Digital TV

10/03/2026: 06:00am There is an outage in TV channels 7, 9 & 10 from Mount Stuart in Townsville.

It has been reported that there has been some flood damage to the fiber optic cables to the transmitter site at Mount Stuart and technicians are currently working on it to rectify the problem. 

10/03/2026 10:35am The problem has been fixed.

       Digital TV Channels in Townsville Area

Network		Guide	Program Name	Resolution	Picture Encoding	Audio Encoding	Channel (frequency)
		No.					Location
		2	ABC	720*576i	MPEG1_MPEG2	MPEG1-L2	CH 34 (571.50 MHz)
		20	ABC HD	1920*1080i	H264	MPEG1-L2	Mt Stuart
		21	ABC	720*576i	MPEG1_MPEG2	MPEG1-L2	CH 46 (655.5 MHz)
		22	ABC2/Kids	720*576i	MPEG1_MPEG2	MPEG1-L2	Nth Ward
		23	ABC3	720*576i	MPEG1_MPEG3	MPEG1-L2	Charters Towers & Stewart
		24	ABC News 24	720*576i	MPEG1_MPEG4	MPEG1-L2	CH 45 (648.5 MHz)
		25	ABC Brisbane	Radio		MPEG	Mt Inkerman
		26	ABC RN	Radio		MPEG	CH 41 (620.5 MHz)
		27	ABC CLASIC	Radio		MPEG	Tully
		28	Triple J	Radio		MPEG
		29	Triple J Unearthed	Radio		MPEG
		200	Double J	Radio		MPEG
		201	ABC Jazz	Radio		MPEG
		202	ABC KIDS Listen	Radio		MPEG
		203	ABC Country	Radio		MPEG
		204	ABC NewsRadio	Radio		MPEG
		3	SBS ONE	720*576i	MPEG1_MPEG2	MPEG1-L2	CH 37 (592.50 MHz)
		30	SBS ONE HD	1920*1080i	H264	MPEG1-L2	Mt Stuart
		31	SBS VICELAND HD	1920*1080i	H264	MPEG1-L2	CH 51 (690.5 MHz)
		32	SBS WORLD Movies	1920*1080i	H264	MPEG1-L2	Nth Ward
		33	SBS FOOD	720*576i	H264	MPEG1-L2	Charters Towers & Stewart
		34	NITV HD	1920*1080i	H264	MPEG1-L2	CH 40 (613.5 MHz)
		35	SBS WorldWatch	720*576i	H264	MPEG1-L2	Mt Inkerman
		36	NITV	720*576i	MPEG1_MPEG2	MPEG1-L2	CH 45 (648.5 MHz)
		301	SBS RADIO 1 ♪	Radio	Nil	MPEG	Tully
		302	SBS RADIO 2 ♪	Radio	Nil	MPEG
		303	SBS RADIO 3 ♪	Radio	Nil	MPEG
		304	SBS Arabic24	Radio	Nil	MPEG
		305	SBS South Asian	Radio	Nil	MPEG
		306	SBS Chill	Radio	Nil	MPEG
		307	SBS PopAsia	Radio	Nil	MPEG
		5	10 Townsville	720*576i	MPEG1_MPEG2	MPEG1-L2	CH 36 (585.50 MHz)
		50	10 HD Townsville	1920*1080i	H264	AC3	Mt Stuart
		51	10 Townsville	720*576i	MPEG1_MPEG4	MPEG1-L2	CH 48 (669.5 MHz)
		52	10 Peach Comedy	720*576i	MPEG1_MPEG4	MPEG1-L2	Nth Ward
		53	10 BOLD Drama	720*576i	MPEG1_MPEG4	MPEG1-L2	Charters Towers & Stewart
		54	Nickelodeon	720*576i	H264	MPEG1-L2	CH 44 (641.5 MHz)
		55	SBN	640*576i	H264	MPEG1-L2	Mt Inkerman
		56	Sky News Regional	720*576i	H264	MPEG1-L2	CH 44 (641.5 MHz)
		57	gecko	720*576i	H264	MPEG1-L2	Tully
		58	you.tv	720*576i	H264	HE_AAC
		7	7HD Townsville	1920*1080i	H264	MPEG1-L2	CH 38 (599.50 MHz)
		70	7HD Townsville	1920*1080i	H264	MPEG1-L2	Mt Stuart
		71	7HD Townsville	1920*1080i	H264	MPEG1-L2	CH 47 (662.5 MHz)
		72	7twoHD Townsville	1920*1080i	H264	AC3	Nth Ward
		74	7mateHD Townsville	1920*1080i	H264	AC3	Charters Towers & Stewart
		75	7Bravo Townsville	1920*1080i	H264	HE_AAC	CH 42 (627.5 MHz)
		76	7flix Townsville	720*576i	H264	MPEG1-L2	Mt Inkerman
		77	TVSN	720*576i	H264	HE_AACv2	CH 42 (627.5 MHz)
		78	RACING.COM	720*576i	H264	HE_AAC	Tully
		8	Ch9 Townsville	720*576i	MPEG1_MPEG2	MPEG1-L2	CH 35 (578.5 MHz)
		80	9HD	1920*1080i	H264	AC3	Mt Stuart
		81	9Gem	1920*1080i	H264	AC3	CH 49 (676.5.5 MHz)
		82	9Go!	1920*1080i	H264	AC3	Nth Ward
		83	9Life	720*576i	H264	MPEG1-L2	Charters Towers & Stewart
		84	New Channel Launching	720*576i	H264	MPEG1-L2	CH43 (634.5 MHz)
		85	GOLD	720*576i	H264	MPEG1-L2	Mt Inkerman
							CH 40 (613.5 MHz)
							Tully

H264 is a video compression standard and format that uses advanced compression techniques to deliver high-quality video at low bit rates. It is part of the MPEG-4 standard and is also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding (AVC).

Updated 31/07/2024.