The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has indicated that viewers in Sydney may need to manually retune their digital television or set-top box in order to receive the new community station TVS.
As reported previously in TSR, TVS launched its digital service earlier this month, and is available on… Continue Reading >>
Community Television, Digital Television March 12th 2010 — 1:33 pm
Sydney community TV station TVS has launched its digital simulcast on Digital Channel 44.
The launch marks the culmination of a lengthy campaign by the Community Television sector to gain access to the digital platform, having been denied access while national broadcasters ABC and SBS and commercial operators were all… Continue Reading >>
Community Television, Digital Television, Television March 1st 2010 — 11:55 am
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has granted a final extension to the digital datacasting service provided by Broadcast Australia.
The service has had its trial period extended to 30 April 2010 and will therefore cease to broadcast from that date or earlier.
ACMA chairman Chris Chapman has said… Continue Reading >>
Community Television, Digital Television, Television January 29th 2010 — 8:06 pm
The Federal Government’s announcement last week of a $2.6m funding boost to the community television sector may come at a price for indigenous broadcaster NITV.
NITV currently broadcasts on the digital channel 44 datacast trial in Sydney, which may be forced to come to an end due to the funding… Continue Reading >>
Community Television, Digital Television November 9th 2009 — 6:01 pm
National Indigenous Television is concerned that it may lose its position on Sydney’s trial datacast service Digital44. The ‘third public broadcaster’, which is celebrating its second birthday this week, is concerned that it may lose its ability to broadcast to the 650,000 households in Sydney with free-to-air digital television.
Broadcast… Continue Reading >>
Community Television, Digital Television, Talking Points July 13th 2009 — 12:04 pm
The future of community television stations is to be discussed at today’s meeting of the Council of Australian Governments. Although the not-for-profit stations attract an audience of up to 4 million, they will struggle to survive in the next two years without federal government funding to move to digital.
Community… Continue Reading >>
Community Television, Digital Television, Industry July 2nd 2009 — 7:48 pm
South Australian Premier Mike Rann today switched on a new transmitter for community television station C31.
The State Government pitched in $205,000 for the transmitter, which will provide a better picture for viewers in Adelaide and those within an area stretching to Balaklava in the north, Murray Bridge in the… Continue Reading >>
Community Television, Digital Television June 10th 2009 — 7:54 pm