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==Australia==
{{See also|Television in Australia}}
Australia has two national public networks, [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC Television]] and [[SBS Television|SBS]]. The ABC operates eight stations as part of its main network [[ABC TV (Australian TV channel)|ABC TV]], one for each [[Australian state|state]] and territory, as well as three digital-only networks, [[ABC Kids (Australia)|ABC Kids]] / [[ABC TV Plus]], [[ABC Me]] and [[ABC News (Australian TV channel)|ABC News]]. SBS currently operates six stations, [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]], [[SBS Viceland]], [[SBS World Movies]], [[SBS Food]], [[NITV]] and [[SBS WorldWatch]].

The first commercial networks in Australia involved commercial stations that shared programming in [[Sydney]], [[Melbourne]], [[Brisbane]], [[Adelaide]] and later [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], with each network forming networks based on their allocated channel numbers: [[TCN-9]] in Sydney, [[GTV-9]] in Melbourne, [[QTQ-9]] in Brisbane, [[NWS-9]] in Adelaide and [[STW-9]] in Perth together formed the [[Nine Network]]; while their equivalents on [[Very high frequency|VHF]] channels 7 and 10 respectively formed the [[Seven Network]] and [[Network 10]]. Until 1989, areas outside these main cities had access to only a single commercial station, and these rural stations often formed small networks such as [[Prime Television]]. Beginning in 1989, however, television markets in rural areas began to aggregate, allowing these rural networks to broadcast over a larger area, often an entire state, and become full-time affiliates to one specific metropolitan network.

As well as these [[free-to-air]] channels, there are others on Australia's [[Pay television]] network [[Foxtel]].