from The Sydney Morning Herald
On this day, digital TV started on the 5 main cities, but only a few people could watch it.
ABC
6:00 English Have a Go
6:30 Writers on Writing
7:00 Blinky Bill
7:25 Little Monsters
7:30 Teletubbies
7:55 Thomas the Tank Engine
8:00 Little Grey Rabbit
8:10 Bob the Builder
8:20 Magic Mountain
8:30 Sesame Street
9:25 Bananas in Pyjamas
9:30 Play School
10:00 Johnson and Friends
10:10 Enchanted Lands
10:20 Swinging
10:30 Oscar's Orchestra
10:55 Koki
11:00 Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers
11:20 Oscar and Friends
11:30 Dog Tracer
11:55 Plasmo
12:00 2 Shot "Terry Lane and Michael Leunig"
12:30 A Shared Table
1:00 Tennis: Hopman Cup (mixed teams; day 2 from Perth)
3:30 Journey of a Nation: The Federation Parade
6:00 Tennis: Hopman Cup (continued)
7:00 ABC News
7:30 The 7.30 Report
8:00 The Centennial Ceremony (from Centennial Park)
9:30 Big Train
10:00 Red Dwarf
10:30 ABC News Late Edition
10:35 Wildside "Episode 2.10"
11:25 Movie "Marry Me"
1:00 Movie "The Riddle of the Sands"
2:40 Scientific Eye
3:00 Aboriginal Studies
3:30 Images of Australia
4:00 Reading Writing Roadshow
4:30 Dragon's Tongue
5:00 Growing Awareness
5:30 New Horizons
Seven Network
6:00 Sunrise News
7:30 All Music Video
8:30 The Book Place
9:00 Time Masters
9:30 Wipeout
10:00 Peak Practice
11:00 The Extraordinary
12:00 Mini-Series "All the Rivers Run" (part 1)
2:05 Where Are They Now?
3:30 Journey of a Nation: The Federation Parade
6:00 Seven Nightly News
6:30 Today Tonight
7:00 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch "Trial by Fury"
7:30 MacArthur's Dream (hosted by Jack Thompson)
8:30 Movie "Shine"
10:45 Seven Nightly News
11:00 Movie "Travelling North"
12:55 Rush TV
1:55 NBC Today
3:55 Telemall Shopping
5:05 It's a Man's World
5:35 Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake
Nine Network
6:00 National Nine Early News
7:00 Today
9:00 Here's Humphrey
9:30 Barney and Friends
10:00 Challenger
10:30 Jamie Foxx Show
11:00 National Nine Morning News
11:30 Entertainment Tonight
12:00 Movie "Five Pennies"
2:30 Movie "Flaming Feather"
4:00 Y?
4:30 Price is Right
5:00 Gilligan's Island
5:30 Burgo's Catch Phrase
6:00 National Nine News
6:30 A Current Affair
7:00 Frasier
7:30 The King of Queens "Supermarket Story"
8:00 Jesse "The Christmas Party"
8:30 Suddenly Susan "The Cheerleaders"
9:00 Veronica's Closet "Veronica's Tattooed Man"
9:30 Jack and Jill (two episodes)
10:30 Nightline
11:00 Freaks and Geeks
12:00 Wrestling: WCW Presents Monday Nitro
1:00 Entertainment Tonight
1:25 Mortal Kombat: Conquest
2:20 Hawaiian Eye
3:30 Victor Paul Shopping
4:20 Twisted Tales
4:50 Nine Lives
5:00 Primetime Live
Network Ten
6:00 Dennis the Menace
6:30 Aerobics Oz Style
7:00 Cheez TV: Willow Town/Pókemon/Bad Dogs
8:30 In the Box
9:00 Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton: Summer Series
11:00 Huey's Cooking Adventures
11:30 Ten News
12:00 Safe Harbour
1:00 Judge Judy
1:30 Beauty and the Beast
2:30 Oprah Winfrey "Women Who Rock"
3:30 Neighbours
4:00 Totally Wild
4:30 Bold and the Beautiful
5:00 Ten News
6:00 The Nanny
6:30 Roseanne
7:00 Seinfeld "The Statue"
7:30 World's Most Dangerous Animals
8:30 NYPD Blue "The Irvin Files"
9:30 Law and Order "Survivor"
10:30 Ten News
11:00 Sports Tonight
11:30 AXN
12:00 Beverly Hills, 90210
1:00 Hitz
1:30 Steve Harvey
2:00 Danoz
2:30 Infobreak
3:00 Victor Paul
3:30 Shop America
4:00 Life in the Word
4:30 Kenneth Copeland
5:00 Marilyn Hickey
5:30 Benny Hinn
SBS
6:00 Weatherwatch and Music
6:25 Mandarin News
6:55 Telegiornale
7:30 Das Journal
8:00 Ta Nea Ton Ennea
9:00 Le Journal
9:30 Itogi
10:10 Telediario
11:00 Siaran Berita
11:30 The Journal
12:00 Oto Polska
12:30 Movie "Mondo" (1996, France)
1:50 Weatherwatch and Music
3:00 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales "Julius Caesar" (UK)
3:30 Tales from a Suitcase "Paul Moran"
4:00 Glenroe (Ireland)
4:30 Soccer: Western Union World Football (UK)
5:00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer
6:00 Global Village "The Thrill of the Waltz in Vienna"
6:30 SBS World News
7:00 The Sea (the Angolan cargo ship "Kifangondo" has been stranded in the French harbour of Le Havre after failing safety checks: the current crew have not been paid for two years and rely on French charity; French documentary)
7:30 Soccer: English Premier League highlights
8:30 South Park "Pip"
9:00 SBS World News Tonight
9:15 New Year's Day Concert: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (from the Great Music Hall in Vienna)
11:40 Movie "Is Life Cool?" (1994, France)
1:25 close
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music
5:30 Japanese News
On this day, digital TV started on the 5 main cities, but only a few people could watch it.
ABC
6:00 English Have a Go
6:30 Writers on Writing
7:00 Blinky Bill
7:25 Little Monsters
7:30 Teletubbies
7:55 Thomas the Tank Engine
8:00 Little Grey Rabbit
8:10 Bob the Builder
8:20 Magic Mountain
8:30 Sesame Street
9:25 Bananas in Pyjamas
9:30 Play School
10:00 Johnson and Friends
10:10 Enchanted Lands
10:20 Swinging
10:30 Oscar's Orchestra
10:55 Koki
11:00 Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers
11:20 Oscar and Friends
11:30 Dog Tracer
11:55 Plasmo
12:00 2 Shot "Terry Lane and Michael Leunig"
12:30 A Shared Table
1:00 Tennis: Hopman Cup (mixed teams; day 2 from Perth)
3:30 Journey of a Nation: The Federation Parade
6:00 Tennis: Hopman Cup (continued)
7:00 ABC News
7:30 The 7.30 Report
8:00 The Centennial Ceremony (from Centennial Park)
9:30 Big Train
10:00 Red Dwarf
10:30 ABC News Late Edition
10:35 Wildside "Episode 2.10"
11:25 Movie "Marry Me"
1:00 Movie "The Riddle of the Sands"
2:40 Scientific Eye
3:00 Aboriginal Studies
3:30 Images of Australia
4:00 Reading Writing Roadshow
4:30 Dragon's Tongue
5:00 Growing Awareness
5:30 New Horizons
Seven Network
6:00 Sunrise News
7:30 All Music Video
8:30 The Book Place
9:00 Time Masters
9:30 Wipeout
10:00 Peak Practice
11:00 The Extraordinary
12:00 Mini-Series "All the Rivers Run" (part 1)
2:05 Where Are They Now?
3:30 Journey of a Nation: The Federation Parade
6:00 Seven Nightly News
6:30 Today Tonight
7:00 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch "Trial by Fury"
7:30 MacArthur's Dream (hosted by Jack Thompson)
8:30 Movie "Shine"
10:45 Seven Nightly News
11:00 Movie "Travelling North"
12:55 Rush TV
1:55 NBC Today
3:55 Telemall Shopping
5:05 It's a Man's World
5:35 Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake
Nine Network
6:00 National Nine Early News
7:00 Today
9:00 Here's Humphrey
9:30 Barney and Friends
10:00 Challenger
10:30 Jamie Foxx Show
11:00 National Nine Morning News
11:30 Entertainment Tonight
12:00 Movie "Five Pennies"
2:30 Movie "Flaming Feather"
4:00 Y?
4:30 Price is Right
5:00 Gilligan's Island
5:30 Burgo's Catch Phrase
6:00 National Nine News
6:30 A Current Affair
7:00 Frasier
7:30 The King of Queens "Supermarket Story"
8:00 Jesse "The Christmas Party"
8:30 Suddenly Susan "The Cheerleaders"
9:00 Veronica's Closet "Veronica's Tattooed Man"
9:30 Jack and Jill (two episodes)
10:30 Nightline
11:00 Freaks and Geeks
12:00 Wrestling: WCW Presents Monday Nitro
1:00 Entertainment Tonight
1:25 Mortal Kombat: Conquest
2:20 Hawaiian Eye
3:30 Victor Paul Shopping
4:20 Twisted Tales
4:50 Nine Lives
5:00 Primetime Live
Network Ten
6:00 Dennis the Menace
6:30 Aerobics Oz Style
7:00 Cheez TV: Willow Town/Pókemon/Bad Dogs
8:30 In the Box
9:00 Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton: Summer Series
11:00 Huey's Cooking Adventures
11:30 Ten News
12:00 Safe Harbour
1:00 Judge Judy
1:30 Beauty and the Beast
2:30 Oprah Winfrey "Women Who Rock"
3:30 Neighbours
4:00 Totally Wild
4:30 Bold and the Beautiful
5:00 Ten News
6:00 The Nanny
6:30 Roseanne
7:00 Seinfeld "The Statue"
7:30 World's Most Dangerous Animals
8:30 NYPD Blue "The Irvin Files"
9:30 Law and Order "Survivor"
10:30 Ten News
11:00 Sports Tonight
11:30 AXN
12:00 Beverly Hills, 90210
1:00 Hitz
1:30 Steve Harvey
2:00 Danoz
2:30 Infobreak
3:00 Victor Paul
3:30 Shop America
4:00 Life in the Word
4:30 Kenneth Copeland
5:00 Marilyn Hickey
5:30 Benny Hinn
SBS
6:00 Weatherwatch and Music
6:25 Mandarin News
6:55 Telegiornale
7:30 Das Journal
8:00 Ta Nea Ton Ennea
9:00 Le Journal
9:30 Itogi
10:10 Telediario
11:00 Siaran Berita
11:30 The Journal
12:00 Oto Polska
12:30 Movie "Mondo" (1996, France)
1:50 Weatherwatch and Music
3:00 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales "Julius Caesar" (UK)
3:30 Tales from a Suitcase "Paul Moran"
4:00 Glenroe (Ireland)
4:30 Soccer: Western Union World Football (UK)
5:00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer
6:00 Global Village "The Thrill of the Waltz in Vienna"
6:30 SBS World News
7:00 The Sea (the Angolan cargo ship "Kifangondo" has been stranded in the French harbour of Le Havre after failing safety checks: the current crew have not been paid for two years and rely on French charity; French documentary)
7:30 Soccer: English Premier League highlights
8:30 South Park "Pip"
9:00 SBS World News Tonight
9:15 New Year's Day Concert: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (from the Great Music Hall in Vienna)
11:40 Movie "Is Life Cool?" (1994, France)
1:25 close
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music
5:30 Japanese News