Hills Industries Limited

One of Australia's success stories

Hills is a name known to virtually all Australians. From humble beginnings, Hills has grown into a multi-national operation, manufacturing and distributing a diverse range of products throughout the world.

Through our wholly owned and partly owned associate companies, joint ventures, technology transfer agreements and widespread distribution arrangements, we have steadily expanded the area and scope of our activities.

The Hills Group of companies, Hills Industries Limited, are now amongst the major industrial organisations in Australia with a healthy reputation on the Australian Stock Exchange as a financially sound, profitable organization.

Hills Antenna & TV Systems is the leading supplier in Australia and New Zealand of a wide range of television reception and distribution equipment. Hills product range includes Satellite dishes, Microwave (MMDS) antenna (wireless cable), Terrestrial TV (UHF and VHF), distribution amplifiers, Frequency converters, filters and related equipment. With operations in each Australian mainland capital city and in Auckland, the Antenna and TV Systems division has the products and services to support free to air and pay television reception.

Terrestrial TV (UHF/VHF)

Free to air TV transmissions

Hills Antenna & TV Systems division offer a complete range of products and services:

• UHF, VHF & Combined UHF/VHF antennae for Australia Digital and analogue, New Zealand and export markets.
• Masts and hardware fittings for any type of Antenna installation.
• Mast Head booster amplifiers for weak signals locations.
• Amplified splitters for multi-point home installations. 
• A comprehensive range of "passive accessories", such as splitters, plugs, sockets, wall outlets, cables and fly-leads.
• An active export department selling into a growing number of countries.

Hills Antenna & TV Systems Division has maintained and enhanced its reputation and standing as Australia's major manufacturer and distributor of quality TV receiving Antennae and associated products.

PAY TV in New Zealand has for some years operated on a UHF terrestrial transmission and the Hills New Zealand operation has been a significant participant in the provision of antennae for "Pay".

With the commencement of digital TV broadcasts on January 2001 Hills has introduced a range of EFD (Engineered For Digital) range of antenna and accessories to cater for both digital and analogue reception.

MATV / CATV

Cabled Teledistribution

With many years experience in the design of TV distribution systems, Hills can claim to be one of the pioneers of professional MATV in both Australia and New Zealand.

From early involvement in the committees which created the first Standard for MATV in Australia, to the present day, we have remained leaders in the skills and professionalism in this specialist activity. We offer:

• A high degree of technical competence in system design.
• Supply of equipment for Interactive Television Networks eg: in-house pay per view (PPV) and video on demand (VOD).
• Distribution Amplifiers, both wide band and channelised.
• Frequency converters, AV modulators and other head-end signal processing units for adjacent channel systems.
• Special filters - high pass, low pass and band pass.
• A full range of supporting accessories for any size of distribution network.
• Consultancy services - preparing specifications and layouts.  

Pay TV

Hills are involved with each of the delivery technologies used for Pay TV; Satellite, Wireless and Cable

D.T.H Satellite

Direct to home satellite TV equipment

Products and services offered include:

• Satellite dishes
• LNBF units
• Installations
• Mounting hardware

Hills manufacture a range of off-set satellite dishes and mounting hardware. We are a major provider of Satellite and hardware equipment to the Pay TV industry. We also offer a wide range of larger and specialised dishes, including products for C Band. These are supported with a full range of mounts and fittings.

Hills provide an extensive range of equipment from low noise block amplifiers, receivers, actuators, remote positioners to associated accessories.

"Wireless Cable"

MMDS Direct to Home equipment

Providing the operators with:

• Parabolic receiving antennae (15, 19 & 25 dB gain models).
• Integrated down converters in a compact weatherproof housing to provide extra gain.
• Mounting Hardware
• Set Top RF by-pass units for decoders to permit recording of free to air channels.

Hills manufacture a range of transmit and receive antenna, down converters and mounting hardware to meet Australian conditions. We have developed set top by-pass units to meet the specific requirements of major Pay TV operators.

Cable TV

Cable interactive distribution systems

Increasingly involved in this growth industry through:

• Product design and supply of a range of in-line specialised filters.
• Design of isolators for subscriber tap off.
• Distribution of a wide range of enclosures, connectors, tools and sealants.
• Cable riser brackets and entry hardware (under eave, through tile and fascia mount).
• Design of customer service two-way amplifiers for delivery of extra outlets to subscribers.

Hills specialist staff in all states of Australia, have for years been experts in the field of MATV/CATV cable distribution systems.