Tag: Community TV

C31 switches on digital transmission

Melbourne community TV station C31 tomorrow flicks the switch on its new digital transmission. A two-week test transmission begins at 9.00am tomorrow with the official digital launch on 11 June. The launch of digital transmission for C31 is the result of a lengthy battle to gain broadcasting spectrum while the national and commercial broadcasters were …

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WTV launches in Perth

Yesterday saw the launch of Perth’s new community television station, WTV. The new channel launched at 10.00am (WST) after ten days of test transmissions. WTV, broadcasting solely on the digital platform, is replacing the former Access 31 which closed transmission in 2008 after financial assistance for the station was withdrawn. WTV can be found in …

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C31 seeking dollars for digital

While the Community TV sector was successful (finally!) in gaining access to Digital Television, now comes the hard part where they have to now make the actual transition. So while Melbourne’s C31 acknowledges that it received a donation from the Federal Government to help facilitate its move to digital, they claim it is not enough, …

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Going to party like it’s 1990…

Each week for the past two years we’ve been documenting the events of Australian TV during the corresponding week of thirty years ago – 1978 and 1979 – as reported in TV Times magazine. Now, sadly, we have to bring that sequence of posts to an end as we do not have a weekly archive …

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Rove calls it a day

In opening last night’s season finale for Rove, host Rove McManus announced that he is winding up the show after ten years on air: “It was a difficult call to make but after ten years it felt like time to step away from the show and take a break to properly reflect on what I …

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Community TV gets a ticket to digital!

It has finally happened – the Government has taken some positive action in allowing the Community TV sector a transition to digital! Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has announced that the Government will make available temporary capacity to allow Community TV channels the chance to broadcast on the digital …

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TVS extends digital plea

Sydney community TV channel TVS has campaigned the Prime Minister for access to the digital television platform. The DVD campaign, fronted by TVS presenter Joy Hruby and fans of her long-running program Joy’s World, makes the plea: “We just want TVS to be given the same opportunity as the others.  All the other channels have …

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C31 steps up digital plea

Community TV continues its plea to the Government to allow it a defined migration path to digital transmission. Melbourne’s C31 has stepped up its campaign for digital with a new slogan – ‘Fair Go, Kev!’. The slogan (pictured) is now broadcast around the clock as a watermark in place of the station’s logo across all …

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Community TV not invited to the budget party

Tonight’s announcement of the Federal Budget for 2009-10 has promised a windfall for our national broadcasters, ABC and SBS, but the community TV sector – again – appears to have been left out in the cold. ABC has been allowed an additional $151.7 million in its budget allocation to fund the launch of its new …

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NITV goes to Sydney

Australia’s national indigenous broadcaster, National Indigenous Television (NITV), is expanding its coverage by gaining access to Sydney’s Digital 44 free-to-air service. NITV commenced operation in July last year, initially broadcasting via the Optus Aurora satellite and re-transmitted through the facilities of Imparja Television in remote areas.  The channel is also available via Foxtel, Optus, Austar, …

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