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MDV (TV station)

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Channels
  
Digital: 33 (UHF)

First air date
  
1 January 2006

Transmitter power
  
200 kW

Owner
  
WIN Corporation

Affiliations
  
Nine

Former affiliations
  
Ten (2006-2016)

Founded
  
2006

Call letters' meaning
  
Mildura Digital Victoria

MDV is a joint venture television station between Prime Media Group and WIN Corporation. Based in Mildura, Victoria, Australia, it is a digital-only Network Ten affiliate run under the company name Mildura Digital Television Pty Ltd, and began broadcasting on 1 January 2006. On 1 July 2016, due to WIN Television becoming the Network Ten affiliate in the region, MDV switched its affiliation to the Nine Network.

Availability

The station is a Nine Network affiliate, which is jointly owned by Prime Media Group and WIN Television. MDV is available on LCN 5 in the Mildura and Sunraysia area in standard-definition.

Nine's mulitchannels 9Gem and 9Go! are available on LCN 50 and LCN 55 respectively. Before MDV's affiliation change on 1 July 2016, Ten's multichannels One (in high definition) and Eleven were available on LCN 50 and LCN 55 respectively.

WIN is responsible for handling playout and then transmits this signal via satellite to transmission facilities in Mildura. WIN also handles the business administration and advertising sales for MDV.

References

MDV (TV station) Wikipedia