- C31 Adelaide
Infobox TV channel
name = C31 Adelaide
logofile = C31Adelaide.svg
logosize = 180px
logoalt = C31 Adelaide Logo
launch =April 23 ,2004
picture format =576i (PAL )
owner =
web = [http://www.c31.com.au/ www.c31.com.au]
broadcast area =Adelaide
terr serv 1 = Analogue
terr chan 1 = "Normally tuned to 31"C31 Adelaide is a community television station broadcasting in
Adelaide ,South Australia on theChannel 31 frequency sinceApril 23 ,2004 .Previous to C31, Adelaide's community television station was run by Adelaide Community and Education Television Inc., or ACE TV (sometimes known as "ACE Channel 6", despite broadcasting on UHF 31).
ACE TV held a temporary licence from May1994 [Lawrence, G. [http://www.waikato.ac.nz/film/NAME/script/acetv.html Adelaide Community and Educational Television Inc. (ACE TV)] . Accessed on2007 -03-07 .] until December2002 , when it was cancelled due to breaches of its licence conditions. [Australian Broadcasting Authority (2002 -12-05 ). [http://www.aba.gov.au/newspubs/news_releases/archive/2002/146nr02.shtml ABA cancels ACE TV licence.] Accessed on2007 -03-07 .] ACE TV last broadcasted in May 2002. [Yeaman, S. (2004 -03-18 ). "Community TV ready for comeback". The Advertiser (Adelaide); cited at [http://www.c31.com.au/viewupdate.asp?id=7] . Accessed on2007 -03-07 .]Some local and interstate content is shown, such as Cool Zone. Programs such as "News Hour" from
VOA are regularly shown.Unlike the community television operators in the other capital cities, who were granted permanent licences in
2004 , C31 Adelaide continues to operate on a temporary licence issued by theAustralian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). An application process was conducted for the allocation of a permanent community licence in Adelaide in 2004-2005; neither of the two applicants, one being C31 Adelaide, were considered suitable. No permanent licence was allocated, and C31's licence was extended from its original2006 -07-04 date. [Australian Communications and Media Authority. (2006 -06-29 ). [http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD//pc=PC_100649 ACMA to take no further action in the current allocation of a permanent community television licence in Adelaide] . Accessed on2007 -03-07 .] The future of a permanent community licence in Adelaide remains unclear, as ACMA await "further developments in the policy framework for digital television" before deciding whether to advertise the licence.On
June 13 ,2007 , ACMA announced plans to further extend C31 Adelaide's trial to untilJuly 4 ,2008 . [Australian Communications and Media Authority. (2007 -06-13 ). [http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD//pc=PC_310370 ACMA extends community television trial in Adelaide] ]References
External links
* [http://www.c31.com.au C31 Adelaide]
ee also
*
Channel 31
*Television broadcasting in Australia
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