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Encyclopedia > Aurora Community Television

Aurora Community Television is an Australian subscription television channel that screens programs about Australia and the Australian community. It is a non-profit channel that is provided free of charge to all digital subscribers. The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ...


It was launched on March 1, 2005, and it is now broadcasting on Foxtel and Austar's digital networks. Aurora is available to all digital subscribers on the basic tier at no extra cost and also to all business and educational institutions through the appropriate business and education packages. Programs cover the spectrum of comedy, politics, religion, popular culture, the arts and entertainment. March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Foxtel is a cable television and satellite television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ... Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... It has been suggested that Digital terrestrial television be merged into this article or section. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government[1], is a process by which collective decisions are made within groups. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in any given society. ... A precise definition of the arts can be contentious, but the following areas of activity are usually included: Art / Visual arts Architecture Crafts Dance Drawing Film Literature Music Painting Photography Pottery Sculpture Theater Unlike art, design focuses less on the aesthetics of a thing and more on the functionality of... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Recreation. ...


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