PTV (TV station)

PTV
Mildura, Victoria ;
Channels	Digital : 6 ( VHF ) ; Virtual : 6 ;
Branding	Seven
Programming
Affiliations	Seven (O&O)
Ownership
Owner	Seven West Media ; (Prime Television (Victoria) Pty Ltd) ;
History
First air date	1 July 1997
Former channel number(s)	Analog : 32 ( UHF ) (1997?2010) ; Digital : 31 ( UHF ) (2003?2014)
Call sign meaning	P rime ; T elevision ; V ictoria
Technical information
Licensing authority	Australian Communications and Media Authority
ERP	50 kW
HAAT	164 m (both)
Transmitter coordinates	34°22′47″S 142°11′18″E / 34.37972°S 142.18833°E
Links
Website	7regional .com .au

PTV is an Australian television station licensed to, and serving the regions surrounding Mildura in Australia . The station commenced transmissions in 1997, after Prime Television won the second television licence for Mildura , a non-aggregated market, in competition with WIN Television , for a cost of $3.2 million, in October 1996. ^[1]^[2]

Analogue transmission ceased on 30 June 2010 as part of the national conversion to digital television. ^[3]

Seven News [ edit ]

In the Mildura regional market, short two-minute updates are presented by rotating presenters with weather forecasts presented by Karl Lijnders, Daniel Gibson or Craig Moore. Some of the reports aired in these updates are drawn on the resources of Mildura-based WIN News operation.

Notes [ edit ]

^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.

References [ edit ]

^ "New Commercial TV licences for Darwin and Mildura" . Australian Communications and Media Authority . 29 October 1996. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008 . Retrieved 15 September 2007 .
^ "Prime Television 1990s" . AusTVHistory . Archived from the original on 2 January 2008 . Retrieved 17 September 2007 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link )
^ "Digital TV switch flicked in Mildura" . ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 30 June 2010 . Retrieved 28 September 2023 .

[1] HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.

[2] "New Commercial TV licences for Darwin and Mildura" . Australian Communications and Media Authority . 29 October 1996. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008 . Retrieved 15 September 2007 .

[atvh-90s-3] "Prime Television 1990s" . AusTVHistory . Archived from the original on 2 January 2008 . Retrieved 17 September 2007 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link )

[4] "Digital TV switch flicked in Mildura" . ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 30 June 2010 . Retrieved 28 September 2023 .

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v t e Television in Victoria
Melbourne	ABV ( ABC ) HSV ( Seven ) GTV ( Nine ) ATV ( 10 ) SBS MGV ( C31 )
Regional Victoria	ABV ( ABC ) AMV ( Seven ) VTV ( WIN ) GLV/BCV ( SCA 10 ) SBS
Mildura and Sunraysia	ABMV ( ABC ) PTV ( Seven ) STV ( WIN ) MDV ( 10 Mildura ) SBS
Remote areas	ABV ( ABC ) QQQ ( SCA Seven ) IMP ( Imparja ) CDT ( 10 Central ) SBS

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