Optus Aurora

Aurora replaced the analogue Homestead and Community Broadcast Satellite Service (HACBSS) in late 1998.HACBSS, carried on the Optus B1 satellite, was originally launched in the 1980s, and was in many areas the first means of receiving television signals.The Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) was launched in 2010,[2] as a replacement for Optus Aurora, and now provides a full range of digital channels.ABC TV and SBS was available in all areas with the use of a smartcard,[4] 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.A number of remote commercial and indigenous stations broadcast on Aurora, as did a few in-store radio services.
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