DTD is a digital television station in Darwin, Northern Territory. It is jointly owned by Nine Entertainment (owner of Nine Darwin) and Southern Cross Media Group (owner of Seven Darwin) and operates under the company name Darwin Digital Television.[2]
History
The licence to operate Darwin's third commercial television station was allocated to Darwin Digital Television Pty Ltd, a joint venture with the two existing commercial television broadcasting licensees in the Darwin area, Regional Television Pty Ltd (TND – Southern Cross Darwin) and Territory Television Pty Ltd (NTD – Nine Darwin) in early 2007.[2]
The channel was due to launch in late 2007 but was delayed until the channel started test transmitting a test pattern on 21 April 2008 at 6.00p.m. ACST[3]