Recent Company History
History and Background
Nationwide Antenna Systems & Specialty Products Pty Ltd has been operating since 1982. It commenced as a wholesaler of TV aerials and associated accessories, sourcing these from local manufacturers and also establishing reliable supplier sources in overseas countries. It has also always had a commitment to the Satellite industry, even in its infancy.
National & International
During this time, the company has been steadily increasing its market share, to the point where it now has a substantial penetration overseas. We currently stock a full range of TV aerials and reception equipment for the domestic and export market.
2008
2008 was another extremely busy and successful year for the NAS team and saw the release of our IR extenders and distribution kits, new HD set top boxes, refined OFC 2 and 4 core speaker cable and many more specialist television reception and custom installation products.
We held many complementary training courses throughout the year on TV antenna, Satellite, MATV, Australian Standards and IR theory. We are also proud of the fact that we raised over $1400 in November for the Movember men's health fundraising appeal.
2007
2007 has seen the release of our Twin Tuner HDTV PVR into the Australian market and NAS is preparing for a new range of digital TV products which includes LCD panels and set tops.
2006
During this year, NAS has secured exclusive Australian Distribution rights for two well known European manufacturers, Fagor Electronica Spain and Sefram Instruments TV Meters France.
Fagor Electronica is a dynamic Spanish organisation that specializes in the ISO9001 certified manufacture of MATV active signal processing and distribution equipment.
ISO9001 certified, and coming from an electronic and electrical applications background, Sefram commenced the manufacture of television signal measurement equipment in 1998. Our Sefram 7803 is the perfect test instrument to assist in the successful installation of MATV systems.
2005
2005 has been an exciting year to date. On September 1, we opened our Cairns branch. The branch is a dream come true for our Managing Director, Geoff Dargie, who first represented in North Queensland in the early 60’s when he was with Austenna and all television signals emanated from Townsville.
Since the inception of NAS in the early 80’s, North Queensland has been a very important market for us and our visits have continued to become more frequent. Freight costs between Brisbane and Cairns have always been high, and our loyal customers are enthusiastic about a fully stocked local branch serving Cairns and the surrounding districts.
2003
Since 2003, NAS has been developing its own brand of products under the rubric “SignalMAX”. NAS is the registered owner of this trademark. Under this brand we market many different products from satellite and terrestrial DVB products to MATV passives, multi-switches, connectors and cables as well as a range of home theatre interconnects and installation accessories. The catchphrase “Maximum Signal Maximum Value” encapsulates the approach that NAS takes to a fair dealing policy of quality products and services.
2001
NAS has been involved with Digital Terrestrial Television since the initial rollout in 2001. We are distributors of the UEC digital set top box and have continued to successfully support this product in the field. Our involvement with the supply of hardware to trade for digital television reception has allowed us to be at forefront of digital television in Australia.
Our experience with digital TV has culminated in the development of the NextWave Digital set top boxes for the Australian market. Our involvement with digital TV since its inception has allowed us to understand the needs of consumers and hence to have ensured that the NextWave range is user friendly and feature rich.
1998
In 1998, Nationwide Antenna Systems became the Master Distributor of the UEC digital satellite integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) for the Remote Area Broadcasting Service (RABS) in its analogue to digital changeover. This conversion offered significant expansion of telecommunications services, to Australians who live outside of the major population areas.
These services include greater access to free-to-air (FTA) broadcasting, PAY TV and internet via satellite. Nationwide successfully facilitated the analogue to digital conversion for over 60,000 Australian homes, businesses and community organisations.
We have an established service centre which has a wealth of experience in the service of set top boxes. This was established 7 years ago to support satellite set top boxes. We take pride in being the only major supplier who has supported such a large number of set top boxes at retail level.
1992
In 1992, Nationwide was appointed as a distributor for GME Kingray. Kingray is a quality Australian manufacturer of television amplifiers.