i think community tv should reach a lot more then just metro tv by what i been reading chancel 31 melbourne looks like a good station but i wouldnt know since i live in regional victoria and i think just like community radio community tv needs a lot of support 
there have been attempts to extend community TV into regional areas but nothing has been successful
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Well at least WTV Perthās live stream works unlike its Melbourne cousin!
He probably means that it should be the same as ABC / SBS where itās one feed for all transmitters in that state. Not separate channels.
Iām pretty sure C31 campaigned at one stage for regional expansion but nothing happened
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Agree with that. My show Sweet and Sour is one of the few shows left produced in Perth and we are on 10pm (sometimes later), while old american movies get the 8.30,9pm timeslots.
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The community television stations and quasi-community television stations with narrowcast licences run by indigenous groups seem to be the ones that have some assurance of long-term survival. Why is it that the metro community stations are continually given a death sentence but the others arenāt? The other exception is the Snowy Mountains narrowcast station that seems to be continuing along.
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Imparjaā¦
ICTV is run by Imparja and therefore probably makes the ACMA think they are stableā¦
Is it for the spectrum? Nope, perhaps have VHF LTE?? I doubt 60-80MHz would be used in the citys so they might as well do something thereā¦
WTV is not setting the right example for what community TV by the looks of it.
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ICTV may have been assiciated with Inparja in its initial run, but was that partnership resumed when ICTV was revived back in 2009?
Nope, ICTV is owned by ICTV Limited, a not-for-profit membership based public organisation
Yes I am in a similar situation, not Perth based, but offering top tier community TV content and they offered 3.30am then āaround 10pmā after a movie.
Some material from 44 Adelaide:
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Funnily enough, C44 is on a Narrowcast licence.
Really?
No. They have a Temporary Community Television Broadcasting License - same as WTV, but unlike C31 Melbourne which have a permanent license.
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The special conditions state:
- The transmitter operating under this licence may be used only to provide a transmission in standard definition digital mode of an open narrowcasting television service for community and educational non-profit purposes.
Last year I told you about the TV Show I produce for community Television, Sweet and Sour. Well, last night we returned for 2018. This year is significant as we are celebrating 20 years, which, AFAIK, Makes us Australiaās longest running community TV Show. We also debuted a new GFX Package, designed in part by @MichaelPower and then modified by me.
Our first episode is below. Please be kind, Iām aware there are a few issues. But I still think its decentā¦
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Iām pretty sure that In Pit Lane has been going longer.
In Pit Lane started in 1996 on Optus, then moved to C31 in 1998.