Indigenous Community Television

Indigenous Community Television (ICTV) is an Australian free-to-view digital television channel on the Viewer Access Satellite Television service. It broadcasts television programs produced by, and for, Indigenous Australians in remote communities. The channel is owned by membership-based company Indigenous Community Television Limited. Although ICTV is a community television channel by name and content, it broadcasts using an open-narrowcast licence instead of a standard community television licence.

Indigenous Community Television
CountryAustralia
Broadcast areaRemote Central and Eastern Australia, Regional and Remote Western Australia
HeadquartersAlice Springs, Northern Territory
Programming
Language(s)English
Australian Aboriginal English
Australian Aboriginal languages
Picture formatanamorphic 576i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerICTV Limited
(membership-based public company)
History
Launched2001 (2001) (original channel)
13 November 2009 (2009-11-13) (revival)
Closed13 July 2007 (2007-07-13) (original channel)
Replaced byNITV
Links
Websiteictv.com.au
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview (virtual)41 (Alice Springs, Broome)
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