# Community Television **URL:** \ **Category:** Regional and Community Television\ **Created:** [August 17, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719 "2016-08-17T01:40:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tvhead/32/160_2.png) [@TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TVHead)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/232 "2018-04-11T00:27:17Z")
On Localvision which was community TV (cable access). > **[LocalVision](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LocalVision)** > > LocalVision was a group of community access channels that broadcast on the Optus Vision cable television service. Official webpage at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 November 1996) ---
**Author:** ![Travis](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/travis/32/144752_2.png) [@Travis](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Travis)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/233 "2018-04-11T00:40:46Z")
Fair enough. Hadnt heard of In Pit Lane to be honest. But we are still the only show to be produced entirely by students šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![crankymedia](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@crankymedia](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/crankymedia)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/234 "2018-04-11T00:41:15Z")
> [@TVHead](#): > > On Localvision which was community TV (cable access). This was a great initiative of Optus who had different owners at the time. Refreshing to see their investment in community content. Imagine what could be achieved today if Optus invested in digital community content with a comparative budget. ---
**Author:** ![melbournefan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@melbournefan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/melbournefan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/235 "2018-04-11T01:41:00Z")
> [@crankymedia](#): > > This was a great initiative of Optus who had different owners at the time. Refreshing to see their investment in community content. I wouldnā€™t be surprised if we see KCTV on Optus any time soon šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ ---
**Author:** ![TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tvhead/32/160_2.png) [@TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TVHead)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/237 "2018-05-24T13:38:42Z")
Quiz Night is better ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/238 "2018-05-24T14:07:59Z")
> [@TVHead](#): > > Quiz Night is better It might be better but itā€™s no _Karaoke Kangaroo_ Those were the daysā€¦ [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssVdhoO4o7w) YouTube: FlemishDog ---
**Author:** ![AustralianAerial](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/australianaerial/32/427176_2.png) [@AustralianAerial](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AustralianAerial)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/239 "2018-06-01T00:36:35Z")
> Some six years _after_ terrestrial community TV was meant to shut down in the first place. Vale TVS and 31 Digital, for your deaths were in vain ---
**Author:** ![melbournefan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@melbournefan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/melbournefan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/240 "2018-06-01T02:46:36Z")
Press Release from C31. ![Screenshot_20180601-124455](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/f/9fbb4720e6528681d1320300e6e84fa75f60b9a0.png) ---
**Author:** ![MichaelPower](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/michaelpower/32/499507_2.png) [@MichaelPower](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/MichaelPower)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/241 "2018-06-01T03:16:17Z")
Jesus, they keep giving them extensions - they may as well let them keep their licenses at this rate and I think they should. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/242 "2018-06-01T03:54:58Z")
For 6 years of extensions you can pretty well surmise that there really no reason to take their licences off them ---
**Author:** ![bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bacco007/32/99038_2.png) [@bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/bacco007)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/243 "2018-06-01T04:34:36Z")
My bet is their best argument for ditching CTV is thwarted by a lack of plan to reallocate the spectrum they occupy ---
**Author:** ![njr](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@njr](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/njr)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/244 "2018-06-01T04:54:16Z")
Iā€™m surprised the telcos havenā€™t started lining up to get a slice of the community TV spectrum, given it penetrates buildings pretty well. If anything this decision reflects more on the indecision of Communications Minister Mitch Fifield. ---
**Author:** ![Tane04](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tane04/32/348677_2.png) [@Tane04](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Tane04)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/245 "2018-06-01T05:12:59Z")
Theyā€™re just flogging a dead horse by keeping the channel on-air. šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø ---
**Author:** ![Vidiot](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/vidiot/32/459050_2.png) [@Vidiot](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Vidiot)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/246 "2018-06-01T06:40:41Z")
Wrong frequencies for telcos. They would want higher UHF channels. And pity that just about everyone that has replaced their TV antennas in recent times in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth have gone for VHF only. Thereby denying the community stations some of their audience. ---
**Author:** ![melbournefan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@melbournefan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/melbournefan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/247 "2018-06-01T06:44:20Z")
> [@Vidiot](#): > > Wrong frequencies for telcos. They would want higher UHF channels. There is a 450MHz standard for LTE in some countries, that would be a disaster here. ---
**Author:** ![melbournefan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@melbournefan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/melbournefan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/248 "2018-06-01T06:48:18Z")
> [@bacco007](#): > > My bet is their best argument for ditching CTV is thwarted by a lack of plan to reallocate the spectrum they occupy They already got caught out on the ā€˜testing purposesā€™ excuse. Look at the T2 trial on VHF-10 and UHF-28. I can just hope that at the next election, LNP get thrown out and replaced with someone who wonā€™t want to remove them off the air. ---
**Author:** ![SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sydneycitytv/32/66248_2.png) [@SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SydneyCityTV)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/249 "2018-06-01T06:59:03Z")
Iā€™m certainly not suggesting this a valid reason for TVS going off air but the last I checked, UHF-29 (the frequency previously used by TVS for their DVB-T broadcasts from Gore Hill) is actually being used for the current DVB-T2 tests from Kings Cross and Manly/Mosman. Where I think the future of community TV (or whatā€™s left of it) will get really interesting is if/when we transition to DVB-T2ā€¦presumably ACMA may start to think of that by the time we approach 20 years of regular DVB-T broadcasts in Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/moe/32/398912_2.png) [@Moe](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/250 "2018-06-01T08:04:01Z")
Thereā€™s no reason not to give community TV a portion of the capacity on the DVB-T2 multiplex - a little over 1Mbps would be fine to carry their existing single SD channel in HEVC. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/251 "2018-06-01T15:09:30Z")
> Yeah. Labor never did community TV any favours either by blocking its transition to digital and even then only granting it a 5 year licence, giving the Libs the opportunity to pull the rug from under them. ---
**Author:** ![crankymedia](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@crankymedia](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/crankymedia)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719/252 "2018-06-02T02:50:43Z")
> [@AustralianAerial](#): > > 31 Digital, for your deaths were in vain Brisbaneā€™s 31 Digital was a poorly run organisation beset by coups and a lack of vision. If it has the quality of management seen in Adelaide and Melbourne, it would still be on air. > [@TelevisionAU](#): > > Yeah. Labor never did community TV any favours either by blocking its transition to digital and even then only granting it a 5 year licence, giving the Libs the opportunity to pull the rug from under them. Well said as always @TelevisionAU [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719.md?page=11) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/community-television/1719.md?page=13)