 Both services were replaced by 7mate on each station's respective HD channel when it launched in all Southern Cross areas on 24 October 2010; the launch of 7mate was delayed due to technical difficulties and the use of HD for coverage of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.In March 2017, Southern Cross announced that it would be launching a high definition simulcast of its main channel, "Southern Cross HD" in Tasmania on digital channel 60, in time for the first match of the 2017 AFL season later that month.Although SCHD launched in Tasmania on 22 March 2017 (whilst downgrading 7mate to standard definition on digital channel 63), it only began broadcasting Channel 7 programming in native high definition from 19 June 2018.