2006 Southern Cross News updates began airing on Southern Cross Darwin and Southern Cross Central, the first time the Darwin station had produced local news programming. The 45' & 60' bulletins are currently presented by Lachlan Kennedy.

ee also

*Southern Cross Television

References