Indigenous Community Television
- Indigenous Community Television
Infobox TV channel
name = ICTV
logosize = 120px
logoalt = Indigenous Community Television Logo
launch = 2005
closed date = July 12, 2007
picture format = 576i (SDTV)
owner = Imparja Television Pty Ltd
slogan = "Showing Our Way"
replaced by = NITV
web = [http://www.ictv.net.au/ ictv.net.au]
broadcast area = Central Australia,
Remote Tasmania,
Norfolk Island
sat serv 1 = Optus C1
sat chan 1 = Transponder 6
sat serv 2 = Optus D1
sat chan 2 = Transponder 15
Indigenous Community Television, or ICTV, was a satellite television service that broadcast community television programs produced by, and for, indigenous people in remote communities around Australia.
Programs were contributed regularly by Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Media, Pilbara and Kimberley Aboriginal Media, Warlpiri Media and Ngaanyatjarra Media for uplink by Imparja Television on their Optus C1 satellite channel 31.__TOC__
History
ICTV began began in the late 1990's as the "Imparja Info Channel". It was a community TV style channel, screening predominantly local indigenous programmes and Bushvision. Many remote indigenous communities in central and north eastern Australia had analog terrestrial repeaters for this service, which utilise community licences.
The service, formerly available using a satellite receivers anywhere in Australia and also retransmitted in many BRACS (Broadcasting for Remote Aboriginal Communities Scheme) communities in Western and Central Australia, was closed on July 12, 2007 in order to make way for a National Indigenous Television service.
External links
* [http://www.ictv.net.au ICTV Official Site]
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