Television The
remote area broadcast services carried on the platform comprised the major
terrestrial networks available in the service's two main coverage areas - remote and regional
Western Australia, and remote central and eastern Australia.
ABC TV and
SBS was available in all areas with the use of a
smartcard, however commercial stations were only available to viewers in their respective coverage areas –
GWN and
WIN WA to regional
Western Australia, and
Imparja Television and
Southern Cross Central to remote viewers in central and eastern Australia. The multichannels of the broadcasters were not available on the service. Indigenous broadcaster
National Indigenous Television (NITV) and WA government service
Westlink Network were also available on Aurora, in addition to some wagering channels from
Sky Racing.
Radio A number of remote commercial and indigenous stations broadcast on Aurora, as did a few in-store radio services. Most of the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation's radio networks were carried on the platform.
SBS Radio's national network was carried for five time zones. SBS Radio 1, SBS Radio 2 and
ABC DiG was not carried by Aurora, but they were available on FTA
Ku-Band on
Optus D1. The Australian government's
Community Broadcasting Foundation broadcast a number of services on the platform including the
BBC World Service,
National Indigenous Radio Service,
Vision Australia Radio and the
Community Radio Network.
Coles Supermarkets,
Officeworks and
Kmart Australia also used the Aurora service to broadcast their in-store radio to different locations in Australia. ==See also==